Advisory Board

The Fund has assembled an advisory board to assist it in sourcing deals, evaluating companies, performing due diligence, and providing expert advice and consulting to its portfolio companies. The advisory board is comprised of the following individuals:

Bob Daly. Mr. Daly has been active in the technology industry for more than 20 years. He was Vice President of Engineering at Cheyenne Software, where he was responsible for the entire product creation process from requirements through code development and technical support. He is currently President of RD Consulting Services, L.L.C., which addresses the needs of growing software firms.

Dave Demers. Mr. Demers is an industry expert with many years of experience in the supply chain arena. He is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for The Avicon Group, a supply chain consulting and integration firm, which is an Odeon Fund I investment. Prior to co-founding The Avicon Group, he co-founded the Performance Resource Group, a supply chain consulting practice, where he directed supply chain strategy design and implementation assignments for many high tech industry leaders. In addition to his consulting experience, Dave also brings a broad cross-industry experience base including past positions in government, consumer products, and the high technology industry.

Tom Escott. Mr. Escott has more than 23 years of experience in transportation and logistics management, marketing, operations and product development. He is currently CEO of ShipLogix, a transportation management software and services firm and an Odeon Fund I investment. Before co-founding ShipLogix, Mr. Escott was President and CEO of Caliber Logistics, the third largest third-party logistics provider in the world, prior to its acquisition by FedEx, where he also served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Research and Development.

Wayne Lam. Mr. Lam is an experienced executive in the storage management software field. He is currently Vice President and Co-Founder of FalconStor, an Odeon Fund I company that develops leading storage network infrastructure solutions. He also serves in leadership positions with storage management industry groups, as Vice Chairman and Public Relations Coordinator for SNIA IPS Forum iSCSI Group and as Co-Chair of SNIA IPS Technical Workgroup iSCSI Group. Prior to FalconStor, he was Vice President at Computer Associates International, Inc., holding various roles in product marketing, and business and product development.

Ellen Lary. Dr. Lary is an information technology and storage industry consultant with many years of management experience. She became Vice President and General Manager of Digital Equipment Corporation's Storage Product Division in 1996, and subsequently grew the business from $1.2 billion to $1.9 billion in revenues over a 20-month period. After the Compaq Computer Corporation's acquisition of Digital, she was appointed Vice President of Business Critical Storage for Compaq. She left Compaq in 1999 and in 2000, she formed Tutelary, LLC, a business development consulting company.

Richard Lary. Mr. Lary is a storage and technology industry consultant with many years of domain experience. He was Digital Equipment Corporation's Storage Architect, its Storage Technical Director, and after the Compaq Computer Corporation's acquisition of Digital, Compaq 's Storage Technical Director. He holds 25 patents for his work in processor and storage system architecture and design, and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Server I/O Conference in January 2000.

Greg Selker. Mr. Selker is a Managing Director at Christian & Timbers, a leading retained-search executive recruiting firm focusing on CEO and senior executive level searches. He concentrates on information technology and private equity-backed companies. Mr. Selker has been a consulting partner to Odeon Fund I and has been instrumental in recruiting many senior level executives to Odeon Fund I portfolio companies.