Board of Directors

Lorne Cooper

AccuRev President & Chairman

Before joining AccuRev as President, Lorne was President of PeerDirect, a developer of embedded database synchronization technology to software companies worldwide. Before PeerDirect, Lorne was President of NuSphere Corporation, a start-up subsidiary of Progress Software Corporation that delivers an Internet application platform based on open source components, providing an integrated foundation that allows companies to deploy reliable, cost-effective, enterprise-class applications.

Prior to joining NuSphere, he founded Sente, Inc., a software company that provided high-end software to designers of integrated circuits, particularly Intel, Motorola, Toshiba, NEC, Nortel and Ericsson. As President and CEO, Lorne ran Sente successfully for six years, culminating in the sale of the company. Before founding Sente, he was with Viewlogic Systems for nine years, where he served as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Product Marketing, and was part of the management team that brought the company to IPO and revenues of over $100 million.

Mr. Cooper has been a director on the boards of various software companies. Mr. Cooper holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Richard J. Davis

Mr. Davis is currently chief executive officer for Avectra, where he provides strategic direction and day-to-day operational leadership,. He brings more than 30 years of sales, marketing and operational experience in the technology industry into his role as CEO.

Mr. Davis started his career in technology with several cutting-edge software companies, gaining extensive experience developing strategy and growing revenue. His international experience includes managing operations throughout Europe, China, Mexico and Panama.

Mr. Davis most recently served as president and CEO for Ultimus, Inc. Previous CEO positions also include Ardence, Inc., and Rand McNally and Company. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Boston area non-profit From the Top, which showcases America’s best young musicians, as well as for AccuRev, Inc.

David Ellenberger

David Ellenberger most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of 170 Systems, Inc., a leading provider of software products and services designed to dramatically reduce operational costs and increase the financial compliance of large ERP systems. Mr. Ellenberger was also Chief Executive Officer of Vividon Inc., a leading provider of Internet infrastructure devices for high-volume streaming media applications, until its merger with Starbak Communications, Inc. Before joining Vividon, Mr. Ellenberger was President of DataSage Inc., a leader in data mining and personalization applications. DataSage, where he completed the sale of the company to Vignette Corporation.

Mr. Ellenberger began his career at Bell Laboratories, and served for more than ten years at Data General Corporation in progressive leadership and general management positions. Mr. Ellenberger holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago, an M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S.E.E. degree from Iowa State University.

R. Stephen McCormack

General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures

Steve McCormack is a co-founder of Commonwealth Capital Ventures. Throughout his career, McCormack has established a record of successful investments in early stage technology and healthcare opportunities. Before founding Commonwealth Capital, McCormack was a Senior Vice President with 3i Corporation. Prior to joining 3i, McCormack was a Partner with Merrill Lynch Venture Capital. McCormack was also previously employed with MTDC as well as with the Bank of New York and Interactive Data Corporation. A graduate of Dartmouth College in Psychology, McCormack received his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Jeffrey Vogel

Managing Director, Velocity

Jeffrey Vogel has over 15 years experience in operating and financing high tech software companies. Prior to co-founding Velocity in 2000, Jeff was Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Research and Development for eBusiness Technologies, a leader in XML Content Management Systems. In 1989, Jeff co-founded Electronic Book Technologies (EBT), a pioneer in SGML and XML information systems. At EBT Jeff led R&D until 1996 when he helped sell the company to Inso, a publicly traded company. From 1996 to 1998, Jeff was Vice President of Engineering at Inso's Electronic Publishing Solutions business unit and was also very active in the company's corporate development activities where he helped acquire and integrate upwards of a half dozen acquisitions.

Jeff represents or has represented Velocity as a board member or board observer in a number of portfolio companies, including BEZ, WebDialogs, Nexaweb, Digital LightCircuits, and Collego.

Jeff currently is a Director of the Slater Center for Interactive Technology as well as Vice President and Executive Board member of the JCC of Rhode Island. He holds an A.B. in Computer Science and Economics from Brown University and is married with one daughter.