Peter Relan
Chairman
Peter Relan brings over 20 years of domain expertise, as well as technology and executive management experience to ThreatMetrix. Formerly the founder and CEO of Business Signatures Corporation, he led the company from inception through to acquisition by Entrust Corporation (NASDAQ: ENTU) for its bank fraud detection. At Oracle, Mr. Relan was vice president of its Internet division, responsible for creating Oracle’s Application Server and E-Commerce applications. At Hewlett-Packard he was principal architect of the Open View enterprise platform. Before co-founding Business Signatures in 2001, Mr. Relan was founding senior vice president of technology and CIO for two years at Webvan Group, where he was responsible for the technology organization and CRM platform, including software development, IT operations, and application support. Mr. Relan holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from UCLA and a master of science degree in management from Stanford University.
Reed Taussig
President and CEO, ThreatMetrix
Reed Taussig has more than 30 years of experience in the computer hardware and software field. Prior to joining ThreatMetrix, Mr. Taussig was president and CEO of Vormetric Inc., a leader in the data privacy and protection industry. Under Mr. Taussig’s direction, Vormetric established itself as a leading provider of encryption solutions for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Mr. Taussig also served as president and CEO of Callidus Software [NASDAQ:CALD], the leading provider of enterprise incentive compensation management application systems. As founding CEO and the fifth employee, Mr. Taussig led the growth of company to more than $70 million in revenues and over 350 employees. Prior to Callidus, Mr. Taussig was the president and CEO of inquiry.com, a pioneer in the B2B Internet space as well as senior vice president of operations for Gupta Technologies, the leader for PC client server software development tools and databases. Mr. Taussig holds a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Arizona.
David Jones
CTO, ThreatMetrix
David Jones co-founded ThreatMetrix in 2005. He has more than 15 years experience in technical and management roles within the software industry. Prior to co-founding ThreatMetrix, Mr. Jones founded SpamMATTERS delivering products used by federal government enforcement agencies for tracking phishing and spamming operations. At Surfcontrol, a leading Internet content filtering company that was later acquired by WebSENSE, he served as vice president of global research. Among his major achievements at SurfControl was the management of the email filtering and flagship anti-spam solutions generating over 30% of company revenues. Mr. Jones arrived at his position at SurfControl when EmU Tech, another company he founded, was acquired by SurfControl in 2001. Mr. Jones holds a bachelor of engineering in electrical engineering from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Mark Gill
CM Capital
Mark Gill joined CM Capital in 2006 and is involved in all aspects of IT and telecommunications investments. Over the past 16 years, Mr. Gill has worked in general management, CEO, and global sales and marketing roles, building and managing organizations and delivering products to over 30 countries. He has been actively engaged in the many challenges facing entrepreneurs, including raising capital on several continents. In 1994, Mr. Gill became CEO of Star Technologies, a telecom software products company, concluding a successful sale in 1997 to Claremont. Subsequently, CEO at satellite modem developer, DSpace, Mr. Gill led the company to profitability and in 2006 executed a sale to a large U.S. corporation.
Allan Aaron
Technology Venture Partners
Allan Aaron is one of the two founding partners of Technology Venture Partners, which is a specialist investor in the IT and telecommunications sector with over $200 million in funds under management. Mr. Aaron was a founding executive with the Australian Technology Group and has been involved in early stage venture capital for the past 15 years, three of which were spent in Silicon Valley. Prior to this, he spent eight years in management consulting with McKinsey & Company, and as a director of Ernst & Young’s management and technology consulting practice. He has also spent several years in professional and systems engineering roles as well as marketing with IBM Australia. Mr. Aaron has been a member of Ausindustry’s ITC committee overseeing Commercial Ready Grants and the Concessional Loans Committee. He is a member of the Australian Venture Capital Associations (AVCAL) council. He represents Technology Venture Partners on the board of directors of Clear2Pay BV, Peregrine Semiconductor Inc, Sensory Networks Inc, and ThreatMetrix. He holds an honors degree in aerospace engineering and a master of business administration and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Steve Krausz
US Venture Partners
Steve Krausz has been involved with US Venture Partner’s investments in Check Point Software, Harmonic Lightwaves and Stratacom. Mr. Krausz serves on the board of directors of Asempra, Force10 Networks, Imperva, Megapath, MontaVista, National Banana, Occam Networks, Sierra Monolithics, Synfora, and Xirrus. He has led the firm’s investments in Accelerated Networks, Applied Digital Access, Elantec, MicroLinear, Occam Networks, and Xylan. Mr. Krausz serves on the board of Woodside Priory School and is a former executive board member of the National Venture Capital Association. He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a master of business administration from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
