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  Edward Jackson – President and Chief Executive Officer
Han J. Kim – General Partner and Co-founder, Altos Ventures
Steven S. Lee – Partner, STIC International
John-Michael Lind – Founder and CEO, Strategic Partners Group of Companies
Ross E. Peoples – President and Chief Executive Officer, Provade Asia-Pacific
Patrick D. Quirk – Board Member

Edward Jackson – President and Chief Executive Officer
Edward Jackson brings over 15 years of executive management, technology and entrepreneurship experience to Provade.  Prior to founding Provade in 2004, Edward served as Director of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Product Strategy for PeopleSoft.  He joined the PeopleSoft SRM team when SkillsVillage, a company he co-founded, was acquired by PeopleSoft for $32 million in June 2001.  Edward served as CTO at SkillsVillage.  He also spent over four years in Baxter’s Financial Shared Services, supporting a $2 billion+ accounts receivable, $1 billion+ Corporate T&E and a $1 billion+ accounts payable processing operation.

Han J. Kim – General Partner and Co-founder, Altos Ventures
Han Kim is a General Partner and co-founder of Altos Ventures, focusing on investments in the areas of software and business services. He also concentrates on companies with significant business in Asia, leveraging the firm's substantial contacts in the region, particularly in Korea. Han currently serves on the board of Pandora.tv, Provade and SeeControl and works closely with DemandTec, Instill Corporation and Vesta Corporation. He also led the firm’s prior investments in CallConnect (acquired by Workscape), Digital Market (acquired by Agile Software), Evant (acquired by Manhattan Associates), iOwn (acquired by Citibank) and ProduceOnLine (acquired by World Commerce).
Before founding Altos Ventures in 1996, He worked at Booz Allen & Hamilton solving strategic and operational issues for global media, retail and distribution companies. Previously, he was at Procter & Gamble. Han also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served two years in Korea, commanding both U.S. and Korean soldiers.
Han received an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Steven S. Lee – Partner, STIC International
Steven Lee is a partner in STIC’s US office, and heads the US investment team for STIC International. With over 13 years of experience working with companies in various IT fields, Steven has worked with startups in the areas of software, internet applications, networking, storage, and semiconductors. Previously, Steven worked with Athena Technology Ventures, a venture capital fund focusing on early stage companies in communications and information technology, and has served on the boards of several startups, working closely with companies such as Cenix, Chameleon Systems, Creative Design Solutions, Persist, Trapezo, and Zantaz..
Steven earned a MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from MIT. He specialized in Digital Signal Processing and was the member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor societies.

John-Michael Lind – Founder and CEO, Strategic Partners Group of Companies
John-Michael Lind, a Founding Investor in Provade, is the Founder and CEO of the Strategic Partners Group of Companies, which includes Strategic Partners Holding Ltd., the General Partner of The Strategic Partners Opportunities LBO Fund and The India Special Situations Fund, Persona Ventures, an India-based proprietary venture capital fund, Strategic Partners India Pvt. Ltd., a corporate finance services company with offices in Silicon Valley, New York and Mumbai, and Haseltine Global Health, LLC, a global healthcare and life sciences company headquartered in New York. Prior to establishing SPL, John-Michael was the CEO of Hughes Ispat Limited, a basic telecom services operator in India (currently Tata Maharashtra). John-Michael is also the Trustee of The Lind Family Trust which supports charitable activities in science and healthcare in the US and India.

Ross E. Peoples – President and Chief Executive Officer, Provade Asia-Pacific
Ross Peoples has over 20 years experience in supply chain and business solutions, consolidating the last five years in the financial service industry specializing in business services covering new technology applications, financial management, process reengineering, strategic sourcing, change management and collaborative e-business solutions.  As Executive General Manager Business Services for Commonwealth Bank and Director of Cyberlynx Procurement Services, Ross managed over 400 staff, annual budget/revenue of $120 million and Procurement spend of $1.5 billion per year.  He has a Bachelor of Business Studies from Sydney University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Patrick D. Quirk – Board Member
Patrick Quirk has more than 25 years of experience in enterprise software management, research and development, marketing and sales. He recently served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Customer Operations for Keynote Systems. He had global responsibility for over 100 sales and professional services personnel, including Keynote’s service level management (SLM) and customer experience management (CEM) consulting organizations.  Prior to joining Keynote in April 2005, Patrick served as PeopleSoft’s General Manager and Group Vice President in charge of the company’s supply chain management, product and technology business. He also held several roles at i2 Technologies, including Vice President of Strategic Accounts at i2 Technologies and Vice President of Marketplaces.  Patrick was Vice President of the Americas and Asia-Pacific for Aspect Development (acquired by i2) and led sales for Connect Inc, which he helped take public in 1996. He was also a Vice President for Avalon Software, an ERP company and has held executive positions at Oracle, including national sales manager and group sales manager, and launched Oracle's first manufacturing releases through 28 of the world's leading high tech OEMs.
He holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.