Board of Directors

David Blundin

Board Member

David Blundin is the founder of Link Ventures. He is also the CEO of Vestmark, Inc. Previously, David was Chief Technologist at Vignette Corporation which has over 1,000 enterprise customers including seven of the top ten firms in the Financial Services sector. Prior to Vignette, David was the founder, CEO and Chairman of DataSage, Inc. DataSage was acquired by Vignette in a half-billion dollar transaction in January of 2000. DataSage's software enabled businesses to centrally capture and analyze all of their electronic interactions - often involving terabytes of information - and use that information to personalize interactions with customers. In 1998 and 1999 DataSage was selected to the DataWarehouse 100. In 1999 DataSage received a DM Review World Class Solution Award and was selected to Computerworld's 100 Emerging Companies to Watch. Prior to 1997, David was the President and CEO of Cirrus Recognition Systems, a data mining software company. Previously, he was among the first ten employees at MicroStrategy and, subsequently, served on Microstrategy's board of directors in 2003 and 2004. David received a BS in Computer Science degree from MIT where he researched neural network technology at the AI lab. He serves on the boards of several high-tech start-ups and is also a co-founding board member of a hedge fund that employs data mining techniques.

John Glushik

Board Member

John Glushik is a general partner with Intersouth Partners, one of the most active and experienced early-stage funds in the Southeast with more than 80 investments in private companies over the last 20 years. Intersouth manages more than $750 million in seven venture capital limited partnerships, the most recent of which was established in May 2006 and totals $275 million. This fund is the largest venture capital fund in North Carolina and one of the largest early stage funds in the Southeast. John has been actively involved with most of the companies in the Intersouth information technology portfolio, serving as a board member and a board observer. His work covers all aspects of venture investment and portfolio management. He has led multiple venture financings and he has managed a number of successful liquidity events. John is an active member of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), serving on CED's board of directors and executive committee. He serves on the board of the Florida Venture Forum and he has served as co-chair of the AeA Venture Forum. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast and Southeast TechInventures. He teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He speaks frequently at North Carolina State University and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University where he is an Entrepreneur Affiliate. John serves on the Engineering Alumni Council and Devil Fund Board at the School of Engineering at Duke. Prior to Intersouth, John worked as an engineer and consultant in the information technology and aerospace industries. His previous experience includes software development, telecommunications engineering, data communications research and strategic market consulting. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke, an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Andrew Jones

Board Member

Andrew E. Jones is a partner in Boulder Ventures, a venture capital firm that has provided funding to Clarabridge™. Andrew has more than 18 years of technology industry experience, primarily in software and communications. Prior to joining Boulder Ventures he worked with another venture capital fund - Grotech Capital Group. At Grotech, Andrew was responsible for sourcing, due diligence, and deal structuring of early-stage information technology investment opportunities. Andrew began his career at Motorola, where he was an engineer in both the Applied Research and Cellular Infrastructure groups. From there, he moved on to financial services and communications consulting positions and Anderson Consulting and Deloitte Consulting. Andrew holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and both a BS and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.

Don Rainey

Board Member

Don Rainey joined Grotech Ventures in September, 2007 as a General Partner and focuses his investment activities on software and e-commerce technologies. Until recently, Don was a General Partner in Intersouth Partners, a venture capital firm based in Durham, North Carolina.

Formerly, Don was an entrepreneur with a track record of a number of successful businesses. He was President of Attitude Network, one of the first entertainment networks online, which was sold to TheGlobe.com. He also served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for Accipiter through its acquisition by CMGI and was COO of DaVinci Systems, which was sold to ON Technology, enabling a combined entity IPO four months later. Don has also held senior executive positions with Novell and the IBM Corporation. Currently, Don is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, where he teaches graduate courses on new venture creation and finance. Don is also among a select group of venture capitalists chosen to serve as a consultant to the Chief Information Officer of the US Department of Defense, through the DeVenCI program, advising on emerging technologies.

Don is a member of the boards of ARPU, Zenoss, Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), March of Dimes – Capital Area, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Foundation and Mindshare, an organization that helps CEOs from the most promising start-ups in the Greater Washington Metropolitan region build long-term sustainable companies. Previously, Don has served on the boards of Covega, Defywire, Maxcyte, Artifact Software, Flatburger, Enterprise Investment Advisory Committee for the State of Maryland and Investment Advisory Board of the State of Virginia’s Growth Acceleration Program.

Don is a James Madison University Graduate, BBA and holds a MS in Bioscience Management from George Mason University.

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