BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Noah Groth, Chairman of the Board and Founder

Noah Groth is the founder of GuardianEdge. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT security, software development and computer security industry.

Mr. Groth is also founder and chairman of Micro Security Devices, Inc., a manufacturer of anti-theft computer security devices sold to more than 400 of the Fortune 1000 companies and customers in nearly two dozen countries. Mr. Groth founded Micro Security Devices in 1984. Before entering the computer security industry, he founded an IT consultancy, managed information systems for a billion dollar real estate investment trust and worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Company.

Mr. Groth holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. He is an inactive Certified Public Accountant in California.

 

 

Ralph Clark, President and CEO

As President and CEO of GuardianEdge, Ralph Clark is responsible for overseeing both the company's strategic direction and day-to-day operations. Mr. Clark brings more than 25 years of corporate and financial leadership to the position, most recently serving as GuardianEdge’s Chief Operating Officer from 2005-2009.

Prior to GuardianEdge, Mr. Clark held the position of Vice President of Finance for Adaptec, responsible for worldwide Financial Planning & Analysis. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for Snap Appliance prior to Adaptec’s acquisition of the company. Before that, Mr. Clark served as founder and CEO of Blue Makoi, and President and CEO of Direct Medical Knowledge, successfully leading both companies to acquisition. His career also includes sales and marketing positions at IBM and investment banking work at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Clark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of the Pacific, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is member of the board of directors for PrintRoom and Pacific Community Ventures and serves as a Trustee at the Oakland Museum of California.

 

 

Anthony Lee, Board Member

Anthony Lee is a General Partner of Altos Ventures, where he focuses on software and digital media investments. Anthony currently serves as a director of  CrownPeak, Bright Edge, Demandbase, GuardianEdge Technologies, Hooked Media Group, Koofers.com, Netbase Solutions, Roblox and Xignite.

Before joining Altos Ventures in 2000, Anthony led marketing efforts for three start-up companies. He served as Vice President of Marketing for services automation leader Evolve Software (Nasdaq: EVLV, later acquired by Oracle/Primavera) and Vice President of Marketing for social search pioneer Clip2.com. He also co-founded Signature Wines, a national distributor of private-labeled wines. Previously, Anthony was a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company and published a national magazine.

Anthony serves as Vice Chairman of TechSoup Global, the world's largest non-profit distributor of computer software and hardware. Anthony is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a charter member of the Pacific Council of International Policy. He is a founding member of the Full Circle Fund, a venture philanthropy group based in San Francisco. Anthony received his MBA from Stanford University and earned a BA in Politics and Economics from Princeton University.

 

 

Derek Blazensky, Board Member

Derek Blazensky is a founding partner of Cardinal Venture Capital. In addition to sitting on the Board of Directors for GuardianEdge, he sits on the board of Nimblefish and deCarta.

Prior to forming Cardinal Venture Capital, Mr. Blazensky managed venture investments for Adobe Ventures. His portfolio companies included Tumbleweed Communications, advanced email solutions for business communications; AvantGo, a mobile Internet company; PictureIQ, picture editing and creativity solutions for Internet applications; and Digital Fountain, technologies for high-volume digital content delivery.

Before joining Adobe Ventures, Mr. Blazensky was director of Adobe Systems' printing system product line. Derek has also held engineering, sales and marketing positions at Teknowledge Incorporated, an early pioneer of artificial intelligence and expert systems, and GRiD Systems, developer of the first laptop computer. He began his career as an engineer for Ford Aerospace.

Mr. Blazensky received his BA in Physics from Fairfield University and his BS in Computer Science from the University of Connecticut.

 

 

Jim Sayre, Board Member

Jim is the Senior Managing Director at Cargill Ventures. He founded Cargill Ventures in 2000, and was president of the group. He currently serves on the boards of Ecosynthetix, MarkMonitor, and Virent. He also oversees investments in Dust Networks, Redpoint Bio and Fortiva. Jim's past investments include DemandTec (NASDAQ:DMAN), iTrade Networks (acquired by KKR/Accel, Ecovation (acquired by EcoLab). Before starting Cargill Ventures, Jim was Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Cargill where he led global acquisition and divestitures exceeding $5 billion in value between 1995 and 2000. Prior to that, Jim worked at Deloitte Consulting as a senior manager and worked in various positions in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Jim earned a BA in economics from the University of California at Davis and an MBA from Harvard University.

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