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Robert P. Goodman
Chairman
Robert P. Goodman has served as one of our directors since April 1999 and has served as Chairman of our board of directors since 2000. He is the founding partner of Bessemer Venture Partners' investment office in Larchmont, New York. Show more
Mr. Goodman is also a Managing Member of Deer Management Co. LLC, the management company for Bessemer Venture Partners' investment funds, including Bessemer Venture Partners IV L.P. and Bessec Venture Partners IV L.P. Prior to joining Bessemer, Mr. Goodman founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of two telecommunications companies, Celcore and Boatphone, a group of cellular operating companies.
Mr. Goodman is currently a member of the board of directors of several private companies, including Millennial Media, Inc., Netsmart Technologies, Inc., Perimeter Internetworking Corp., Select Minds, Inc., Spiral Holdings Inc., Spiral Intermediate Inc., Synscort Incorporated, Teamviewer Holdings, Ltd. and TV Holding S.a.r.l. Show more
John J. Gavin Jr.
John J. Gavin Jr. has served as one of our directors since March 2010. From January 2007 to June 2008, Mr. Gavin served as Chief Financial Officer of BladeLogic, Inc., or BladeLogic, a provider of data center automation software, which was acquired by BMC Software, Inc. Show more
Prior to joining BladeLogic, Mr. Gavin served as the Chief Financial Officer for NaviSite, Inc., a provider of information technology hosting, outsourcing and professional services, from April 2004 through January 2007. Mr. Gavin has served on the board of directors of Vistaprint, Inc. since 2006. Mr. Gavin is also currently a director of two private companies, Consona Corporation and Qlik Technologies. Show more
John D. Markley, Jr.
John D. Markley, Jr. has served as one of our directors since January 2002. Since 1996, Mr. Markley has been affiliated with Columbia Capital Corporation, or Columbia Capital, a communications, media and technology investment firm, where he has served in a number of capacities including partner, venture partner and portfolio company executive. Show more
Prior to Columbia Capital, Mr. Markley served at the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Markley has been a director of Charter Communications, Inc. since 2009. Mr. Markley also serves on the board of directors of Millennial Media, Inc. and Telecom Transport Management, Inc. Show more
Andrew M. Miller
Andrew M. Miller has served as one of our directors since May 2006. Mr. Miller is Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations for Polycom, Inc., or Polycom, a provider of telepresence, video and voice collaboration solutions, which he joined in July 2009.Show more
Prior to joining Polycom, Mr. Miller served as Senior Vice President of Monster North America, a division of Monster Worldwide, Inc., from July 2007 to July 2008. Mr. Miller served as an adviser to the board of directors of TANDBERG, an international provider of visual communications solutions, from January 2006 to and served as Chief Executive Officer of TANDBERG from January 2002 to January 2006. Show more
Douglas L. Maine
Douglas L. Maine has served as one of our directors since May 2007. Mr. Maine served as General Manager of the Consumer Products Industry Division for International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, from 2003 until his retirement in May 2005. Show more
Prior to joining IBM in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Maine spent 20 years with MCI, Inc. (now part of Verizon), where he was Chief Financial Officer from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Maine has served on the board of directors of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. since 2006 and Alliant Techsystems Inc. since 2005.Show more
Michael Tessler
President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Tessler brings over 20 years of business strategy and technology experience to his role as co-founder. As CEO and president of BroadSoft, Michael is focused on bringing advanced carrier-grade communications systems to service providers worldwide.Show more
At Alcatel USA, as Vice President of Engineering in the Celcore organization, Michael was responsible for all product development activities for several product lines. A member of the senior staff, Michael participated in business strategy, helped manage the day-to-day, business activities, and led the business development activities in China.
Prior to Alcatel, Michael held numerous senior management roles at Nortel and founded and led a services development business unit that helped local exchange carriers build and deploy advanced services on their digital networks. Michael has two patents in the area of local switching, AIN, and advanced call management services and was a recent winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.Show more
Joseph R. Zell
Joseph R. Zell has served as one of our directors since August 2002. Mr. Zell has been a General Partner of Grotech Capital Group, or Grotech, a venture capital firm, since January 2002. Show more
Mr. Zell currently serves on the boards of several private companies, including Aztek Networks, Inc., Collective Intellect, Inc., Hatteras Networks, Inc., LogRhythm Inc and Rebit, Inc. Prior to joining Grotech, Mr. Zell served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Convergent Communications, Inc. from 2000 to 2001.
In April 2001, Convergent Communications filed for bankruptcy.Show more