Jon B. Fisher served as Bharosa, Inc's CEO until its successful acquisition
by Oracle Corporation in July, 2007. Jon became Oracle's Vice President
Product Management assisting with the release of Oracle Adaptive Access
Manager 10g as a result of the acquisition. Jon was named Ernst & Young's
2007 Entrepreneur Of The Year in Northern California and was recognized as a
2006 Forty Under Forty Executive To Watch by the San Jose Business Journal
and a 2000 Face Of A New Generation by the Wall Street Journal. In the past
15 years, Jon has served as CEO of three software companies resulting in two
successful exits. Jon was a freshman starter on the Vassar College
basketball team but opted to discontinue his Division III career in favor of
starting his first company in Silicon Valley. Jon completed his
undergraduate degree from the University of San Francisco. Jon is a trustee
of the Nueva School in Hillsborough and the Pacific Vascular Research
Foundation in South San Francisco. Jon also serves on the boards of the
Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society and Emphasis Search in San Francisco.
Jeb Miller has a decade of experience working with early stage companies and
focuses his investments on innovative opportunities across the mobile and
enterprise applications and infrastructure sectors. Jeb currently serves on
the Boards for Ad Infuse, Innotas and Pano Logic and is an advisor to
ONStor.
Jeb joined ComVentures from Worldview Technology Partners, where he invested
in enterprise software and data center infrastructure companies. Prior to
Worldview, Miller co-founded Morgan Stanley Technology Ventures, where he
focused on investments in the data center infrastructure sector. Jeb's
prior investments and Board seats include FineGround Networks (acquired by
Cisco), IntruVert Networks (acquired by McAfee), LogLogic and Rhapsody
Networks (acquired by Brocade Communications).
Miller was previously Director of Business Development for Scient, an
Internet consulting firm, where he launched and managed the firm's corporate
venture arm. Prior to Scient, Miller was an investment banker with Morgan
Stanley's global technology group in Menlo Park, Boston and New York. Miller
graduated summa cum laude from Harvard with a B.A. in Economics.
Developed an active career spanning greater than twenty-three years as a physician and clinical researcher for universities and more recently for private industry. International experience and recognition, designing and overseeing preclinical studies and clinical trials for cardiovascular and nuclear imaging products in a variety of settings. Overall career goals are to have relevant impact in medicine and society; opportunity for financial growth; and opportunity for new challenges.
Tom Fountain is a Principal at Mayfield Fund focused on infrastructure
software, networking, storage, and security. Tom's investments include
Akimbi (acquired by EMC/VMware) and Webroot. He is also involved Cemaphore,
Mendocino Software, Mimosa Systems, and WiChorus. He previously served on
the board of directors for Scalix (acquired by Xandros) and worked with
Determina (acquired by EMC/VMware). Prior to joining Mayfield in 2003, Tom
co-founded Ingrian Networks, a leader in network and database security. Tom
was previously a faculty member at Stanford University in both the
electrical engineering and computer science departments. Before joining the
Stanford faculty, Tom was founder and CEO of a software development and
retail sales firm with multi-state operations. He is co-inventor of ten U.S.
and four international patent-pending technologies in networking, security,
and operating systems. Tom was a PhD student in electrical engineering at
Stanford University, where he earned an MBA with distinction as an Arjay
Miller Scholar, an MS in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Computer Science,
and a BS in Computer Systems Engineering.
Senior Relationship Manager
SVB Silicon Valley Bank
Benjermin Colombo is a senior relationship manager for SVB Silicon Valley Bank’s Life Science Practice based in San Francisco. He is responsible for all sales initiatives, managing client relationships and overseeing the continued growth of the practice.
He began his career with SVB in 2004 as a relationship manager in the company’s Hardware and Communications Practice. He has also managed the Software and Services Practice for the company’s South Bay region where he primarily worked with software, Internet and new media companies.
Colombo has more than 12 year of commercial banking expertise and has first-hand experience as an entrepreneur. He has held several senior banking positions where he specialized with working with a broad array of venture-backed technology companies, including vice president at both Imperial Bank and Comerica Bank. He was also the director of Emerging Markets at Ernst & Young, LLP, and Vice President of mergers and acquisitions at a national boutique investment banking firm. Just prior to joining SVB, Colombo co-founded a small niche graphic design firm.
In addition to his professional career, Colombo is involved with several nonprofit organizations. His recent service includes his position as the CFO of the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce. Colombo holds a bachelor’s degree in business and finance, a master’s degree in economics and minored in computer science and applied science and business all from the University of San Francisco.
