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Board of Directors
David Fraser
Devicescape Software, Chief Executive Officer
John Johnston
August Capital, Partner
John Johnston co-founded August Capital in 1995. Prior to co-founding August Capital, John served as a general partner with two venture capital firms, Technology Venture Investors (TVI) since 1988 and Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners (H&Q) from 1983 to 1988. During his venture career, John has invested in more than 25 companies, serving on more than 20 boards of directors. His high-technology venture investments include eShop (acquired by Microsoft), Frame Technology, Intuit, Insignia Solutions, Logic Automation (acquired by Synopsys), Saros (acquired by FileNet), Sybase, Visio and Xilinx.
In addition to his U.S. venture capital experience, John worked in Hong Kong for five years at a privately held venture capital firm, Inter-Asia Management Co., Ltd. (IAM). While at IAM, he participated in such successful investments as McDonald's Restaurants (HK) Ltd. and Ikea Furniture (HK) Ltd., and was active in the management of several portfolio companies.
John received an AB in English from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard University. He is a past director of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists.
Doug Mackenzie
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, General Partner
Doug Mackenzie joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1989, and became a Partner in 1992. Since joining KPCB, Doug has focused his investment activities in the software sector, including enterprise applications, entertainment and educational software, and internet applications, tools and services. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Marimba (public) and E.piphany (public), as well as the following private companies: Devicescape Software, Scintera Networks, WeddingChannel (formerly Della.com) and Omniva Policy Systems (formerly Disappearing Inc.). Previously, Doug had been either a Director of, or actively involved with KPCB’'s investments in: Pivotal Corporation (public), HomeGrocer.com (public, acquired by Webvan), Gigabeat (acquired by Napster), Accept.com (acquired by Amazon.com), Collabra Software (acquired by Netscape), Crystal Dynamics (acquired by Eidos), Diamond Lane Communications (acquired by Nokia), Edmark (public, acquired by IBM), Individual (public), On Technology (public), Preview Travel (public), Shiva (public) and Visio Corporation (public, acquired by Microsoft). He has also led KPCB's investments in Kibu, Zagat's, UPromise, iVillage (public), MMC Networks (public), and Intraware (public). In addition, he serves as co-Chairman of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, as a Board member of Pacific Community Ventures and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, as a Trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation (USSTF), and he is on the faculty at the Stanford School of Engineering.
Doug holds a Bachelor's in Economics and a Master's in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard.
Erik Nierenberg
Principal
Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
Erik Nierenberg joined Enterprise Partners in 2004 and focuses primarily within software, consumer Internet, and wireless technologies. Enterprise Partners was founded in 1985 and is the largest venture firm headquartered in Southern California. Since its founding, the firm has invested in more than 155 companies, representing over $1.1B and currently has $750M in active capital under management. Current Board seats include Devicescape (wireless Internet) and Expresso Fitness (interactive content). Additional Board and management involvement at SpecificMEDIA (online ad network), Sky MobileMedia (wireless software), IdenTrust (identity management), Qwikker (mobile content), Dragonwave (telecom), and Ascendent Systems (acquired by RIM in Q106).
Prior to joining Enterprise Partners, Nierenberg spent five years with Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he led growth strategy, operations and marketing initiatives across industries including technology, media, consumer products, and retail. Earlier in his career, Nierenberg worked in product management at Netscape and developed a business plan for Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Labs to commercialize a virtual imaging product.
He received a M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business as well as a degree with distinction in Economics from Pomona College.
Rich Wyckoff
Board Member
Rich Wyckoff joined Marimba, Inc., a leading provider of software change management solutions, in September 2000 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2001 until the company's acquisition by BMC Software, Inc., in July 2004. After Marimba's acquisition by BMC Software, Inc., Mr. Wyckoff served as Vice President of the Marimba Products Group within BMC until May, 2005.
Before joining Marimba, Mr. Wyckoff simultaneously served as Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Vice President of Product Marketing, Design Realization Group, for Cadence Design Systems. He has also held various management positions at nCube, Sun Microsystems, and other high-tech organizations. Additionally, Mr. Wyckoff taught courses in public speaking at the University of California.
Mr. Wyckoff received an M.A. degree in Mass Media/Journalism and a B.A. degree in Communications from University of California, Santa Barbara.
Eduardo deCastro
Co-Founder
Eduardo deCastro is a Bay Area entrepreneur who is one of three co-founders who founded Devicescape, (then known as Instant802 Networks) in 2000. He served as the company's CEO from its inception through 2003. Previously, Eduardo was the General Manager of European Operations at Contact Networks, New Business Development lead at Schlumberger Smart Cards, and a team leader at Andersen Consulting. Eduardo holds a Bachelor's from Boston College and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.