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DEAL SCREENING COMMITTEE

Seven members serve for rotating twelve-month terms on the Deal Screening Committee. They are selected to represent each of the high tech categories of Semiconductors, Software, Internet, Life Science, and Networking/Telecom.  

Amit Kumar
Manthi Nguyen
Chris Meyer
Kurt Petersen
Gene Shklar
Ian Sobieski
David Wu

LS/BIOTECH SCREENING COMMITTEE

Six members serve for rotating terms on the Life Science/Biotech Screening Committee. These members represent many of the subdivisions within this industry including Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics, Medical Device & Instrumentation, Drug Discoveries, Diagnostics and Healthcare Services.

Mike Bates
Denis Coleman
Paul Quadros
Art Reidel
Daniel Joensen
Ian Sobieski

SIG COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Seven members serve for rotating terms as the Chairperson for Band of Angels’ Special Industry Groups. These members represent many of the high tech divisions within the Band including, LS/Biotech, Energy/Cleantech, Telecom/Security, Software and Internet as well as the many varied Social Activities of the Band.

Jan Jannink
Bob Kyle
Paul Quadros
Larry Kelly/Gary Bjorklund
Ron Weissman
Mark Putney

 

FUND AND ANGELS MANAGEMENT

The Band of Angels is managed by a permanent staff and many value added services are contributed by providers in the community.

To learn more about one of our staff members click on their names to the right.

Tim Massey is Principal of the Band of Angels Fund; he has been with the Band of Angels Fund since the summer of 2001, and he led the investments in Virtual Silicon Technologies, ChipWrights, and PortalPlayer, Inc. Currently he is a board observer at ChipWrights and Theta Microelectronics. Prior to Band of Angels Fund, Tim held management positions in sales and marketing with BOPS Inc, a DSP semiconductor intellectual property start-up. Prior to BOPS, Tim held several positions of increasing responsibility at Texas Instruments where he ultimately led a sales and marketing group focused on DSP and ASIC. Tim holds a BSEE degree from North Carolina State University.

 

 

 

 

FUND & ANGELS MANAGEMENT

Ian Patrick Sobieski
Managing Director & Coordinator
Ed Canty
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Massey
Principal
Nicola Corzine
Deal Manager
Tim Taylor
Oral Presentation Coach

MEMBER SELECTION COMMITTEE

Band members are generally former or current high tech executives interested in investing their time and money into startups.   Eleven members serve for rotating twelve-month terms on the Member Selection Committee. 

Liliana Nordbakk
Craig London
Randy Fowler
Brian Frenzel
Karen Riley
Art Reidel
Ian Sobieski
Bruce Schechter
Ed Bierdeman
Don Lee
Mark Putney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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