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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.

Wally Buch
Daniel Joensen
Chris Meyer
David Overhauser
Gene Shklar
Ian Sobieski
David Wu

LS/BIOTECH SCREENING COMMITTEE

Seven 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
Wally Buch
Denis Coleman
Paul Quadros
Art Reidel
Ian Sobieski

SIG COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Five 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 Band including, LS/Biotech, Energy, Telecom/Security, Software and Internet.

Jan Jannink
Bob Kyle
Paul Quadros
Dean Sirovica
Ron Weissman

MEMBERS

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

To learn more about a member of the screening committee click on their names to the right.


Mike Bateman has 46 years of experience at high technology companies. After a 20 year career at Tandem Computers, he has been working with numerous start-up companies, most often serving as Chairman or a board member. At Tandem Computers, he served as Vice President of Corporate Development, Vice President of Third-Party Marketing and Vice President & General Manager of the Central Division. Prior to Tandem, Mike was Chairman and President of International Data Sciences Corporation, Manager at Arthur Andersen & Co., Sales Manager at ADL Systems, a subsidiary of Arthur D. Little and Sales Representative at Honeywell EDP. He is a board member emeritus of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, a member of the Band of Angels, and a Horizon Ventures and Selby Venture Partners Limited Partner.

 

FUND & 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 staff members click on their names below.

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

MEMBER SELECTION COMMITTEE

Mike Bateman
David Burwen
Randy Fowler
Brian Frenzel
Art Reidel
Ian Sobieski
Stephen Taylor
Ed Bierdeman
Bill Hilliard
Larry Kelly
Don Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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