eXelate

Evangelos Simoudis has been a Senior Managing Director of Trident since 2005.

Prior to Trident, Evangelos spent 5 years as a partner and Chairman of the IT advisory board at Apax Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm where he invested and served on the boards of early and mid-stage IT companies. Prior to entering venture capital, Evangelos had more than 20 years experience in high-technology industries, in executive roles spanning operations, marketing, sales and engineering. His experience as a technology executive includes serving as President and CEO of Customer Analytics  and as Vice President of Business Intelligence Solutions at IBM.

Evangelos’ other current directorships include 8thBridge, BrightRoll, Extole, Host Analytics and PivotLink Software. Prior directorships include Bristol Technology,Composite Software, Confluent Software,DesiHits, Hip Digital, Princeton Softech,and Vidavee.

Evangelos earned a PhD in computer science from Brandeis University and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.

Mark has been at the forefront of digital disruption since 1997 when he joined Modem Media ““ Poppe Tyson, a pioneering digital ad agency and the source of the web’s first banner ad. Following his agency tenure working for clients like IBM, HSBC, Priceline and Standard & Poor’s, Mark was appointed President of WorldNow, which ushered over 300 local TV stations into the digital age via video streaming and online network ad solutions. After WorldNow, he helped local newspapers evolve online, becoming Chief Marketing Officer and Corporate EVP of MediaSpan, where he led strategy, marketing and business development and built its 1400+ affiliate local ad network.

In 2008, Mark joined eXelate where he continued to drive digital innovation as an early champion of data driven programmatic media buying. As eXelate’s CEO, he has been responsible for spearheading corporate growth and driving the strategic vision of the company’s industry-leading smart data engine. Mark led eXelate’s U.S. launch, expanded the company’s global footprint to over 700M unique users worldwide, and was instrumental in closing $28M in Series B and C funding, while creating long-term relationships with data powerhouses like Nielsen and MasterCard.

Mark received his MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business and a BS in Finance from Gannon University, where he was awarded the University’s Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors for Vibrant Media.

Shlomo Dovrat has over 30 years of recognized leadership in the hi-tech entrepreneurial and investment scene. He is a co-founder of the Viola Group and General Partner and co-founder of Carmel Ventures. Shlomo began his career as a hi-tech entrepreneur, served as CEO and Chairman of several leading hi-tech companies, including Oshap and Tecnomatix, and led numerous successful IPOs and M&As.

Mr. Dovrat served as Chairman of ECI Telecom and led its strategic turnaround from 2002-2007, leading to its $1.25 billion acquisition. Currently he also serves on the boards of cVidya, Tapingo, IronSource and Outbrain.

Mr. Dovrat is actively involved in various educational and community outreach programs. He is a founding member of the Israel Venture Network, which promotes diverse educational projects throughout Israel.

Mr. Rieger is a General Partner of NewSpring Growth and a Partner of NewSpring Capital. Prior to joining NewSpring in 2004, he was a co-founder and managing director of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc., the management company that oversees the operations of three venture funds with over $350 million in assets under management.

Prior to Cross Atlantic, Mr. Rieger was a Senior Vice President for Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE:SFE) in charge of business development and  served as a business partner and director for five of Safeguard’s partnership companies.

Mr. Rieger also sits on the Board of Directors for  Profit Point, Smart Destinations, and XOS Technologies Inc. He is active in the local venture capital community and has chaired the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group, a trade association representing more than 80 venture funds and $12 billion in assets. He is a graduate of Colby College and has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Martin Nisenholtz is a Senior Advisor for The New York Times Company and an adjunct professor at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. He recently completed a fellowship at the Joan Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Mr. Nisenholtz lead The New York Times digital operations for 17 years, and was the founding leader for nytimes.com.  In 2002, he founded the Online Publishers Association. In 1983, he founded the Interactive Marketing Group (IMG) at Ogilvy & Mather.  IMG was the first digital agency at a major US advertising firm. In 1979, he was on the founding faculty of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.

In addition to eXelate, Martin is on the boards of Yellow Media, Jostens, RealMatch and Sulia. He is also on the advisory board at Carmel Ventures.

Mr. Nisenholtz holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark has been with Menlo Ventures since 1996.  His current investment interests are in next-generation data center technologies, SaaS software, and Adtech.  Mark’s current board seats also include Media6Degrees, Voltage Security, GetAround, Tintri, Pluribus Networks, DropCam, and Invidi Technologies.  Prior to joining Menlo Ventures, Mark worked at Oracle Corporation and Netscape.

Mark is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. in Physics with Electrical Engineering) and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.). Mark is also an active mentor and angel investor for very early stage companies that have incredible teams and ideas for disrupting existing industries. Some of his personal investments have included Discovery Engine, Talenthouse, 21E6, and Renovo Motors.

As a member of eXelate’s executive team, Meir provides guidance on the company’s overall market strategy while leading some of the company’s key projects. Meir was the Founder and CEO of eXelate from its launch in 2007 until December 2010, developing the company’s vision and shepherding its subsequent growth to its position as the industry-standard data engine.

Prior to eXelate, Meir founded and launched Oridian in 1998, and led the company until late 2006, establishing Oridian as one of the leading global ad networks. Under his management, Oridian opened offices in Israel, the US, Germany and the UK, reaching profitability and generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue. Meir continued to serve on Oridian’s board and worked closely with its executive team until its successful sale to Y-Brant Digit in 2007.

Meir graduated from the Electronic and Computer Engineering program at the Technion Institute of Technology summa cum laude.