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Charles oversees worldwide operations for the Attachmate Group. He brings more than 16 years of experience in strategic, financial and operational leadership. Previously, Charles served as SVP of corporate development, then CFO for Vignette Corporation. Before Vignette, Charles was a Principal in the Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley.

Donald Massaro is responsible for managing Rainmaker’s overall operations and driving company strategy. A renowned Silicon Valley entrepreneur and leader, Don has a 30 year track record of successfully leading both public and privately-held cutting-edge technology-based companies, and bringing innovative products to market. Prior to Rainmaker, Massaro held the position of CEO of Sendmail, a leader in messaging infrastructure serving the world’s largest corporations. Mr. Massaro has been a founder and CEO of six Silicon Valley technology companies including Reconnex, Yotta Navigation, Silicon Gaming, Inversion Development Corp, Metaphor Computer Systems and Shugart.

Dan Frawley is a Chief Executive Officer at Iconoculture Inc, Managing Director at FALMOUTH VENTURES LP, and Board Member at techies.com. He has worked as President/CEO at techies.com. Dan attended United States Naval Academy and Harvard Business School.

Mark Tacchi is the founder and CEO of Vendini, a company that builds software to provide an end-to-end ticketing solution that makes the business of live events simple. The company’s all-in-one ticketing solution is used by theaters, music and event venues, and music and art festivals across the country. Earning his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1991, Mark began his career working for NeXT. After working for Apple following the NeXT acquisition in 1996, Tacchi decided to embrace his entrepreneurial side and co-founded Hipbone, a company that allowed users to co-navigate the web together in the earlier days of the Internet. While leading the company to its acquisition by CRM software company KANA in 2004, Tacchi was also building his next (and current) venture, a passion project called Vendini. Tacchi created Vendini as a way to give back to the theater and live event space, using his programming know-how to create a new and easier way for venues to simplify the business aspects behind live events. Founded in 2001, the company began as a solution directed towards theaters and playhouses, and has now expanded to over 1,800 venues across music and sports venues, nightclubs, non-profit organizations, art galleries and music and art festivals around the world. Mark lives in San Francisco with his wife, two kids and French Bulldog, and is an “across-the-board” art lover with a strong passion for the performing arts, live music and art galleries.

Over 15 years of solid management experience in the security and defense, systems (hardware-software) development, mobile & wireless, and Internet spaces. Instrumental in creating new businesses, developing and launching industry leading products and technologies, planning and executing high growth business plans, and building worldwide distribution channels and strategic partnerships. Founder and CEO of several companies across the US, Canada, and Israel as well as founding director of several non profit organizations. Specialties: Founding startups, product development, high growth business plans, business development, worldwide sales and marketing, distribution & OEM agreements.

Ken Levine is a fifteen-year cybersecurity industry veteran and brings a wealth of knowledge to Comodo. Ken was CEO of then start-up NitroSecurity, a SIEM platform, before a successful acquisition by McAfee in 2011. At McAfee, Ken was SVP and GM of the security management business unit. After two years at McAfee, Ken became CEO of Digital Guardian. Under his leadership, the organization tripled in size entered adjacent markets, and became a leader in the DLP and EDR markets. Most recently, Ken was the Chief Executive Officer for micro-segmentation company, ShieldX, which Fortinet newly acquired. Ken’s DNA in start-ups and early-stage companies goes back to a 15-year tenure at Cabletron Systems; a networking company started in a garage that became a billion-dollar company. Ken’s passion is building great teams and companies, establishing GTM strategies with the best technology and products. Levine founded Brookline Venture Partners in 2004 to invest in early-stage technology companies. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.