Kathy Sherbrooke
President and Co-founder, Circles

Ken Bronfin
President, Hearst Interactive Media

Ken Bronfin leads a team which initiates new businesses, makes strategic investments in Internet content and infrastructure companies, and works with Hearst's other media divisions to adapt the company's editorial and programming resources to new formats. Prior to joining Hearst, Ken was with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) as a founder of the Interactive Media Group as well as general manager of NBC's digital television group and vice president of NBC Cable and Business Development. Ken was also head of business development for NBC Technology and was director of NBC's Broadcast Engineering Group, which was responsible for the research and development associated with NBC's technical infrastructure. He sits on the boards of four of Hearst Interactive Media's portfolio companies. Ken holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA in Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds patents in the field of television technology.

Kate Buggeln
Board Director and Retail Industry Consultant

As executive and consultant, Kate Buggeln has 20 years of experience working with high-end retail corporations, such as Coach, Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale's Department Stores and Gucci. At Coach (COH), as senior vice president of Strategy and Business Development, Kate was responsible for strategic planning, licensing, direct marketing, market research and multi-channel customer relationship management programs. Kate is a member of the board of directors of Dress Barn Inc. (DBRN), one of the nation's leading value-priced women's specialty retailers. Kate is also a member of the governing board for the Business Council for Peace (www.bpeace.org), a U.N.-affiliated organization helping women in world regions of conflict and post-conflict. Kate's prior positions also included president of Boo.com, executive vice president of the LakeWest Group Ltd. and manager for Coopers & Lybrand Retail National Consulting Practice.

Robert E. Keith, Jr.
Managing Director, TL Ventures

Robert E. Keith, Jr. is a Managing Director of TL Ventures, a $1.4 billion group of venture capital funds focused on technology services and software, communications and life sciences. In addition to his work with individual companies, Bob is Chief Executive Officer of TL Ventures Inc., which is responsible for the management of the funds. He is also a senior advisor to, and co-founder of, EnerTech Capital, a venture capital fund, which targets technology companies that benefit from deregulation of the utility industry. Prior to his affiliation with TL Ventures in 1989, Bob held executive positions with Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia for over 20 years, most recently as Vice Chairman. At Fidelity, he headed the Corporate Banking Department, which included specialized and commercial lending groups and several non-banking subsidiaries. Bob serves on the Boards of Directors of a number of the TL Ventures portfolio companies. In addition, he is Chairman of Safeguard Scientifics, Vice Chairman and a member of the board and Executive Committee of Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and is a board member and Chairman of the Investment Committee of TRF Urban Growth Partners L.P. Bob is a graduate of Amherst College and Temple.

Peter Meekin
Managing Director, Trident Capital

Peter Meekin has more than 20 years of experience in software, information services, and technology consulting. Prior to joining Trident Capital, he was vice president of Venture Development at Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health. He has also held senior technology and management positions with Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation, and IBM. In addition, Peter has hands-on entrepreneurial experience having launched three start-up companies in the software and consulting industries. Current directorships: Arxan Technologies, Inc., Circles, Inc., Cymfony, Inc., iRobot, Inc., Securivacy, Sygate Technologies, Thor Technologies, Inc. and Vidient Systems. Board observer: IBEX Process Technology, Inc. Past directorships: Berkeley Enterprise Partners, Inc., Customer Analytics, Inc., ELetter, Inc., ESS Software, Inc., MainControl, Inc. Education: BS, Mathematics, State University of New York at New Paltz.

Sharon Munger
President and CEO

Sharon Munger is the retired Chairman of The M/A/R/C Group and from 2000 until 2004 served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of M/A/R/C Research, an operating division of The M/A/R/C Group. As a public company until its acquisition by Omnicom in 1999, The M/A/R/C Group operates two businesses – Targetbase, a CRM and direct marketing agency and M/A/R/C Research, a strategic marketing research firm. After joining M/A/R/C in 1973, Ms. Munger progressed through leadership roles in both client service and operations which led to her promotion to the position of President in 1986 and then to the post of Chief Executive Officer in 1991. Sharon has played a prominent role in developing practices that have influenced the marketing services industry and has extensive experience in providing the full complement of marketing research and database services available through The M/A/R/C Group. Sharon received a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and serves as the President of the Alumni Association and its Board of Directors as well as a member of the Corporate Council for Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Management. She also serves on the boards of several private information-based marketing services firms.

Bob Schechter
CEO, Natural Microsystems

Bob Schechter joined Natural MicroSystems in April 1995 as president and CEO, and became chairman in March 1996. Prior to joining Natural MicroSystems, Bob spent eight years at Lotus Development Corp., first as senior vice president of Finance and Operations and chief financial officer, and most recently as senior vice president of the International Business Group. Prior to joining Lotus, Bob was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand in Boston. Bob is on the board of Infinium Software, Inc., the Boston Children's Museum, Squashbusters, Mass High Tech Council and the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council.

Phyllis Swersky
President, The Meltech Group

Phyllis Swersky is president of The Meltech Group, which provides a broad range of business advisory services to CEO's and executive management teams of growing companies. Phyllis brings to Circles her expertise and knowledge from her experience as president of Work/Family Directions (now WFD), the country's leading work/family benefits company, as well as her extensive high-tech experience at companies such as Cullinet, I-Cube, Object Design, Inc. and AICorp. Phyllis' background includes 20 years of diverse, hands-on executive management and financial experience in computer software and services companies. Her operational experience has encompassed a diversity of companies ranging in size from startups to almost $200 million. Phyllis serves as a director of Art Technology Group, Inc., Circles, Investors Financial Service Corporation and is chair of the Northeastern University Board of Overseers.