Inlet's Board of Directors is made up of technology and finance leaders from around the country. In addition, Inlet management consults regularly with industry experts to gain input and advice on both strategic direction and market trends.
Inlet Board of Directors
Don Bossi, Chairman of the Board
Don joined Technology Venture Partners in November 2007 as a General Partner, where he works with each of the firm’s portfolio companies on issues of strategy and business development. Previously, he served as President and CEO of Aegis Lightwave, a leading manufacturer of cost-effective optical network monitoring solutions based in Woburn, MA.
Don joined Aegis after a decade-long career with JDS Uniphase Corporation, where he held a variety of senior leadership roles including: President of the Transmission Sub-systems Group, President of the Active Components Group, and General Manager of the Electro-optic Products Division. Don holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT. In addition, he has completed executive education courses at Stanford University School of Business. Don also serves on the Board of Directors for several privately held companies.
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Bryson Hollimon, Managing General Partner, Technology Venture Partners
Bryson D. Hollimon is the founder and Managing General Partner of Technology Venture Partners, L.P., an early to mid-stage venture capital fund with an investment strategy focused on networking, communications, software and semiconductor technologies.
Prior to forming Technology Venture Partners in 2000, he was a Senior Managing Director and Director of Investment Banking at Dain Rauscher Wessels, now RBC Capital Markets. Previously, he spent ten years as an investment banker, senior executive and venture capital investor, with Wessels, Arnold & Henderson. In his roles as Head of Investment Banking at Wessels, Arnold & Henderson, LLC (WAH) and its successor firm Dain Rauscher Wessels, LLC, Mr. Hollimon was responsible for the execution of over $18.4 billion of equity financings and $7.6 billion of merger & acquisition advisory work. Prior to joining Wessels in 1989, Mr. Hollimon was a Senior Vice President in the investment banking division of Wheat First Securities, Inc, now Wachovia Corporation. Currently, Mr. Hollimon serves on the boards of the following companies: Aegis Semiconductor, Inc.; Inlet Technologies, Inc.; Nistica, Inc.; Redshift Systems Corporation; SentitO Networks, Inc. and Verrillon, Inc. In addition, Mr. Hollimon also serves as Vice Chairman of the Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation, Minneapolis, MN. Mr. Hollimon is also a guest lecturer at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management on topics related to investment banking and venture capital.
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Pascal Luck, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners
Pascal Luck is the Managing Director of Core Capital, focusing primarily on the firm's technology investments in telecommunications, software, and information technology sectors.
Prior to joining Core in 2000, he was Director and Founder of Cross Hill Financial Group, a Washington, DC-based private investment banking and M&A advisory firm. Earlier, he was a Senior Manager in the management consultant division of Deloitte and Touche where he specialized in finance and strategy for the telecommunications and information technology industries. Pascal is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an M.B.A. in Finance, with Distinction, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and B.S. in Physics and Engineering from Loyola College. Pascal represents Core on the Boards of Directors of BridgeWave Communications, GENBAND, Inlet Technologies, JackBe, Triumfant, Trust Digital, V.i. Labs, and VPI Systems. Previous board affiliations include Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE), Covega (acquired by Gemfire Corporation), and NextPoint Networks (acquired by GENBAND).
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Jim Pastoriza, Managing Partner, Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF)
Jim Pastoriza joined TDF early in 2004, after being a founding partner of Telegraph Hill Communications Partners, L.P. based in San Francisco, California and a partner of J.P. Morgan Communications Partners, L.P. He also has experience as an associate, and later partner, at AT&T Ventures.
Prior to AT&T Ventures, Mr. Pastoriza held operational positions at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. He was the Product Manager for AT&T's Consumer Long Distance Service, generating $13 billion in revenue from 60 million customers. Before joining consumer services, Mr. Pastoriza was the Executive Assistant to AT&T's Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development and a member of AT&T's Executive Committee. Previously, Mr. Pastoriza was a Lucent Technologies Account Executive ranking in the top 1% of national sales. He received a B.S. from Columbia University and earned his M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Advisors
Jimmy Goodmon, Vice President & General Manager, CBC New Media Group, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
James F. Goodmon Jr. recently assumed responsibility for the CBC New Media Group at Capitol Broadcasting Company. Starting as a camera operator for the 5AM News at 16 years old, his career path has spanned a multitude of television station functions, from promotions, programming, and operations to selling radio and television spots.
In his recent assignment he oversees the development of vision and strategy for the non-traditional media business opportunities that have emerged. Goodmon and his New Media team overlook WRAL.com, WRAL NewsChannel, WRAL Weather Channel, and News Over Wireless, a local news to mobile phones application. Before New Media, Mr. Goodmon served as Director of Programming for WRAL-TV/DT.
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Fred Hutchison, Founder and Member, The Hutchison Law Group
As the firm's founder, Fred D. Hutchison has helped to establish Hutchison Law Group as the premier provider of strategic business and intellectual property-related legal counsel to leading technology companies throughout the Southeast.
Mr. Hutchison is a recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest civilian honor within the State of North Carolina, and was named 2007 Entrebizneur of the Year by Business Leader Magazine. Among numerous other appointments and recognitions, he has recently served as Chairman of the Triangle Community Foundation. He is currently the Co-Chair of the capital campaign for WUNC-FM and the Chair of the First Flight Venture Center, a non-profit incubator located in Research Triangle Park. He is also the founding President of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the country.
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