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Board of Directors

Richard J. Brekka
Mr. Brekka founded Dolphin in 1998. Mr. Brekka is Chairman of the Board of Gomez, Inc. (the leader in web application experience management),and a board member of Enpocket, Inc.(a provider of carrier-grade mobile media, mobile marketing and mobile advertising services), Epic Cycle Interactive (an Internet services firm providing integrated e-business solutions), The Guild (leading online source for artist-made home décor products shipped direct from artists' studios), InQ (an outsourced online chat services company), Island Data Corportion (enterprise feedback management solution), and SeaPass Solutions Inc.(an on-demand connectivity solutions for the insurance industry), which are Dolphin portfolio companies. Mr. Brekka has specialized in software as a service, mobile content, communication services, and internet investing for nearly 17 years.
Prior to founding Dolphin, Mr. Brekka was a Managing Director of CIBC's private equity investment unit and the President of CIBC's U.S. private equity investment subsidiaries. On behalf of CIBC, he served as a director on the board of 10 communications companies. Representative investments included Telesystems International Wireless, Orion Network Systems, Transit Communications and OneComm Communications. Prior to joining CIBC, Mr. Brekka was with Chase Capital and led the investments in Nextel and DisCom Communications. Prior to becoming a private equity investor, Mr. Brekka was an account officer at Swiss Bank Corporation from 1984 until 1987.
Mr. Brekka holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Southern California and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.

 

Bob Dorf, General Partner, Marketing 1to1 Ventures, Director
Mr. Dorf has three decades of hands-on experience of growing successful companies and forming strategic alliances between prime movers across a variety of industry sectors. An early proponent of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Mr. Dorf was President and CEO of Peppers and Rogers Group, the world's preeminent CRM consulting practice, and he is the co-author of The One to One Fieldbook.

Prior to that, he spent two decades as founder and CEO of Dorf & Stanton Communications, a top communications and public relations firm. Dorf & Stanton was the nation's 8 th largest independent public relations firm when Mr. Dorf sold it in 1989.
Victoria Katsov, Partner, Wall Street Technology Partners

Victoria Katsov joined Dresdner Kleinwort Capital in 2000 and is a partner in Wall Street Technology Partners LP. She has experience in originating, structuring and monitoring venture capital transactions. Ms. Katsov has worked with, and made investment in, a number of enterprise software, wireless technologies, security, storage and retail companies. She is also an active board member and observer of a number of technology companies and was actively involved in structuring and negotiating investments in Apriso, Avexus, Avista Labs., ClearCube, iWitness (acquired by Zantaz Inc.), MetaStorm and Saqqara .

Prior to joining Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, Ms. Katsov was with a Los Angeles-based venture capital/incubator firm focused in the emerging technology, Internet, and biotech fields. Earlier, she worked in the investment banking division of Salomon Brothers in New York , where she participated in M&A advisory assignments and capita raising for commercial banks and finance companies.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Katsov did cancer related research at the National Institutes of Health. Her research was published in well-respected science magazines.


Jordan Levy, Managing Partner, Seed Capitol Partners, SOFTBANK Affiliate Director

Seed Capital is SOFTBANK's early stage east coast venture fund focused on Internet companies. Prior to co-founding Seed Capital Partners, he was co-founder of ClientLogic and co-founded Reciprocal, Inc., the leading provider of enabling technologies in the Digital Rights Management space.

Previously, Jordan was Executive Vice President of Ingram Software, now known as Ingram Micro. Jordan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Reciprocal, Inc, Electron Economy, CKMP, firstsource.com and was Chairman of Cobalt Networks.