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Committed Industry Advisors

Steve Papa - Enterprise Software, Boston

  • Founder and CEO of Endeca
  • $100M revenue business today, fastest growing private company in Massachusetts, over 400 customers in 15 countries
  • Early member of Inktomi team, Akamai team; formerly with Teradata
  • MBA, Harvard Business School; B.S., Operations Research and Economics, Princeton

Simon Guild - Digital Media

  • Former CEO of MTV Networks Europe where he spent 14 years; Board member of Eyeka
  • Took the business from one channel to 74 networks across EMEA
  • Management Consultant, Mercer/SPA
  • MBA, INSEAD; MA, Cambridge

Peter Misek - Software and Communications

  • Senior Technology Analyst at Canaccord Capital Corporation
  • Former Top Ten Ranked European and North American Software and IT Analyst
  • Founder of Internet and Technology Investment Banking for NM Rothschilds
  • B Acc with First Class Honors, Brock University


Scott Rafer - Digital Media, Silicon Valley

  • Serial internet entrepeneur based in Silicon Valley
  • Former CEO of MyBlogLog, sold to Yahoo
  • Co-founder Mashery; Chairman of Winksite; founder Feedster; founder WiFinder
  • BSc, Pennsylvannia University


Robert Gogel - Software and IT Services

  • 27 years of management experience in the IT sector
  • CEO of Liberata, one of the UK's leading business process outsourcing (BPO providers)
  • Former CEO of RebusIS - a General Atlantic-backed company
  • BA, Harvard University; MBA University of Chicago