Chris Stone brings over 29 years of public and private technology company operational and entrepreneurial experience from engineering to executive management. Prior to joining EPIC Ventures as a Managing Director, Chris was CEO of SiCortex, makers of the world’s most energy-efficient high performance Linux computers. Prior to SiCortex, he was CEO of StreamServe, a European-based document management company ($70m revenue). Chris began his career as a systems engineer for Exxon Office Systems. He was recruited to Data General (DGC) in 1980 (now EMC) in software development, and product management. He led the team that built the first multi-user office system on minicomputers (called Comprehensive Electronic Office). Then in 1989, he founded the Object Management Group (creators of the industry software standard CORBA). The Group became known as the organization that brought object-oriented programming and distributed computing over the internet to the mainstream. In 1996, he was recruited as Executive Vice President at Novell (NOVL). Chris was part of the team responsible for the turnaround and resurgence of Novell. The team concentrated on Open Source, Linux, Directory Services (LDAP), and Internet technologies. Chris was responsible for Novell’s strategic direction, M&A (acquiring over 12 companies during this period) and technology leadership focusing on Directory Services and Identity Management/Security. In 1998, Chris formed Novell Ventures, a $50M (growing to $120m) fund that had early stage investments and exits in Red Hat, Akamai, Oblix, NetObjects, Bowstreet, enCommerce, Indus River, and others. His teams return was over 140% IRR. Chris founded Tilion, the first hosted software service for supply chain management and eventually merged with two other companies. In 2001, returning to Novell as Vice Chairman, Office of the CEO, he developed the strategy to acquire SuSE Linux and Desktop Linux maker Ximian, which resulted in Novell becoming one of the world’s largest supporters and providers of Open Source Software. Through his career, he garnered numerous Linux and technology related awards, including being named a top ten entrepreneur by Red Herring, and one of The Top 50 People in High Tech by Ziff Davis. Chris is a director of iovation Software in Portland, Oregon and serves on numerous philanthropic boards. Chris has a B.S in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire and an AMP/M.B.A from Harvard Business School.

Deborah S. Conrad is vice president and general manager of the Corporate Marketing Group. Conrad is responsible for Intel’s brand management, product positioning, product launch management and marketing research, as well as sales and integrated marketing communications, advertising, and promotional campaigns designed to reach consumer and business customers worldwide. Prior to leading the Corporate Marketing Group, Conrad created and directed Team Apple and oversaw all aspects of the Intel and Apple relationship since the beginning of the partnership in 2005 through 2008. She was responsible for all aspects of the Intel and Apple business, including sales and revenue, product engineering, software development support and market development. Before her role with Team Apple, Conrad led the Solutions Market Development Group, where she was responsible for worldwide sales development efforts and industry partner programs. She oversaw Intel’s extensive direct relationships with CTO/CIOs, industry-specific business development programs and alliances with enterprise ISVs, solution providers and telco service providers. From 1993 to 1999, she was marketing director for Intel’s Asia-Pacific Region, responsible for building brand equity and market development efforts throughout China, India, Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Conrad joined Intel in 1986 as Microprocessor Group Communications Manager, where she managed press relations, marketing communications, product advertising and related strategic communications programs. From 1990 to 1993, Conrad worked in corporate communications and helped build the worldwide press relations organization, including developing broadcast media, executive speech development and branding programs.

Cormier leads Red Hat’s technology and products organizations, including engineering, product management and product marketing for Red Hat’s technologies. Cormier joined Red Hat in May 2001 as Executive Vice President, Engineering. Paul Cormier’s leadership and experience in enterprise technology has led to the introduction of Red Hat’s acclaimed line of enterprise products, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Cormier has been instrumental in forging tight partnerships with many leading technology companies. Prior to coming to Red Hat, he served as senior vice president of research and development at BindView, helping the company achieve market leadership in 2000. Cormier holds a Master of Science in Software Development and Management from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) — Ancestry.com Inc., the largest online source of genealogical data, climbed as much as 21 percent in its first day of trading after an initial public offering. Ancestry.com jumped $1.26, or 9.3 percent, to $14.76 at 11:59 a.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares traded as high as $16.32 earlier in the session. The company sold 4.07 million shares for $13.50 each in a deal led by Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Existing investors sold an additional 3.33 million shares. The company, based in Provo, Utah, has 1.1 million paying U.S. users and its IPO priced the stock less expensively than similarly sized Web companies, said Eric Guja, an analyst at IPO boutique Renaissance Capital LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. The biggest question is whether enough people want to trace their family tree online to let the company grow as much as some investors expect, he said. More…

EPIC Ventures invested in HyTrust, Inc. HyTrust is an early-stage start-up that is focused on virtualization platform security and compliance. www.hytrust.com EPIC Ventures invested in Ingeo Systems, Inc. With Ingeo’s Electronic Document Recording System, the nation’s most technologically advanced electronic document recording solution, submitters across the country are connected with county recording offices. This technology offers the most cost effective, legally compliant and efficient solution for recording electronic real estate documents. www.ingeo.com

DiabeticConnect.com, Now the World’s Largest Online Diabetes Community, Leads the Fight Against Diabetes on World Diabetes Day SALT LAKE CITY – (BUSINESS WIRE) – In connection with World Diabetes Day (Nov. 14, 2009), Alliance Health Networks today announced that DiabeticConnect.com is now the world’s largest online community for people living with diabetes. “With World Diabetes Day happening tomorrow, we’re excited to announce that our online community DiabeticConnect.com is proving to be a hugely informative and supportive destination for helping people with diabetes around the country and around the world,” said Stead Burwell, chief executive officer of Alliance Health Networks, creator of DiabeticConnect.com. “Being the largest means that we have created more connections and more opportunities for diabetics of all types – type 1, type 2, LADA, and more – to find information and support to help them live healthier lives.” More… Everspin Technologies Expands MRAM Portfolio by Introducing Family of Serial Interface Products CHANDLER, Ariz. – Nov. 16, 2009 – Everspin Technologies is introducing the world’s first serial interface magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) family of products. These high performance non-volatile memory products are designed to enhance systems using the increasingly popular Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus now common on many microprocessors, microcontrollers and other integrated circuits. “The market for high performance SPI memories is expansive and growing,” said Bob Merritt, partner at Convergent Semiconductors. “Everspin’s low power serial products will play a major role in providing new levels of performance and reliability to many systems, especially those requiring real-time data logging.” More… Aspen Avionics Announces First Helicopter Installation Albuquerque, NM, October 27, 2009: Aspen Avionics, Inc., maker of the award-winning Evolution Flight Display System, announced today that the Dale County Sheriff’s Office located in Ozark, Alabama, is the first installation of an EFD1000H Pro Primary Flight Display (PFD) and an EFD1000H Multi-Function Display (MFD) into an operational helicopter. The Bell OH-58 helicopter, a military version of the Bell 206, is used by the department in regular airborne law enforcement activities. “Aspen’s entry into the rotary wing market has been eagerly anticipated by a large number of local-government operators,” said John Uczekaj, President and CEO of Aspen Avionics. “We’re pleased that our first OH-58 installation is in an aircraft that provides critical services to Dale County, while also increasing the safety of the helicopter’s crew.” More…

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