Advisory Board

Jim Baum, Advisor

Jim Baum is the CEO of Netezza and worked to take Netezza public in 2007, leading it through 14 quarters of growth, ultimately driving the acquisition of Netezza by IBM in a 2010 transaction dubbed "the most disruptive acquisition of 2010" by Information Week. Baum now serves as an executive at IBM continuing to run and grow the Netezza business. Baum brings to Netezza and IBM over 20 years of leadership experience with fast-growing companies.

Prior to Netezza, Jim Baum was president and CEO of Endeca. During his five year tenure, he led Endeca's rise from an innovative start-up to the leading provider of information access and delivery software solutions to the Global 2000 and built the customer base to more than 300.

Previously, as executive vice president and general manager at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), Baum helped drive the company's growth to more than $1 billion in revenue during his 11-year tenure. Overseeing PTC's Windchill Business Unit, he was responsible for all aspects of that business, including product strategy, product development, marketing, operations and services.

Jim holds an M.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is a member of WPI's Computer Science Advisory Board and is on the board of Digital Reef. Baum is an avid private pilot and a member of Angel Flight.

Doug Levin, Advisor

Doug Levin is a serial CEO and entrepreneur. He serves as an advisor to a wide range of early and late stage companies including Hubspot, Triangulate, Visible Measures and UcanTV (China).

Most recently Levin was awarded a Clean Energy Fellowship by the New England Clean Energy Council and helps run the Clean Energy Fusion Center, an incubator located in Waltham, MA.

Levin is the founder of Black Duck Software in 2002 and previously served as its first CEO. Today he remains active with the company and serves on its Board of Directors.

Before Black Duck, Levin served as the CEO of MessageMachines and X-Collaboration Software Corporation, two VC-backed companies based in Boston, and as an interim executive with CMGI Direct, IBM/Lotus Development Corporation, Oracle Software Corporation and several other software companies. At the start of his management career he held various senior positions with Microsoft Corporation over a nine year period.

Levin has been awarded two patents and two other patents pending in the area of software algorithm identification.

Jeff Nolan, Advisor

Jeff Nolan is currently the VP of Product Marketing at GetSatisfaction and is responsible for our product positioning and the promotional strategies to bring our platform to market. Jeff also serves as a Director of SpectrumDNA, Inc. He was the Vice President of NewsGator Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) of NewsGator Technologies, Inc. He is the Vice President of Corporate Development at NewsGator Technologies, Inc., since September 10, 2007.

Mr. Nolan is an Advisor at TechStars, LLc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at Teqlo. Prior to that, Mr. Nolan led SAP’s Apollo Strategy Group. He focus on building and managing key strategic relationships and contributing to product and marketing strategy across its line of award-winning Enterprise 2.0 and widget solutions, which are used by more than 100 businesses including USA Today, Procter & Gamble, the Discovery Channel, Biogen Idec, Rohm and Haas, Spencer Stuart, and the New York Times Regional Media Group.

Mr. Nolan also served as a General Partner at SAP Ventures for almost a decade where he led investments in internet infrastructure technology, open source, and what has become web 2.0. Mr. Nolan serves as the Chairman of the Board of Students Rising Above. He is an author to the popular Venture Chronicles blog where Mr. Nolan writes about technology, innovation, management, public policy, and pretty much anything else that he finds interesting.

Bridget O'Brien, Advisor

With over 23 years' experience in planning and implementing corporate marketing and communications programs, Bridget is Vice President of Marketing for VistaPrint and the former Senior Vice President of Marketing at Fidelity Ventures and Fidelity Equity Partners. There she was responsible for the firm’s strategic and tactical marketing initiatives as well as serving the firm’s portfolio companies as a consultant where needed.

Prior to Fidelity, Bridget was Managing Director for investment bank Adams Harkness (now Canaccord Adams) where she established and led the marketing function. During her tenure, she helped the firm market its competitive advantages and increase its brand. Her responsibilities eventually increased to include oversight of Information Technology, Human Resources, Research Services, Real Estate and Corporate Services. Additionally Bridget served on their Board of Directors.

Before Adams Harkness, Bridget was Director of Corporate Communications for Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) where one of her noteworthy accomplishments included creation of an integrated lead generation process that delivered measurable results in a sales-centric environment. Bridget held worldwide marketing communications management positions at Waters Corporation, a division of Millipore Corporation, where she helped launch two of the company’s best-known brands.

Bridget is a Mentor with the Mazie Foundation, which works with youth who want to focus on education and career, but for reasons beyond their control, face steep odds against success and was recently elected to their Board of Directors. She is also a member of the NVCA’s Strategic Communications Forum.

Bridget has a BS in Advertising from the University of Texas, Austin.

Frank Panaccio, Advisor

Frank is a Partner at KBT Partners, a strategic advisory firm focused on healthcare IT, services and emerging technology companies in healthcare.  Frank works closely with startups to assist them with executing on their go-to-market strategy.

Prior to joining KBT Partners, Frank was a Vice President at Fidelity Ventures where he focused on investments in healthcare IT and emerging technologies.  Frank was responsible for launching Fidelity Ventures' initiatives in the healthcare IT market and served as Board Observer at RedBrick Health.  Frank also served as a Board Observer at Authoria, EnterpriseDB, MegaPath Networks, Neverfail Group, Ping Identity, and Vibes Media.

Prior to joining Fidelity Ventures, Frank was an Associate of mergers and acquisitions for Jefferies Broadview where he was responsible for developing M&A strategies for clients and managing the execution of transactions.  Prior to Jefferies Broadview, he served as Associate Director of Corporate Finance at Globix Corporation, a global web hosting provider, where he was responsible for corporate finance and corporate development activities.  Frank also held positions in the technology M&A group at Robertson, Stephens & Company and in the Global Special Investments group at ING Barings.

Frank is also the President and Founder of Deep Insight Analytics, a strategic advisory firm focused on emerging technology companies.  Frank serves as an advisor to start-ups, including OpenPursuit, SOCIALtality and Shortbord.

Frank earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB degree in Economics from Harvard College.