Workshare Board of Directors

Simon Acland, Director, Quester

Simon is a director at Quester, a leading UK-based venture capital firm, where he heads Quester's activities in the information and communication technology sector. He joined Quester in 1988 from another focused IT venture capital fund and has been involved in the software industry for over 20 years.

Simon started his career at merchant bank Kleinwort Benson before joining the management team of a start-up company based on control systems technology developed at Imperial College, London. He has been involved in many successful investment realisations by both IPO and trade sale. Public companies on whose boards he has sat include Surfcontrol, Orchestream, Comino, Epic Group and Active Imaging.

Jim Caccavo, Founder and Managing General Partner, Steelpoint

Jim is a proven entrepreneur with deep operating and financial experience. Prior to forming Steelpoint, Jim was the Managing Director of Moore Capital Management’s Private Equity Group. Before joining Moore in 1999, he was president and CEO of Tickets.com. From 1988 to 1996, Jim was a founder and senior executive of Sullivan Communications, helping to build it into a leading graphic arts company.

He operated several business units for Sullivan, including: software packaging and distribution; digital imaging; and a special effects business he founded. Jim began his career in finance at Merrill Lynch and GTE Corporation. Jim holds a B.S. in Economics and Finance from the University of Scranton.

Sean L. Cunningham, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital

Sean joined Intel Capital in 2000. Prior to Intel Capital he worked in multiple management roles in Marketing and Sales since joining Intel in 1994. Sean also spent three years in senior management with Intel startup companies funded by Intel New Business Investment group. Mr. Cunningham serves as the Intel Capital Board of Director Observer on Accertify, Agiliance, Credant Technologies, Crossbeam Systems, Tricipher, Signacert, and Workshare. He previously was the BoD Observer for Zone Labs (acquired by Checkpoint Software), Musicmatch (acquired by Yahoo), Trymedia (acquired by Macrovision) and Cloakware (acquired by Irdeto).

Prior to Intel, Mr. Cunningham was responsible for Marketing and Service Management functions for over five years with Sequent Computers. He also held numerous Finance Management and Marketing positions during his seven years at ISC Systems. Mr. Cunningham graduated from Gonzaga University with a BBA in Finance and Management. He earned his MBA from Gonzaga University.

Barrie Hadfield, Co-Founder

Barrie co-founded Workshare in 1999. Through his technical knowledge and innovative vision he has helped guide Workshare to becoming a market leader. Barrie has extensive programming and software design experience and has made contributions in many roles at Workshare, most recently as Chief Technology Officer. Barrie continues to provide his visionary concepts and extensive product knowledge to keep Workshare at the forefront of content control, security and user experience design.

John Laing, Former Chief Executive Officer of Reactivity

John Laing has a 35-year history in the technology industry, having held senior management positions with industry leaders in multiple markets: content discovery with Inxight; security with Symantec; desktop operating systems with Apple; and document printing with Xerox. While serving as the executive vice president of worldwide sales for Symantec from 1989 through 1997, he managed revenue growth from $15 million to $600 million and orchestrated several high-profile acquisitions, which helped to advance the company to its current successful position.

As president and CEO at Inxight, John was instrumental in a company turnaround, growing revenue by 65 percent and expanding its worldwide channels. Throughout his career, John has raised money from respected venture institutions including Vantage Point Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital and Reed Elsevier Ventures among others. Most recently, John served as CEO of Reactivity, a provider of XML-enabled networking solutions. In less than a year he restructured and positioned the company for sale. In March of 2007 Reactivity sold to Cisco for $135 million. In addition to joining the board of Verdiem, John also serves on the board of Workshare and Job Train, a non profit organization in the Silicon Valley.

Roy Thiele-Sardina, General Partner, Keynote Ventures

Roy Sardiña is a successful venture capitalist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of investment and operating experience in the technology industry. Mr. Sardiña most recently was Managing Director at Steelpoint Capital (a spin-out of the private equity group of Moore Capital Management). He initiated the firm’s infrastructure investments in storage and security, including investments in Promptu, Boingo Wireless, Storactive (acquired by Atempo), Workshare, Arkivio, SNAP and Privasys.

Before becoming an angel investor and venture capitalist, Mr. Sardiña was a highly regarded operating executive. He was co-founder & CEO of Ingrian Networks, a leading data privacy provider, and co-founder and CEO of Tasmania Network Systems, a cache proxy company (acquired by Cisco). He was also a member of the founding management team for Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ:BRCD). As Brocade’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, he signed the company’s original OEM agreements. Mr. Sardiña holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.B.A. from New York University, Stern School of Business.

Simon Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, MediaTile

Simon is currently COO at The MediaTile Company, the technology leader in cellular digital signage solutions. Until 2007 Simon served as Chief Financial Officer and EVP Operations at SurfControl, a public Internet Content Security company, and was on the Board of SurfControl from 2001 until 2007 when it was acquired by Websense. Simon joined SurfControl in 2000 from KPMG's US Corporate Finance Practice, where he specialised in advising software and IT services companies on all aspects of domestic and cross-border acquisitions, sales, divestitures and financings.

From 1989 to 1994, Simon held a variety of Finance Director roles at subsidiaries of Misys plc after having spent five years with Ernst & Young. Simon is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and holds a Bcomm (Honours) from Birmingham University, England.


Workshare Board of Directors

Simon Acland, Director, Quester Simon is a director at Quester, a leading UK-based venture capital firm, where he heads Quester's activities in the information and communication technology sector. He joined Quester in 1988 from another focused IT venture capital fund and has been involved in the software industry for over 20 years. Simon started his career at merchant bank Kleinwort Benson before joining the management team of a start-up company based on control systems technology developed at Imperial College, London. He has been involved in many successful investment realisations by both IPO and trade sale. Public companies on whose boards he has sat include Surfcontrol, Orchestream, Comino, Epic Group and Active Imaging. Jim Caccavo, Founder and Managing General Partner, Steelpoint Jim is a proven entrepreneur with deep operating and financial experience. Prior to forming Steelpoint, Jim was the Managing Director of Moore Capital Management’s Private Equity Group. Before joining Moore in 1999, he was president and CEO of Tickets.com. From 1988 to 1996, Jim was a founder and senior executive of Sullivan Communications, helping to build it into a leading graphic arts company. He operated several business units for Sullivan, including: software packaging and distribution; digital imaging; and a special effects business he founded. Jim began his career in finance at Merrill Lynch and GTE Corporation. Jim holds a B.S. in Economics and Finance from the University of Scranton. Sean L. Cunningham, Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital Sean joined Intel Capital in 2000. Prior to Intel Capital he worked in multiple management roles in Marketing and Sales since joining Intel in 1994. Sean also spent three years in senior management with Intel startup companies funded by Intel New Business Investment group. Mr. Cunningham serves as the Intel Capital Board of Director Observer on Accertify, Agiliance, Credant Technologies, Crossbeam Systems, Tricipher, Signacert, and Workshare. He previously was the BoD Observer for Zone Labs (acquired by Checkpoint Software), Musicmatch (acquired by Yahoo), Trymedia (acquired by Macrovision) and Cloakware (acquired by Irdeto). Prior to Intel, Mr. Cunningham was responsible for Marketing and Service Management functions for over five years with Sequent Computers. He also held numerous Finance Management and Marketing positions during his seven years at ISC Systems. Mr. Cunningham graduated from Gonzaga University with a BBA in Finance and Management. He earned his MBA from Gonzaga University. Barrie Hadfield, Co-Founder Barrie co-founded Workshare in 1999. Through his technical knowledge and innovative vision he has helped guide Workshare to becoming a market leader. Barrie has extensive programming and software design experience and has made contributions in many roles at Workshare, most recently as Chief Technology Officer. Barrie continues to provide his visionary concepts and extensive product knowledge to keep Workshare at the forefront of content control, security and user experience design. John Laing, Former Chief Executive Officer of Reactivity John Laing has a 35-year history in the technology industry, having held senior management positions with industry leaders in multiple markets: content discovery with Inxight; security with Symantec; desktop operating systems with Apple; and document printing with Xerox. While serving as the executive vice president of worldwide sales for Symantec from 1989 through 1997, he managed revenue growth from $15 million to $600 million and orchestrated several high-profile acquisitions, which helped to advance the company to its current successful position. As president and CEO at Inxight, John was instrumental in a company turnaround, growing revenue by 65 percent and expanding its worldwide channels. Throughout his career, John has raised money from respected venture institutions including Vantage Point Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital and Reed Elsevier Ventures among others. Most recently, John served as CEO of Reactivity, a provider of XML-enabled networking solutions. In less than a year he restructured and positioned the company for sale. In March of 2007 Reactivity sold to Cisco for $135 million. In addition to joining the board of Verdiem, John also serves on the board of Workshare and Job Train, a non profit organization in the Silicon Valley. Roy Thiele-Sardina, General Partner, Keynote Ventures Roy Sardiña is a successful venture capitalist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of investment and operating experience in the technology industry. Mr. Sardiña most recently was Managing Director at Steelpoint Capital (a spin-out of the private equity group of Moore Capital Management). He initiated the firm’s infrastructure investments in storage and security, including investments in Promptu, Boingo Wireless, Storactive (acquired by Atempo), Workshare, Arkivio, SNAP and Privasys. Before becoming an angel investor and venture capitalist, Mr. Sardiña was a highly regarded operating executive. He was co-founder & CEO of Ingrian Networks, a leading data privacy provider, and co-founder and CEO of Tasmania Network Systems, a cache proxy company (acquired by Cisco). He was also a member of the founding management team for Brocade Communications Systems (NASDAQ:BRCD). As Brocade’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, he signed the company’s original OEM agreements. Mr. Sardiña holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.B.A. from New York University, Stern School of Business. Simon Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, MediaTile Simon is currently COO at The MediaTile Company, the technology leader in cellular digital signage solutions. Until 2007 Simon served as Chief Financial Officer and EVP Operations at SurfControl, a public Internet Content Security company, and was on the Board of SurfControl from 2001 until 2007 when it was acquired by Websense. Simon joined SurfControl in 2000 from KPMG's US Corporate Finance Practice, where he specialised in advising software and IT services companies on all aspects of domestic and cross-border acquisitions, sales, divestitures and financings. From 1989 to 1994, Simon held a variety of Finance Director roles at subsidiaries of Misys plc after having spent five years with Ernst & Young. Simon is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and holds a Bcomm (Honours) from Birmingham University, England.