Simon Arkell
Co-Founder & CEO
Predixion Software |
Simon Arkell is an experienced technology entrepreneur and executive with extensive global technology management experience. Before co-founding Predixion, Simon was an operating partner with Triton Pacific Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm working with Triton’s software portfolio companies on strategic development and acquisitions. Prior to Triton Pacific he served as President of a 600-employee, 10-country software consulting firm based in the UK which developed Oracle solutions.
Earlier Simon was a Principal with Gramercy Venture Advisors, an international boutique investment banking firm with offices in the US, Australia, China and Europe where he assisted over 20 enterprise software and mobility companies with VC fundraising, M&A, and US market-entry strategies. In 1998 Simon co-founded Versifi Technologies, Inc. in Newport Beach, California, an enterprise content management software company which raised two rounds of venture capital before being sold to Reef SA (Belgium). While at Versifi, Simon led the acquisition of AdaptiveInfo, a predictive analytics software vendor in Southern California which developed predictive mobile content delivery solutions for publishers.
Simon holds an MBA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of New Mexico, and he was a two-time Olympian and Commonwealth Champion (pole vault) for Australia. Simon is also involved in a number of community outreach initiatives. He is a pole vault coach at Saddleback College where he trains and mentors a number of aspiring Olympians and serves as program chairman for Megan’s Wings – a local charity that provides assistance to families with children fighting cancer. |
Frank Foster
Managing Director,
DFJ Frontier |
Frank Foster is a Managing Director of DFJ Frontier. He also manages the Gideon Hixon Fund, the venture capital investment vehicle for the Hixon Family. Prior to that, he was a General Partner of Allen & Buckeridge PTY LTD, a leading Australian venture capital firm with approximately A$250 million under management. At Allen & Buckeridge he led investment efforts into Hitwise, eKit, Wishlist and Next Generation Entertainment. Frank has extensive operational experience through his roles at Virtual Music Entertainment (sold to NAMCO), Contexture Systems and Prophecy Development Corporation. Recently, he acted as an independent Director and consultant to YellowPages.com through its successful sale to SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) and Bell South (NYSE: BLS) in November 2004. He was also Director of Cogent Data technologies through its sale to Adaptec Inc (NASDAQ: ADPT) in June 1996.
Frank received his MBA from The Harvard Business School and a BA cum laude from Harvard University.
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Bob Holmen
Managing Director
Miramar Venture Partners |
Bob is a co-founder of Miramar Venture Partners. Bob has spent his career building technology companies in diverse roles, from hardware and software engineering, to senior management, to venture investor. Bob leads Miramar investments in advanced technology projects focused on his Southern California roots. Currently, Bob serves on the Boards of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Brickfish, FastSoft, Matrix Sensors, Predixion and SolarFlare Communications (observer). He also served on the board of SiliconSystems until it was acquired by Western Digital in March 2009.
Bob received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1985, serving as an officer of the national engineering honor society at Stanford. He received his J.D. from UC Berkeley in 1989. Bob serves on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Venture Group. |
Stuart Frost
Co-Founder & Chairman |
Stuart is a highly successful, serial high-tech entrepreneur with more than 20 years' experience in the technology market. Stuart was General Manager of Strategy for the Database Systems Group of Microsoft for two years following the acquisition of DATAllegro in August of 2008. Stuart founded DATAllegro in June of 2003, and was its CEO through to the acquisition. Prior to the DATAllegro exit, Stuart was founder and CEO of SELECT Software Tools. Founding SELECT in 1988, he led the company through rapid growth and expansion including a very successful IPO in 1996.
Stuart has a degree in Electronics Engineering from Nottingham University in England and began his career in 1983 as a programmer and systems analyst. |
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