Leonard J. Brody Named to Advisory Board of Genesis Campus.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 The co-author of the Canadian bestseller "Innovation Nation" and one of Canada's most noted young entrepreneurs has joined the Board of Advisors of high-tech accelerator and early stage venture capital investor Genesis Campus. Richardson-based business accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm, Genesis Campus is pleased to announce that Mr. Leonard J. Brody, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Ipreo has been named to Genesis Campus' Management Advisory Board. Mr. Brody, with a unique background in the technology, sports and entertainment industries is one of Canada's most respected young entrepreneurs and growth strategy thinkers. He built Canada's most prominent online services startup company, Onvia, and has helped numerous businesses toward success, ranging from 10 person shops to the Fortune 500. His latest venture, Ipreo, is a new, and highly anticipated, stock market valuation and prediction tool being developed in partnership with Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Communications and the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Research Institute. Prior to Ipreo, Leonard was Vice President of Corporate Development for Onvia Canada, as well as, their General Counsel and a member of the Board of Directors. Leonard was jointly responsible for running Onvia in Canada and he quickly became the driving force behind it's award winning growth that resulted in the company's $240 million IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on , and also their being named as "Canada's Hottest Startup," and, "Best B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Site" by Fortune and Forbes Magazines. Brody served as one of 35 members of Eteam Canada, the elite private sector advisory board to the Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and . "We are honored to have Leonard Brody join the Advisory Board," says Roman Kikta, Managing Partner of Genesis Campus. "Leonard is an exceptional thinker and entrepreneur who has been there, done it and won the awards to prove it - several times. In this challenging economic environment, Leonard's proven track record, experiences and his strategic technology and business relationships will be invaluable as Genesis and our portfolio companies move forward. Leonard will also assist in both identifying key business opportunities and extending Genesis' reach far into Canadian innovation." "I look forward to being a member of the Genesis Campus Advisory Board," stated Leonard Brody. "I am pleased to be associated with one of the best emerging early stage venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] in the US, and providing them with a direct pipeline to the most promising opportunities originating from Canada, which is home to world-class technology with tremendous market potential." Mr. Brody holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario and a law degree from York University's Osgoode Hall Law School
ITAC Information Technology Advisory Committee ITAC Identity Theft Assistance Center (Financial Services Roundtable) ITAC International Telework Association and Council (The Information Technology Association of Canada Information Technology Association of Canada (or Association canadienne de la technolgie de l'information) is a lobby group representing members (companies) of Canada's information and communications technologies (ICT) industry. ). He is currently a founding member of CeBI (The Canadian E-Business Initiative) which acts as an ad hoc advisory group to the Federal government on issues of technology and the new economy. Leonard also sits on the board of CATA Cat´a 1. The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. , North America's leading content management service firm. In addition, Mr. Brody is a well-known public speaker -- he has lectured at leading industry events such as Softworld, The Warrillow Summit, Internet World/ISPCON, the Profit 100, Eworld and COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). . He has also key noted for many consulting firms, universities and clients such as Bell Actimedia, Epcor Merchant Capital, Hewlett Packard, Mackenzie Financial and Towers Perrin. Leonard speaks from first hand experience on issues of building a winning organizational culture, entrepreneurialism and the new economy. Mr. Brody is the co-author of the best-selling book, "Innovation Nation - Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park." About Genesis Campus Genesis Campus, founded by serial entrepreneur Wu-Fu Chen and Roman Kikta, is a technology & business accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in the Telecom Corridor(R) in Richardson, Texas. The firm is focused on information and communication technologies, including their associated systems, networks, components and applications. Genesis Campus serves as a facilitator for the development of new businesses, providing capital, support services, and strategic relationships needed by early stage companies. The firm leverages the appropriate capital, channels, suppliers, skills and resources needed to optimize the time-to-revenue for emerging technology companies in the start-up process. More information about Genesis Campus is available on the website: www.genesiscampus.com |
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