Board of Directors

List of Directors

Cleversafe has a seasoned team of directors:

 

Christopher Galvin, Chairman, Cleversafe

Christopher Galvin is Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Harrison Street Capital, LLC; Co-Founder and Chairman of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC; Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of UniqueSoft Inc. a real-time software authoring services company; along with being Chairman of Cleversafe Inc.

Mr. Galvin is member of the board of MCR-Aerodyne Inc., a Harrison Street Capital LLC financed roll-up in US Department of Defense services; a member the Executive Committee of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees; the American Enterprise Institute Board, the Legion D’honneur, Tsinghua University School of Management and Economics (Beijing); Business Council (U.S.), the American Society of Corporate Executives; the Board of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs and Chair of the Rhodes Scholars selection committee for Illinois-Michigan.

Mr. Galvin’s former relationships include: Chairman of NAVTEQ, the leading supplier of global digital mapping databases; Chairman and CEO of Motorola Inc.; member of the Bechtel Corporation’s Board of Counselors; chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council; director of the Rand Corporation; member of the U.S. Department of Defense Board; member of the U.S. Department of Defense Science Board; advisor to the City of Tianjin, China; advisor to the CEO of Hong Kong; and advisor to the Searle Family Trusts.

Mr. Galvin co-founded The Galvin Projects in 2004, a virtual global think tank that published three books (2008-09); Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC in 2005, a private equity company that today hosts $2.0B in assets under management in medical office buildings, storage, student housing, and senior housing represented in 170 properties across 31 states in U.S.; and Gore Creek Asset Management LLC in 2005, a large capital investment company utilizing 90-100 global investment managers diversified across most major asset classes.

In 2010 Mr. Galvin was featured in the Andrea Redmond book “Comebacks: Powerful Lessons from Leaders Who Endured Setbacks and Recaptured Success on Their Terms” which details his unplanned departure from Motorola, and how he responded.

 

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Jim Dugan, OCA Ventures

Jim Dugan is the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of OCA Ventures. Prior to co-founding OCA Ventures in 2001, Jim oversaw the OCA Ventures Pledge Fund which made direct venture capital investments for the O’Connor Partners Investment Office. Jim has board responsibilities for Techskills, EdMap, Home Preview Channel, Cleversafe, Midi, TJDM, and Base 2 Capital.

Jim has over 17 years of corporate finance, capital markets, and venture capital investment experience. Prior to forming OCA Ventures, Jim traded derivatives at the Chicago Board of Trade and worked in corporate finance with Continental Bank. While at Continental Bank, Jim participated in the structured financing of companies ranging in capital size from $10 million to several billion dollars and in the formation of a $150 million subsidiary to fund mezzanine debt and equity financings.

Jim received a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester and earned his MBA (MM) from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management. In addition to his responsibilities at OCA Ventures, Jim is a founding member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA), where he formerly served five years as Treasurer, Director and member of the Executive Committee. Prior to serving as Treasurer, Jim was the Chairman of the Legislative Committee for the IVCA, in which capacity he helped establish HB 3212 as Illinois law.

Jim is a frequent guest lecturer and panelist on venture capital at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Chicago GSB. Jim is also a board member of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC). Jim is Co-Founder and Treasurer of www.SmartBet.org.

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S. Christopher Gladwin, President & CEO, Cleversafe

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Mike O'Dell, New Enterprise Associations

Mike joined NEA in 2002 as a Venture Partner. His primary interest is the structure and behavioral dynamics of large, complex systems. He works with NEA's technology team to identify early stage information technology, communications, and energy opportunities. He currently advises NEA portfolio companies Glacier Bay, Neutral Tandem, and Vonage.

Mike came to NEA from UUNET Technologies where he was Chief Scientist, responsible for network and product architecture during the emergence of the Commercial Internet. Prior to UUNET, Mike held positions at Bellcore (now Telcordia), a GaAs SPARC supercomputer startup, and a US Government contractor. His first startup created a revolutionary full-text search engine which was 20 years ahead of its time. In the halcyon days of the ARPAnet, he was "Liaison" for IMP-34 at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and spearheaded the transition from NCP to TCP/IP at Department of Energy National Laboratories.

Mike served for four years as Area Director for Operations and Management in the IETF, authored several IDs and RFCs, and helped birth RADIUS and SNMPv3. He was Founding Editor of Computing Systems, an international refereed scholarly journal. Mike received his BS and MS in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma.

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Dennis Roberson, Illinois Institute of Technology

Dennis A. Roberson is Vice Provost, and Research Professor in Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology. In this capacity, he has responsibility for IIT’s relationships with its various corporate partners. He also assists with IIT’s technology transfer efforts, the development of new research centers, and technology-based business ventures.

Professor Roberson is an active researcher in the wireless networking arena and is a co-founder of IIT’s Wireless Network and Communications Research Center (WiNCom). His specific research focus areas include dynamic spectrum access networks, spectrum occupancy and spectrum management, and wireless interference and its mitigation. He currently serves on the governing or advisory boards of several technology-based companies, including four in the telecommunications industry.

Prior to IIT, he was EVP and CTO at Motorola. Professor Roberson has an extensive corporate career including major business and technology responsibilities at IBM, DEC (now part of HP), AT&T, and NCR. He is and has been involved with a wide variety of Technology, Cultural, Educational and Youth organizations currently including the National Advisory Board for the Boy Scouts of America, the International Advisory Panel for the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and the Boards of HCJB Global and FIRST Robotics. He also serves as a consultant for a variety of technology based enterprises through his consulting company Roberson and Associates, LLC. He is a frequent speaker at universities, technical workshops, and conferences around the globe.

Professor Roberson has BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and in Physics from Washington State University and a MSEE degree from Stanford.

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Michael Seedman

Michael Seedman’s involvement in the micro-computer industry began in 1979. In 1982 he started Practical Peripherals, Inc, a start up with no revenue which was later sold to Hayes Microcomputer Products in 1989. After the sale, he continued with the company as its President until Spring 1993, growing revenues from startup to $65 million during his tenure.

Michael then joined US Robotics as the Vice President, General Manager of the Personal Communications Division. His responsibilities included overseeing all aspects of the division, reporting directly to the president of the company. During his tenure at US Robotics, his division grew from approximately $12 million per quarter with a sub-5% market share to the world’s leading market share holder, with revenue more than $400 million per quarter and greater than a 60% market share. US Robotics was sold to 3Com in the spring of 1997.

In 1998, Michael started and ultimately sold another Computer Peripheral company, Entrega Technologies to Xircom which was later purchased by Intel. From 1998 thru 2003, Michael participated in the location, analysis, acquisition and operational oversight of two technology platforms for the technology group of Ripplewood Holdings in New York.

Michael completed his Business and Accounting studies at the University of Southern California in 1979.

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