Yori Nelken, Founder and CEO

Yori Nelken founded TimeBridge in 2005 to make life easier for busy people by bridging the best of the desktop with the rich experience of web services. In 1997, Yori founded Banter to help companies deal effectively with the explosion of email communication. Banter built award-winning CRM and contact center solutions that automated processes to improve productivity, cut costs and empower customers and information workers. Now part of IBM, Banter's products deliver dramatic efficiency improvements in many Fortune 100 contact centers today, including Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Before founding Banter, Yori directed engineering for Octel Communications, where he pioneered the evolution of IVR development tools used for integrated e-commerce applications. Yori has researched, designed and implemented expert systems to improve workflow and increase automation since the early 80's. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Computer Sciences from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

David Ladd, Managing Director, Mayfield

With his deep engineering experience and networking expertise, David Ladd serves as Mayfield's communications and VoIP expert. A successful former entrepreneur himself, David sits on the boards of LGC Wireless, LV Sensors, Orative, Pure Networks and Sylantro Systems, in addition to TimeBridge. After eight years as an early engineer at ROLM, he co-founded voice messaging company Opcom/VMX, which grew to a $100 million publicly held company. In 1994, VMX merged with Octel Communications and David became CTO. After Lucent Technologies acquired Octel in 1997, David joined Mayfield part-time while continuing to help Lucent form spin-out companies based on Bell Labs technology. David holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from U.C. Berkeley and an M.S. in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Raj Kapoor, Managing Director, Mayfield

Raj Kapoor joined Mayfield in 2005, bringing expertise in online applications, e-commerce, digital imaging and telecommunications. Raj currently sits on the boards of Tagged and TimeBridge. Prior to Mayfield, Raj was co-founder and CEO of Snapfish, a leading global online photo service. Raj orchestrated the sale of Snapfish to Hewlett-Packard in March 2005. Before Snapfish, Raj was an executive at Excite@Home, where he led the company's e-commerce and broadband applications business, driving new music, entertainment and e-commerce initiatives. Raj also held positions in strategic planning, business development and product management in consumer interactive television services at Bell Atlantic Corporation, which is now Verizon. Raj received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. with honors in mechanical/robotics engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Venkat Mohan, General Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Venkat Mohan joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2000 and brings more than 25 years of experience in company operations. His most recent investments and board seat appointments include The 41st Parameter, Clairmail, Global eXchange Services (GXS) and TimeBridge. Venkat was formerly a member of the board of directors of Crossweave (acquired by AmberPoint), and Softface (acquired by Ariba). He was a strategic advisor to Arbortext (acquired by Parametric Technology). Venkat joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2000. Formerly, he was president and chief operating officer at OnDisplay, a leading provider of business-to-business infrastructure software and services. He helped take the company public in 1999; it was then acquired by Vignette Corporation. Venkat has also served as vice president of global marketing and e-commerce at General Electric Information Services; president and COO at Cadis, a software start-up; executive vice president of marketing at VMX, a pioneer in voice processing; and CEO of WIPRO Systems. He also held a variety of marketing and management positions at Hewlett Packard, Young & Rubicam, and McKinsey. Venkat was awarded an M.B.A with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was elected a Baker Scholar. He also holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.S. in industrial and system engineering from the University of Florida.