Colligo Networks About Us

Colligo is a leading provider of client software solutions for extending the collaboration and content management functionality of Microsoft SharePoint. Colligo helps organizations drive SharePoint adoption by providing an intuitive experience that better integrates SharePoint into the way users work on their desktops, whether online or offline. Colligo also provides solutions that enable mobile users to easily create instant ad-hoc wireless networks. Colligo is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with a customer base that includes Fortune 500 companies in more than 50 countries.

Colligo Networks is a private company founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and is located in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

The Colligo Management Team

Barry Jinks President, CEO, & Founder	Barry Jinks is a serial entrepreneur who has participated on the founding management teams and boards of directors of several technology startups. Shortly after graduating from university, he joined LSI Logic Corporation, a pioneer in the application specific semiconductor market, as part of the team that spun off the Canadian subsidiary and took it public. Subsequently, Barry led Spectrum Signal Processing, a provider of software reconfigurable and software defined radio (SDR) platforms, to a dominant market position, guiding it from a startup to a NASDAQ and TSE-listed company with 200 employees and $40 million in sales. He left Spectrum in 1999 and founded Colligo Networks in 2000. Barry holds degrees in Science and Electrical Engineering from UBC, where he won several academic awards. While at Spectrum, he was named Ernst and Young's 1997 Pacific Region 'Entrepreneur of the Year' for High Technology. Barry is a member of the World President's Organization (WPO), the professional engineering association of BC, the board of directors of the BC Technology Industries Association, the board of directors of VRX Worldwide (TSX: VRW.V) and the board of advisors of the UBC Electrical Engineering Department.
Lisa Payne Chief Operations Officer and VP, Finance	Lisa Payne has over 20 years of senior leadership experience at public and private companies, most recently as CFO and VP, Business Development at BCIC, where she worked with industry, universities, government, and technology organizations to encourage the development of entrepreneurs and commercialization of technology. During her tenure, she also served as interim CEO. Prior to BCIC, Lisa served as the President of Aegis Mobility, a mobile application company, and President of TeraSpanNetworks Inc, a fibre optic network builder and manufacturer. In 1999, Lisa co-founded Criterion Service Laboratory Inc., a contract research lab that provides services to biotech companies across North America, and conducted its own scientific research in the early detection of cancer. At Wavemakers Inc, a voice-enhancement software company, she obtained funding and closed financings, until its eventual acquisition by Harman International in 2001. Until 1999, she held the Office of General Manager during her tenure at Scientific Atlanta (formerly Nexus Engineering Corp). Lisa actively serves as a mentor to a number of BC start-ups, including Square Data Facilities, a data centre in BC for which she is both a Director and Advisor. Since 2005, she has served on the Board of the Focus Foundation, which helps high-risk youth achieve their potential.
Ed Kaczor Vice President, Sales	Ed brings over 20 years of experience in technology companies. He was previously Vice President of Sales at JustSystems, where he led new business sales of XML-based content creation software and content lifecycle solutions to Fortune 1000 and mid-market companies in North America and EMEA. Prior to that, Ed was Director of Sales for the XMetaL product group at BlastRadius Software, which was acquired by JustSystems in 2006. He was also a Business Development Manager at Motorola, Director of North American Sales for Blue Wave Systems, and Director of EMEA Sales at Spectrum Signal Processing. Ed started his career as a computer systems engineer prior to moving into sales. He holds a B.S.E. from the University of Michigan, College of Engineering. At Colligo Networks, Ed is responsible for building and executing a worldwide key account sales strategy to capitalize on the growing opportunities in the desktop collaboration market.
Carl Langan Director, Engineering	Carl has over 12 years of experience in software development and technology. He has worked in multiple areas of the development process including consulting, application development, platform development, and managing teams. Most recently, Carl was Director, Software Development at CDCSoftware, running the world-class development team that builds the platform products for Pivotal CRM. Carl has a Bachelor of Science (Computing Science) and is a certified ScrumMaster.
Shantel Shave Director, Marketing	With more than 10 years of management experience in high tech online marketing, direct marketing, corporate communications and public relations, Shantel provides the strategic leadership for Colligo's marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Colligo in 2010, Shantel managed all online marketing activities for Teligence, where she conceived and executed integrated acquisition campaigns supporting seven brands in two languages. Previously, she held Director, Marketing and Director, Direct Marketing at ActiveState Software Inc., where she developed and led enterprise and B2C marketing efforts for a suite of applications and services for software developers.
Trevor Dyck Director, Product Management	Trevor has over 17 years of experience in the high technology industry. He worked 12 years at Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies in both engineering and product management roles. Prior to joining Colligo, Trevor was Director of Product Management at Zeugma Systems, a telecom startup company. Trevor holds Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Engineering) and Master of Business Administration degrees from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, Canada. He has co-authored 3 US patents and won an Emmy award for his pioneering work on MPEG video with HP.
Valerio Pappalardo Director, EMEA Sales	Valerio has over 15 years of experience in technology, with expertise in executive management and sales operations, including both direct and channel sales. In EMEA, Valerio is responsible for growing sales and business development, building strategies to increase market penetration, engaging Fortune 500 companies, and managing relations with partners and distributors. He has held senior account and sales management positions with major Blue-chip industry leaders, including IBM, Dell, and Quest Software - where he sold hardware and software solutions to international companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, while fostering strategic business partnerships to build channel sales in EMEA. Valerio was previously Sales Director at Just Systems and Sales Manager at Quest Software, where he managed teams that consistently exceeded revenue targets. Valerio holds a First Class Degree in Political Science and Economy Research from the University of Political Science in Italy.

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Colligo Investors

	Anthem Capital
	PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP - Strategic investor in seed round with over 50,000 licenses of Colligo Workgroup Edition deployed.
	Business Development Bank of Canada - Venture investor, lead investor in series A round.

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Board of Directors

Bill Tam Chairman	Bill is the Founder and a Principal of ThoughtBridge Management Consultants. Bill‚s career has taken him across North America, serving as CEO of EQO Communications in Vancouver, a Venture Partner at SpringBank TechVentures in Calgary, VP, in addition to senior executive positions at AT&T Canada, MetroNet Communications, Rogers Communications, Jones Cable, Infowave Software and Bell Canada. Over the past several years, Bill has been actively involved in technology growth initiatives, with a successful history of building and launching new businesses in the software, ecommerce, Internet, and telecommunications sectors. He currently serves as the President and CEO of BCTIA. Bill holds an MBA from the Western Business School, and earned his degree in Electrical Engineering at McGill University.
Greg Wolfe Director	Greg is an active advisor to technology CEOs around the world, in the areas of company operations, M&A, and the creation of world-class customer-focused services. He brings over 20 years of experience in the high tech B2B industry, most recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Operations for Business Objects (pre-acquisition by SAP), a multi-billion dollar business intelligence software provider. During his time with Business Objects, he helped lead the organization through hyper-growth, to become the number one business intelligence provider in the world with over $1B in revenue, millions of licensed users, and more than 5000 employees.
Maria Pacella Director	Maria Pacella is an investment manager, information technology at GrowthWorks Capital. Maria joined GrowthWorks in April 2001 and previously worked for an investment bank in mergers and acquisitions across a variety of industries including financial services and technology. More recently, Maria worked at an interactive media firm assisting the company in operational activities and strategic initiatives. Maria has a degree in Business Administration and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Maria sits on the boards of Genologics Life Sciences Software Inc., Colligo Networks and Tap Solutions Inc.
Andrew Lugsdin Director	Andrew Lugsdin is a Director of Investments and BDC Venture Capital. Prior to joining BDC, Andrew was the founder and President of a consulting firm for early stage high tech companies, providing business planning and development services. Previously he helped grow a Vancouver professional web services firm into a Canadian leader in his role as Vice President of Sales and Client Strategy. Andrew has also worked for a number of years as a software engineer at Nortel and as a consultant at DMR Group. Andrew Lugsdin holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and in Computer Science from McGill University.
Barry Jinks President and CEO, Colligo Networks	(Bio above in management section)

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