David Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer
David Jones is the President and CEO of Njini, driving the development and implementation
of the company's strategic goals and vision. In this role, David oversees every
aspect of Njini's operations.
Over the last 20 years Mr. Jones has been instrumental in
the early success of a number of prominent high technology startups which have
culminated in successful outcomes within their market segments. Prior to
joining Njini in 2005, Njini, Mr. Jones was President & CEO of Network Physics,
a leader in network application management. After joining Network Physics,
Mr. Jones redirected product development and restructured operations, resulting
in a doubling of year-over-year revenues for 8 consecutive quarters. Before leaving
to join Njini
Previously, David served as a founder or senior executive at highly successful
venture-backed companies, and in executive management positions at prominent
companies in the storage, networking and enterprise software industries includig;
Cisco Systems and Quantum Corporation. While at Cisco, David served as general
manager of the communications software division, where he led the development,
marketing and strategy efforts for the company's 400-person telecommunications
software division. He drove development of the Internet OSS, network management,
and policy networking initiatives. Prior to Cisco, David was vice president of
marketing at Netsys, a company specializing in network management solutions for
large enterprise customers. The company was acquired by Cisco in 1996.
Before joining Netsys, David served as President and CEO of Ambrent, a venture-funded
startup providing a network appliance to address the problems inherent in delivering
video and audio content over the Internet. During his tenure at Ambrent, he led
the business and product definition, financing, and early customer and partner
acquisition initiatives that resulted in engagements with leading international
broadband access providers. David was also founding vice president of Collabra
Software, a leading enterprise software vendor acquired by Netscape.
David holds a BA from Tufts University and an MBA from Stanford University.
Bruce Golden
General Partner
Bruce Golden has been focused on emerging markets and technologies since 1984,
when he worked in the computer division at Lucasfilm. Bruce joined Accel in 1997
and specializes in enterprise and consumer software investments. Bruce currently
serves as a member of the Board of Directors at several private and public companies,
including Amobee, comScore (SCOR), Double Fusion, Mind Candy, Qliktech, Responsys,
Streambase and WeeWorld. Bruce was responsible for Accel's investment in Ajuba
Solutions (acquired by Interwoven, Inc.), Exchange.com (acquired by Amazon.com),
Itemfield, (acquired by Informatica), and SupportSoft (SPRT).
Prior to Accel, Bruce held executive marketing and sales positions
at Illustra Information Technologies, a pioneer in the area of object-relational
databases. In 1996 Illustra merged with Informix Software, where Bruce became
General Manager of the Data Warehouse Business Development Unit. Prior to Illustra,
Bruce spent almost eight years at Sun Microsystems in a variety of roles, including
launching Sun's efforts into the financial services market, moving to Hong Kong
to assist in opening and developing the Sun Asia subsidiary, and managing the
market development organization upon his subsequent return to the US.
Bruce holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Columbia University. Bruce currently
lives in London with his wife and two children.
Jim Martin
Managing Partner
Jim Martin co-founded Add Partners after an 18-year career at 3i plc, where he
was most recently Director and Head of European Technology. Jim was an early
pioneer of technology investing in Europe, and under his leadership 3i's European
Technology business grew from 10% to 60% of the firm¹s overall business.
When Jim left 3i in 1999 to found Add Partners, 3i¹s technology portfolio
was valued at $1.6bn, invested in 500 companies. To date, some 300 of those companies
have been successfully sold or listed.
Previously, Jim was Director and Head of
3i's Cambridge Technology Fund. He also founded the Quantum seed funds, and was
formerly Chairman of the EVCA Technology Group.
Jim, a fully qualifed Chartered Accountant, is Scottish, and
holds an AMP from INSEAD, and a BA in Business Administration from the University
of Strathclyde. |