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 Directors John Kim Managing Director, H.I.G. Ventures
As Managing Director at H.I.G. Ventures, John focuses primarily on Internet, semiconductor and wireless investments. His main investment themes include digital/physical convergence, web-as-platform and ubiquitous semiconductor. He currently serves on the boards of Batanga, Inovys, Loc-Aid, LVL7 Systems, RxStrategies, and Zilker Labs. Previously, John was a co-founder, interim CEO and board director of Cooligy, a semiconductor cooling manufacturer started by three Stanford professors, backed by top-tier venture capital firms and acquired by Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR). He also was the COO of a 100+ person eCommerce portal, General Manager of a semiconductor equipment manufacturer and Business Development Director at a product development software company. He began his career at Booz, Allen & Hamilton where he consulted on operations strategy to Fortune 500 companies. John received an M.S. and B.S. with Phi Beta Kappa honors in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. degree with distinction from Harvard Business School. John Glushik General Partner, Intersouth Partners
John Glushik is a general partner with Intersouth Partners, one of the most active and experienced early-stage venture funds in the Southeast with more than 80 investments in private companies over the last 20 years. Intersouth manages more than $750 million in seven venture capital limited partnerships, the most recent of which was established in May 2006 and totals $275 million. This fund is the largest venture capital fund in North Carolina and one of the largest early stage funds in the Southeast. John has been actively involved with all of the companies in the Intersouth information technology portfolio, serving as a board member and a board observer. His work covers all aspects of venture investment and portfolio management. He has led multiple venture financings and he has managed a number of successful liquidity events. John is an active member of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, serving on CED’s board of directors and executive committee. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast and Southeast TechInventures. He teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and speaks frequently at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. John serves on the Engineering Alumni Council and Devil Fund Board at the School of Engineering at Duke. Prior to Intersouth, John worked as an engineer and consultant in the information technology and aerospace industries. His previous experience includes software development, telecommunications engineering, data communications research and strategic market consulting. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke, an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Jeffrey Glass Venture Partner, Bain Capital
Jeffrey Glass was President and CEO of m-Qube (a VeriSign company). His background combines a blend of media, marketing and technology expertise. Prior to joining m-Qube, Jeffrey was the founder and president of Transactive Solutions, a venture capital backed database marketing and content personalization company that was sold to Bookspan, a joint venture of Bertelsmann Inc. and AOL/Time Warner. Before that he served as Chief Operating Officer of a direct marketing and sales subsidiary of Travelers/ Citigroup where he helped grow the company significantly before its sale to GE Capital. In addition to a couple of other small but successful entrepreneurial businesses, he spent several years at the Boston Consulting Group where he focused in the multimedia and convergence practice areas. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Amherst College. Jerome Longbottom Chief Operating Officer
Jerome brings over 20 years of operations, finance and business development experience. His areas of expertise include: operations, marketing, finance, strategy and negotiations. Prior, Jerome held various executive positions within Fortune 500’s to family owned to start-ups. Jerome has a stellar record of building and growing both U.S. and International operations and launching new product lines. Jerome is an influential business strategist who is highly skilled in restructuring operations and teams to maximize profitability, efficiency and productivity during dramatic market changes. Jerome’s entrepreneurial spirit differentiates him with his keen vision and strategy planning that enables proven successful company turn-arounds. Jerome was sponsored through Northwestern University’s, Kellogg School of Management, earning his MBA, which compliments his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Isaias Sudit Founder and Chief Executive Officer
As a successful entrepreneur, Isaias Sudit has built three businesses, all within the location based service industry. General Dynamics acquired the very first venture, Datumtech, in 1997. The second venture, Datumcom was founded in 1995 and became the leading international supplier of vehicle-based positioning services and infrastructures. Datumcom transitioned into the field of telematics (the intersection of communications, computing and vehicles) and recognized the symbiotic relationship between global positioning systems and cellular communication networks. As a result, the third venture came into existence with the decision to develop applications and end-to-end location services for the mobile user. LOC-AID® Technologies, Inc. was founded to focus solely on this developing LBS market. Isaias Sudit received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering from Ohio State University. © Copyright 2004
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