About Us
Board of Directors
Michael Rose, President and Chief Executive Officer, Everyone.net
Charles Beeler, General Partner, El
Dorado Ventures
Sean Foote, Partner, Labrador Ventures
Patrick Gordan, Managing Director, Leader Ventures
Michael Rose
President and Chief Executive Officer, Everyone.net
Mr. Rose has more than 15 years of domestic and international
management experience in technology and consumer oriented businesses.
Prior to joining Everyone.net, he was co-founder and principal
at SAVID LLC, a consulting firm providing market development
and product strategy services for firms ranging from Fortune
500 to start-ups.
Previously, Mr. Rose was on the executive management team at
DIVA Systems. As vice president of corporate and business development,
he was responsible for strategic partnerships, private equity
funding, and M&A activities. In addition to his experience at DIVA, Mr. Rose was
in the strategic marketing group for Online Banking at
American Express and Corporate General Manager at Fresh Western
Foods.
He holds a BA from UC Berkeley and a MBA from The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania.
Charles Beeler
General Partner, El Dorado Ventures
In December 1999, Mr. Beeler joined El Dorado Ventures from
Piper Jaffray Ventures, where he was one of three investment
managers operating the Piper Jaffray Ventures Technology Funds.
His early venture capital experience was at Scripps Ventures,
where he helped design and implement an Internet investment
strategy for a newly formed $50 million fund.
Mr. Beeler received a BA in Economics from Colby College
and a MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies from The Wharton
School,
University of Pennsylvania.
Sean Foote
Partner, Labrador Ventures
Before joining Labrador Ventures, Mr. Foote was most recently
at Scripps Ventures. He currently is active on the board of directors of
ezboard, Inc. and Green Border Technologies. Before venture
investing, Mr. Foote was a manager with the strategic management
consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group, working in a wide
range of industries such as telecom, computers, healthcare,
banking, and automotive, on topics ranging from strategic alliances
to Internet strategies.
Mr. Foote received his BS in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Missouri Rolla and a MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School
of Business, where he received the Shermett award granted
to the top 3% of students.
Patrick Gordan
Managing Director, Leader Ventures
Mr. Gordan is responsible for Leader Ventures' investment efforts on the West Coast. He is also a Managing Director of Dominion Capital Management. Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Development for ShoppingList.com, Inc., a venture-backed start-up. He previously served as President and CEO of Paragon Electronic Systems, Inc., a leading backplane manufacturer, and President of Cima Capital Group, where he concentrated on investment opportunities in the technology and healthcare services sectors.
Mr. Gordan holds an M.B.A from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller scholar, and an A.B. in Social Studies magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
