Since then he has created cracking tools as well as Anti-Piracy software across all platforms and has a mix of low level operating systems skills that combined with cryptography allow Nalpeiron to create better solutions.
22 years running a software protection business has allowed him to gain considerable customer insight.
Howard has an honours degree in Accounting and Finance. He joined the International firm of accountants Grant Thornton that provided excellent training and experience and where he obtained his ACA chartered accountant qualification. Howard then started his own practise Price Davis, during which time he met Jon and eventually became CFO in SAS Digital in 1999, a previous venture. After SAS Digital Davis continued his practise and working with Jon as CFO for JGBs latest ventures. Howard has 15 years Corporate Accounting experience across a broad range of IT and Software Companies.
Hugh is a wealthy investor in a number of technology Companies. He is also a Director of Hardide an AIM listed coatings business and Chairman of Allmakes as well as holding a number of Non-Executive Directorships. He is an investor and board member.
Nalpeiron has a number of very high profile Silicon Valley veterans on it's advisory board plus a Customer board that advises on the future of the product set and new product development.
Matt Christiano
Matt is one of
the most experienced and successful Executives in the field
of Software Licensing and Digital Rights Management Worldwide. He is the inventor of FlexLM.
He is the founder of Reprise Software and previously
served as Executive Vice President of Macrovision Corp and
was a member of the Board of Directors of Macrovision from
September 2000 until October 2005. From 1982 to September
2000, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Globetrotter
Software, Inc. Matt sold Globetrotter
to Macrovision for over
$800 million in 2000.
Matt has over 30 years of experience in software engineering
and general management. He was the founder of GLOBEtrotter
Software, and the chief architect of the Globetrotter FLEXlm® electronic
license management software that has become the standard in
the electronic licensing business.
He holds two U.S. patents
in the field of license management. Prior to founding Globetrotter,
Matt was one of the original developers of UNIX-based silicon
compilation tools at Silicon Compiler Systems (later acquired
by Mentor Graphics). Matt holds BS and MEE degrees in Electrical
Engineering from Rice University.
Brian McPhail
Brian is the CEO of ObjectMass - a startup focused on creating a universal registry/repository for digital objects. Prior to ObjectMass, Brian served as VP of Corporate Development for Macrovision, leading the acquisitions of eMeta, InstallShield, TryMedia, and Zero G - which transformed Macrovision from a pure licensing tools company to a provider of lifecycle management services for digital properties. Before that he was the VP and General Manager of the Consumer Software Division at Macrovision (Games, Music, and PC Applications) where he launched what became the industry-leading DRM system for PC software.
Brian spent the first 15 years of his career in Sales, Marketing and Delivery Systems of software through each of the principal sales channels (Distributor, Enterprise, OEM, Retail, VAR). He has a double BA in Economics and Painting from The College of the Holy Cross and earned his MSc. in Business as a Sloan Fellow at London Business School. His Sloan Thesis was “Valuation Effects of Dynamic Licensing on Digital Properties”.
David Gardner
CEO Infogrames and former Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Worldwide, EA Games. Mr Gardner has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Worldwide Studios since September 2005. Previously he served as Vice President, International Publishing since April 2004. Mr. Gardner has also held various positions at Electronic Arts in the sales, marketing and customer support departments since joining the company in 1983.
Michael Cottle
Vice President, Worldwide Sales deCarta with over 20 years of successful sales experience in the software and Internet industries - 10 of those at the Vice President level - leading worldwide sales and distribution channels. Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Dallas. He resides in San Jose, California, and has two teenage children.
Allan Willett (Investor)
Allan Willett CMG is Lord-Lieutenant for Kent, a former Chairman of the UK's largest regional development agency (SEEDA), and recently sold his IT business Willett International to Danaher Corporation for $100M.