Team Members

Gail Goodman

Gail spent 17 years as CEO of Constant Contact, the trusted provider of online marketing tools for small businesses and nonprofits. Gail led the company from pre-revenue to a successful IPO (NASDAQ: CTCT) in 2007 and through its acquisition by Endurance in 2016 for $1.1b. At the time of the acquisition, more than 650,000 small businesses and nonprofits used Constant Contact’s online marketing tools to engage their customers and grow their businesses and company revenues topped $370 million. Gail serves on the Boards of Pepperlane, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), Entrepreneurship for All, Mass Challenge and Lola Travel.

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John Giuliani

President and Chief Executive Officer of Conversant (acquired by Alliance Data Systems) beginning December 2012. John joined the senior management team and board of Conversant in August 2011 after the acquisition of Dotomi, where John served as Chief Executive Officer. John is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in growing successful organizations. Before joining Dotomi, John founded Rainmaker Consulting Group Inc., which specialized in strategic sales and marketing consulting for marketing services firms. He also served as President of North America for Catalina Marketing Services, providing behavioral insights, database marketing and Internet solutions to key Fortune 1000 companies. His leadership at Catalina resulted in record revenues and net profits. Additionally, John’s tenure includes four years at ACTMEDIA working with the launch team of the Instant Coupon Machine, as well as in CPG sales and marketing with Beecham Products and Frito-Lay, Inc. He has participated on boards for Bluestem Brands, Q Interactive, SuperMarkets Online, Affinova, Claria, Imagitas, and El Dorado Marketing. John has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, as well as a B.S. from the University of Illinois.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Academy Award® winning actor and activist – is well known for his dedication to the environment on a global scale. As Chairman of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF), he works to protect biodiversity, implement ocean and forest conservation and educate the world about climate change. In September 2014, DiCaprio was designated as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a specific focus on climate change. That same month, DiCaprio was honored with the Clinton Global Citizen Award, participated in history’s largest climate march in New York City and powerfully addressed the UN Summit. In January 2016, DiCaprio was awarded a Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum in Davos for his work to bring global attention to the urgent need to address climate change. He also serves on the boards of World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, the funders’ collaborative Oceans 5, and International Fund for Animal Welfare. DiCaprio most recently produced National Geographic’s climate-change documentary “Before The Flood,” which has reached more than 63 million viewers worldwide. This year he also served as an Executive Producer on Netflix’s The Ivory Game; a documentary which takes a look into the dark world of ivory trafficking. In 2015, DiCaprio starred in The Revenant, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, for which he received the Academy Award® (2016) for Best Actor in a Leading Role, as well as the Golden Globe® for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama; Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role; and Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Actor.

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Desh Deshpande

President of Sparta Group LLC, and Founder and Chairman of Sycamore Networks (SCMR). Prior to co-founding Sycamore Networks, Desh was Founder and Chairman of Cascade Communications Corp. As well as sitting on various boards, Desh is involved in several non-profit initiatives that include MIT’s Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, Akshaya Patra Foundation, and the Social Entrepreneurship Sandboxes in India, Massachusetts and Canada.

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Fred Bertino

Founder and President of MMB. Prior to MMB, Fred was President and Chief Creative Officer at Hill, Holliday. Under Fred’s leadership, Hill, Holliday grew from $300 million to $1.2 billion winning international awards such as the Grand Clio, Cannes Lion, the Grand Effie, The One Show and the British Art and Designers Club.

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Colin Angle

Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of iRobot, guiding the strategic direction of the company. One of the world’s leading authorities on mobile robots, Angle is an industry pioneer with more than two decades of experience. Under his leadership, iRobot is at the forefront of the growing robot industry, delivering home cleaning and military robots that are making a difference. Angle’s keen sense of business strategy is a driving force behind iRobot’s successful identification and execution of expansion opportunities. With Angle’s guidance, iRobot has formed key strategic partnerships, building on decades of expertise from each partner to create new and innovative robot solutions. Angle’s leadership and vision for the future of robots have been recognized with numerous professional awards. He has been named CEO of the Year by the Mass Technology Leadership Council, a Mass High Tech All-Star, one of Fortune Small Business Magazine’s Best Bosses and New England Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young. Angle is a member of the board of directors at Striiv, Inc. Angle holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in computer science, both from MIT.

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Lars Albright

Lars is EVP of Merchant Loyalty within the Data & Services team at Mastercard, Inc. Prior to Mastercard, Lars helped build SessionM into the market leader for customer data management and engagement, working with the world’s largest and most innovative brands to help them build stronger relationships through smarter engagement. SessionM was acquired by Mastercard in the fall of 2019. Prior to co-founding SessionM, Lars was at Apple, Inc., where he was a member of the executive team iAd, Apple’s mobile advertising business unit. While at iAd, Lars worked on a variety of initiatives including running partnerships and alliances in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Before Apple, Lars was a Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Business Development at Quattro Wireless, a leading mobile advertising platform that was acquired by Apple in 2010. Prior to Quattro, Lars was Vice President of Business Development at m-Qube, North America’s dominant mobile aggregator that was acquired by VeriSign in 2006. Lars started his career in investment banking and finance on the West Coast, working for Montgomery Securities, and later for an affiliate fund of private equity firm, Texas Pacific Group. Lars is actively involved in the entrepreneurial community, working closely with a range of venture funds and early stage start-ups along with non-profits. Lars received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and his AB with honors from Harvard University.

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Gus Simiao

Gus is a Principal and Entrepreneur in Residence at Data Point Capital. Most recently, Gus was Principal at CEVG, an angel investment group focused on early stage companies. Previously, Gus was CEO of Electric Field Solutions, a spin-out from the University of Michigan that developed and marketed an innovative electric field sensor. EFS was acquired during beta product testing by Willbros Group in a transaction that resulted in a 20X return to investors. Before EFS, Gus was CEO of Vortex Hydro Energy, which developed an innovative technology also licensed from the University of Michigan. Gus raised $4MM to fund the company from the DoD, DOE, NSF, and angel investors. Although the technology didn’t pan out the venture resulted in an excellent learning experience. Previously, Gus was a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. Gus holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering with honors from the University of Toledo.

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Bruce Revzin

Bruce Revzin is the CFO at Data Point Capital. Prior to joining Data Point, Bruce served as CFO of Cobepa North America and prior to that was the CFO for Flybridge Capital Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in Boston. Bruce’s investment company experience includes working for Amundi Pioneer, a diversified global asset management company, and as CFO of Halpern, Denny & Co., a mid-market private equity firm. Bruce is a licensed attorney and CPA and he started his career at both Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse as a CPA specializing in taxation. Bruce holds an MBA in accounting and finance from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, a JD from the Suffolk University Law School, and a BS from Tufts University.

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Haley Farnsworth

Haley Farnsworth is a Senior Associate at Data Point Capital. Before joining Data Point, Haley began her career at Snowflake, a cloud computing–based company that offers data storage and analytics services, where she was on the sales team covering Fortune 500 accounts including ViacomCBS, AECOM, Snapchat, Amgen, and more. She then became a Senior Associate at MaC Venture Capital, where she focused on seed-stage investing across several different verticals. Haley received a BA in Communications from Stanford University, where she was an award-winning diver and member of three NCAA Championship teams.

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