Directors And Advisors
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Jeremy Levine, Board Member
Jeremy Levine comes to MINDBODY as an investor from Bessemer Venture Partners, where he focuses primarily on software and Internet companies. In addition to MINDBODY, he serves on the boards of several Internet companies built on user-generated content (including Yelp and Wikia), software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, and software firms. His blog—Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained—offers insights into the world of entrepreneurial endeavors and venture capital.
Prior to joining Bessemer, Jeremy was vice president of operations at Dash, an Internet-software publisher. He came to Dash from AEA Investors, a management-buyout firm, where he specialized in consumer products and light industrials. He started his career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. Jeremy graduated from Duke University and holds a B.S. in computer science and economics.
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Tyler Newton, Board Member
Mr. Newton comes to MINDBODY as a partner from Catalyst Investors. There, he leads research efforts and is responsible for evaluating industry sectors, formulating sector investment strategies, generating deal flow in target sectors and providing strategic support to Catalyst portfolio companies. He is also responsible for sourcing and executing transactions in the software-as-a-service (SaaS), internet infrastructure and digital media sectors. In addition to MINDBODY, Mr. Newton also serves on the boards of Codero, BLI Messaging and Catalyst Repository Systems, and previously served on the boards of TCP Communications, Oneida Communications and Nine Systems.
Prior to joining Catalyst in 2000, Mr. Newton was a Vice President in TD’s Media, Telecom & Technology Group. Mr. Newton received a BA with honors from Middlebury College and is a CFA Charter holder.
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Jeff Murphy, Board Member
Jeff Murphy brings to MINDBODY over 20 years experience in the wireless telecommunications, software and consumer electronics industries. In June 2011, Jeff joined Numerex as Sales & Business Development Director – Latin America & Caribbean. Before Numerex, Jeff was an independent consultant in wireless devices and applications, and drove sales and marketing in the Americas for several start-up European wireless application data companies. Prior to launching his consulting service, he served in key business development and sales management roles at Ericsson and Case Logic covering Latin American markets. He has extensive channel management experience in Brazil as well as other key markets in the region.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Jeff is fluent in Spanish and speaks conversational Portuguese.
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Stender Sweeney, Advisor
Stender came to us as an angel investor (literally), as he lead a group from the Pasadena Angels and two chapters of the Tech Coast Angels in the company's first round of institutional funding in 2005.
After a long career in corporate finance, Stender has recently devoted much of his time to advising small or startup companies. He began as a corporate banking officer at Citibank in New York and spent 27 years in various financial positions at Times Mirror in Los Angeles, serving as Vice President Finance during the final eight years. Since that time he has worked with a number of small companies in interim financial or general management positions or acted as advisor to their CEOs and/or CFOs. He holds a BA in Economics from Stanford, MBA in finance from Harvard and an MSBA in accounting from USC. He has participated in various management education programs.
Stender serves on several Boards and currently works with 3 small companies in advisory capacities. Most of his experience is in strategic and financial planning as well as control and capitalization issues. The industries where he has had primary experience are communications and real estate. He lives in Pasadena with his wife Polly and his preferred activities are skiing and tennis.
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Daryl Bernstein, Advisor
Daryl Bernstein is a leading expert on entrepreneurship. He founded Global Video on his family's kitchen table and grew the business into the leading U.S. producer and distributor of educational videos. With over 100 employees and a 60,000 sq. ft. building, the company served teachers in every discipline in almost every American school and university, mailed millions of catalogs each year, produced original programming in its three in-house studios, and distributed videos for over 200 producers. In 2000, School Specialty, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHS), acquired Global Video.
Daryl’s third celebrated book, The Venture Adventure: Strategies for Thriving in the Jungle of Entrepreneurship, uses the analogy of an expedition in search of hidden treasure to present practical strategies for starting and growing a business. Publisher's Weekly commented, "Bernstein's ideas are not merely rooted in material wants; his definition of business has a more humanistic air." The Venture Adventure is referenced in many university entrepreneurship classes and also is published in Germany.
The Switzerland-based World Economic Forum named Daryl a Global Leader for Tomorrow, among an inaugural group of awardees that included Bill Gates and Tony Blair. The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity appointed Daryl a U.S. delegate to its Conference on International Understanding in Venice, Italy, to examine conflicts in Africa, Northern Ireland, the Baltics, the Middle East, and the U.S.
Daryl is an active angel investor and advisor to fast-growing companies. He is a member of Tech Coast Angels, an angel investor network that provides funding and guidance to companies in Southern California. He is currently an advisor to and/or investor in MINDBODY, YouMail, RegeneMed, and CEYX Technologies.
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Katherine Francis, Advisor
Katherine Francis joined the MINDBODY, Inc. Board bringing with her 23 years of experience in strategic marketing and operations. Ms. Francis has held executive positions for finance, technology and entertainment companies. Ms. Francis is currently a principle in a marketing firm.
Katherine is a seasoned investor and a member of the Tech Coast Angels. She is actively involved in a variety of early phase companies.
Her previous prior positions include executive responsibility with a leading credit card transaction company; vice president of operations and director of marketing for Digital Insight, an Internet banking transaction company. One of the early staff members at Digital Insight, she was instrumental in taking the company from a start-up to an IPO with a 400 million dollar market cap.
While working in the marketing department at The Walt Disney Company she implemented national educational campaigns for Beauty and the Beast, American Teacher Awards and Bill Nye, the Science Guy to 100,000 schools throughout the United States.
Ms. Francis graduated cum laude from University of California, Los Angeles and received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from CLU. She has published two books and enjoys writing screenplays, yoga and travel. Ms. Francis currently resides in Southern California with her husband and son.
