Board of Directors
Mark DiSalle, Chairman
Mark DiSalle began his career as a public accountant, eventually leaving the profession to form DiSalle, Rosenblatt & Co., a consulting firm engaged in mergers, acquisitions, and investment matters within the entertainment arena. From there, he was tapped to serve as the president of Concert Corporation of America, and was instrumental in producing live entertainment shows in California, New York, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Iowa, featuring such entertainers as Bill Cosby, Stevie Wonder, and Rod Stewart.
In 1985, Mark moved to Los Angeles and began producing feature films for motion-picture industry giants Paramount, MGM, and Cannon, handling budgets totaling $25 million that returned more than $500 million in revenue. While in Los Angeles, he produced and/or directed and produced five films, which launched the careers of Jean-Claude VanDamme and Jeff Speakman.
In 1994, he moved to Seattle and has been involved in the formation, development, and financing of a number of business ventures. In November 2002, Mark founded BioNet Systems which purchased the assets of Net Nanny Software International, Inc., including the BioPassword technology. In April 2004, he sold the Company's Net Nanny division to LookSmart, focusing on the growth and development of the BioPassword technology.
Mark graduated from the City College of New York.
John Connors, Director
John Connors is a partner at Ignition Partners, LLC. He invests principally in enterprise and business software. Prior to joining Ignition, John spent sixteen years at Microsoft Corporation in several strategic roles. As Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, he was responsible for managing the global finance function as well as corporate services, procurement, real estate, and the company's Global Operations & Technology Group. As Vice President of the Worldwide Enterprise Group, he was responsible for the sales, services, and relationship strategy for large, medium-sized, and small businesses.
John also served as Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO), Corporate Controller, General Manager of Worldwide Financial Operations, Director of Business Operations of Microsoft's European headquarters in Paris, and Director of Business Operations of the Worldwide Sales and Support Strategy Group. Prior to joining Microsoft, John held management or staff positions at PIP Printing Inc., SAFECO Corp. and Deloitte, Haskins and Sells.
John holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Montana. He also received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Montana.
Adam Ludwin, Director
Adam Ludwin is an Associate at RRE Ventures. Adam focuses on early- and expansion-stage investments across RRE's multiple technology verticals, with a focus on consumer and digital media, financial technology, and mobile opportunities.
Prior to joining RRE, Adam worked at the design and innovation firm IDEO as a member of the business design team. At IDEO, he led a team of engineers as an entrepreneur-in-residence to incubate a collaboration software start-up. Adam began his career at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he served clients in the technology, consumer, and financial services industries, and worked closely with the firm's Strategy Institute.
In addition, Adam is a two-time entrepreneur, having built and sold a social shopping platform and later a discussion system for securities trading desks.
Adam holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and a Ford Scholar, and a BS from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with Highest Honors.
Mark Upson, President and CEO
Mark Upson brings more than 20 years' experience and success in global technology sales and management to Scout Analytics. Prior to joining, he held the position of President and CEO of PureEdge Solutions where he completed the strategic sale of the company to IBM. Mark spent five years with Onyx Software before joining PureEdge, where he led sales growth from $2M USD to over $119M USD as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas.
Over the years, Mark has held senior management positions at Wall Data, a publicly-traded infrastructure software firm that grew during his tenure at more than 100 percent per year to revenues over $100M USD, and held technical and senior sales management positions with IBM Corporation for 11 years.
Mark holds a Masters of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Science with honors in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech.
