Tim is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in the Internet, advertising, content, discovery, intellectual property and software industries, bringing a mixture of capabilities together to lead the virtual worlds revolution. He has served as a senior executive officer, board member and strategic advisor at a number of private and public companies, including Inktomi Corporation, Borland Software Corporation, Fios, Inc., Bazaar Advertising Solutions, Tumri, Inc. and 3VR, Inc. Stevens holds BS degrees in both Finance and Management from the University of Oregon, and a JD degree from the University of California, Davis.

Prior to founding Doppelganger in July 2004, Andrew was a Senior Director of Product Management for BEA Systems’ WebLogic Server product line which generates over $500 million in software and services revenue. Prior to BEA Systems, he was the Chief Strategist and Senior Director of Product Management at Inktomi where he managed both the Web Search and Enterprise Search groups. Andrew has also held product management positions at Sun Microsystems, TTi and ODD. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Central London Polytechnic.

James is a co-founder of Doppelganger, Inc. and has been its CFO since inception. Prior to Doppelganger, James served as an Associate at Comdisco Ventures, a debt and equity venture capital firm, where he worked with over 60 early-stage startups. James also played a key role in managing and selling Comdisco Ventures' $1.5 billion venture capital portfolio. Prior to Comdisco, he worked in Merrill Lynch's technology investment banking group. James holds a BS degree from University of California at Berkeley.

Prior to joining Doppelganger in January of 2006, Eric was the Director of Network Operations for Verity Inc., where he was responsible for the infrastructure for 650+ employees over nine sites. During his tenure he led them to an "Unqualified Opinion" (i.e., flawless audit) from KPMG during their 2005 IT SOX Audit. Eric joined Verity as part of an acquisition from Inktomi Corporation – where he worked from 1997-2003 and helped scale the business to 1,500 employees and over 3,500 servers in production. Eric brings a broad background of MIS and Production Systems Operations including Network Architecture & Security, Scalable Software Development & Deployment, Cryptography, Access Control, and Business Continuity. Eric holds a BS in Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Prior to joining Doppelganger in 2005, Eric was at the Chief Architect of WebLogic Server at BEA Systems. He guided the design and development of the industry's leading java application server and was an original member of the WebLogic team playing a central role in developing, among other things, the high-performance, fault-tolerant kernel and holds several patents related to this work. Prior to BEA, Eric was at Interval Research working on consumer multimedia products and at Tandem Labs developing early server side implementations of Java. Eric holds a BA in Computer Science in Brown University and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Prior to joining Doppelganger in February of 2006, John was a Senior Manager at BEA Systems in the Worldwide Support Organization, responsible for 24x7 Enterprise Tier 3 Support for seven BEA products. Prior to BEA, John was web programmer and SysAdmin by day and professional musician by night. John's original rock band, yeP!, played over 350 shows in 20 states and released two albums. John also wrote a suite of custom software for the rock band Phish and was instrumental in creating the online Phish network. John has a BS in Computer Science with a concentration in Computer Graphics from University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Andreas Stavropoulos is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where he serves on the boards of a number of private companies. His past investments include Mobile 365 (acquired by Sybase) and Centerpost (acquired by West Corp.). Andreas focuses primarily on software investments (consumer/internet and enterprise infrastructure), mobility, and technology-enabled services.

Prior to joining DFJ, Mr. Stavropoulos was with McKinsey & Company's San Francisco office, where he worked with senior management teams of corporate clients with an emphasis on information technology. Prior to McKinsey, he was a Senior Analyst at Cornerstone Research, a financial and economic consulting firm that helps resolve complex issues arising in high-profile business litigation.

Mr. Stavropoulos is a summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College in computer science. He also holds an MS degree in computer science from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and graduated first in his class.

Evangelos Simoudis joined Trident Capital in 2005 as a Venture Partner and has been a Managing Director since 2007. Evangelos focuses on investments in software and Internet businesses.

Prior to entering venture capital, Evangelos had more than 20 years experience in high-technology industries, in executive roles spanning operations, marketing, sales and engineering. His experience as a technology executive includes serving as President and CEO of Customer Analytics, a Trident-backed, eCRM company acquired by Xchange, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXAP), and as Vice President of Business Intelligence Solutions at IBM.

Evangelos' current directorships include DesiHits, Doppelganger, SeaTab Software and Vidavee. Prior to joining Trident, Evangelos was a partner at the venture capital firm Apax Partners, where he served as a member of the board of directors at Bristol Technology (acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)), Composite Software, Confluent Software (acquired by Oracle Corporation (ORCL)) and Princeton Softech.

Evangelos earned a PhD in computer science from Brandeis University and a BS in electrical engineering from Caltech.

Vince Vannelli has over 20 years of operational, technology sales and business development experience, including leadership positions at several global technology companies. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Network Products Division of Inktomi Corporation. Prior to that position, Vince was responsible for all Inktomi sales as Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations. Before his work with Inktomi, Vince spent eight years at Hitachi Data Systems where he held multiple positions, including Senior Vice President and General Manager, United States. He directed Hitachi's sales channels, service, and field marketing departments and was responsible for a $1.2 billion revenue base. Prior to joining Hitachi, Vince worked for IBM Corporation where he spent eight years in various sales and marketing leadership roles throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Over the past 20 years, Ross had been on the forefront of media innovation and transformation. In 2004, he was tapped by News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch to devise the digital strategy for the company. In executing that plan, he helped transform the company to become the global leader amongst its peers in the digital media space through dynamic investments and strategic management, including the acquisitions of Myspace and IGN.com, which helped vault the company to create a digital powerhouse. He also oversaw the acquisitions of Askmen.com, Scout.com, Newroo, KSolo, amongst others.

As President of Fox Interactive Media, Ross managed all day-to-day operations for the company from its inception until December 2006. Under his leadership, the FOX Network of sites became one of the largest on the Internet with record setting growth with more than 140 million monthly users. He also oversaw a partnership with Google, which will yield the company nearly $1 billion in advertising from the search and monetization leader.

Previously, Ross served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fox Sports Interactive Media. In this role, he oversaw the online, wireless and broadband presence for Fox Sports. Earlier in his career, Ross held senior management positions with AltaVista Network, an early pioneer and leader in search, CBS Sportsline, where he oversaw all content and development for the top rated sports site and pay cable giant HBO. He also spent time in advertising at Saatchi and Saatchi and in sports management and marketing with ProServ and Lapin and Rose Communications.

Ross currently serves on the board of music leader Napster.com, storage and media management leader Fabrik, Inc., Virtual World innovator VSIDE, and one of the leading Internet holding companies in India, Fuse+Media.

Tim is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in the Internet, advertising, content, discovery, intellectual property and software industries, bringing a mixture of capabilities together to lead the virtual worlds revolution. He has served as a senior executive officer, board member and strategic advisor at a number of private and public companies, including Inktomi Corporation, Borland Software Corporation, Fios, Inc., Bazaar Advertising Solutions, Tumri, Inc. and 3VR, Inc. Stevens holds BS degrees in both Finance and Management from the University of Oregon, and a JD degree from the University of California, Davis.

Prior to founding Doppelganger in July 2004, Andrew was a Senior Director of Product Management for BEA Systems’ WebLogic Server product line which generates over $500 million in software and services revenue. Prior to BEA Systems, he was the Chief Strategist and Senior Director of Product Management at Inktomi where he managed both the Web Search and Enterprise Search groups. Andrew has also held product management positions at Sun Microsystems, TTi and ODD. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Central London Polytechnic.

Fred Davis is founder of the leading music law firm Davis Shapiro Lewit & Hayes, which represents music stars including Linkin Park, Usher and Kanye West. Fred is a digital music, rights and distribution expert. His clients include companies such as YouTube, MySpace, Joost, Rhapsody and last.fm. Fred served as Executive Vice President at EMI Records before he founded his current firm in 1997.

Courtney William Holt is EVP Digital for MTV Networks Music and Logo Group leading digital business and innovation initiatives. He previously headed New Media for Interscope Geffen A&M records/Universal Music Group where he helped develop digital and mobile marketing efforts for artists including Gwen Stefani, Eminem, 50 Cent, Beck, Nine Inch Nails and U2.

Michael Ovitz co-founded Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975 and served as its Chairman until 1995 during which he grew the agency from a start-up organization to the world’s leading talent agency, representing more than 1,000 of the most notable actors, directors, musicians, screenwriters and other personalities in the entertainment industry. Ovitz helped negotiate several major international business mergers and deals within the entertainment industry including Matsushita’s acquisition of MCA/Universal, the financial rescue of MGM/United Artists, and Sony’s acquisition of Columbia Pictures. He also served as President of the Walt Disney Company from 1995 to 1997

Paul Rosenberg is President and Co-Founder of Shady Records, home to rap superstars 50 Cent and D 12. He is also CEO of Goliath Artists, Inc., his management firm that guides the careers of Eminem, Travis Barker and DJ AM. Originally a music attorney, he also has served as producer of Eminem's 2002 blockbuster "8 Mile" and 50 Cent's 2005 movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin'".

David Schiff, top talent agent for more than 25 years at agencies including CAA and currently running The Schiff Company, a media and talent management company, has worked with clients including Sean Connery, Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey Jr., Barbara Streisand, Sting, Ray Liotta, John Travolta, Harrison Ford, Jeff Bridges, Eminem, Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Danny Glover, Sharon Stone, Wesley Snipes, Bernie Mac, Ryan Phillippe, Mark Wahlberg, and Liv Tyler. Schiff packaged the blockbuster movie “8 Mile”, launched UTA’s modeling division, with clients such as Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer, and most recently Gwen Stefani¹s clothing line. He is an expert in successfully guiding crossover career aspirations in acting, fashion, video games, or product branding.