Board of Directors

Aaron Sasson

Mr. Sasson is chairman and CEO of GT Nexus. He has more than 20 years of experience as a technology leader and has helped found four companies, including GT Nexus. Before starting GT Nexus, Mr. Sasson was co-founder of Scopus Technology and served as senior vice president of field operations. At Scopus, he played a key role in its successful initial public offering and in driving revenues to more than $100 million in six years. He also led the company's successful merger with Siebel Systems, an industry leader in enterprise relationship software. Mr. Sasson was also a founder of Plato Software, which later was acquired by Genesys Labs. Mr. Sasson has held executive-level and management positions at Opus Systems, Sun Microsystems, GenRad and Motorola. Mr. Sasson earned a bachelor of science degree in electronics engineering from the University of London.

Ori Sasson

Ori Sasson is the founding Partner of Primera Capital. Mr. Sasson has invested widely in many segments of the high tech sector, and has chaired and founded pioneering companies in wireless carrier services, global transportation logistics and managed services. His investments include GTNexus, Roamware, C3, Vmware (Nasdaq: VMW), VXtreme (Acquired by Microsoft), Emotive, Cramster (acquired by Chegg), Fandango (acquired by Comcast), Chegg, Mobile Access Network (Acquired by Corning), NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems), NewRoads(acquired by GSI Commerce), Genesys(Nasdaq GCTI), among others.

Mr. Sasson possesses extensive venture and hands-on business experience. Before founding Primera, Sasson was a partner at Apax Partners. Prior to that, he served as President and CEO of Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, where he expanded the company's global market reach, recruited a top-notch international management team, and managed the company's acquisition by Paris-based Alcatel in January 2000.

Sasson also served as Chairman and CEO of Scopus Technology — a company he co-founded in 1991 — and directed, from its inception through a highly successful IPO in 1995 and until its merger with Siebel Systems in April 1998. Sasson has used his business savvy to advise many young companies and has received numerous accolades, including the award for 1997 Bay Area Entrepreneur of the Year.

Sasson holds a masters degree in Operations Research and a BA in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He currently serves on the boards of GTNexus, Roamware, Emotive, Jitterbit, Kiverdi and the Children's Hospital of Oakland.

Daniel P. Riley

Named one of the most 100 most influential people in finance by Treasury & Risk magazine in 2004, Mr. Riley is the former president of Bank of America's Global Treasury Services Division. The Global Treasury Services and its support functions have a branch presence in 30+ countries, with revenues in excess of $5.5 billion per year. Mr. Riley was also a member of the Bank of America operating committee, chaired by the CEO. He serves on the board of trustees at Golden Gate University and the Giannini Family Foundation, and previously held board-level positions at the United Way of the Bay Area and the California Academy of Sciences.

Barry E. Taylor

Barry Taylor is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati with 35 years of experience as a corporate and securities attorney and investment professional. From 2000 to 2010, Barry was a managing director in the technology, media, and telecom group of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm. He served as the head of the firm's Silicon Valley office from 2000 to 2008. While at Warburg, Barry worked on investments in the United States, India, and China, and represented the firm on the boards of six portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Barry was a senior corporate and securities partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for more than 16 years. Mr. Taylor received a B.A. in political science from Dickinson College magna cum laude and earned his J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review.