Board of Directors

Danny Ertel

Founder and Director of Vantage Partners and a leading authority on negotiation, relationship management and conflict management. Prior to founding Vantage Partners, Danny was a Senior Researcher at the Harvard Negotiation Project, taught negotiation at the University of Toronto Law Faculty, practiced law with Debevoise & Plimpton, and served as a law clerk to the Hon. Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tom Kinnear

University of Michigan - Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies & Professor of Marketing; Executive Director Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. Serves on the Board of Directors of Accuri Instruments, nanoCerox, Robins Micro, Interpretive Simulations, National Patent Development, and Venture Michigan Corporation.

Hal Davis

Former CEO and Chairman of BlueGill Technologies. Serves on the Board of Directors for Spirit Shop, Inc., Arboretum Ventures, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and University Musical Society.

Michael Coghlan

Former General Partner and COO of TFM Investment Group, acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2002. Past Chairman, Business Conduct Committee of Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). Serves on the board of Fr. Gabriel Richard High School.

Marty Tibbits

Chairman of the BOSS family of companies, which includes telecommunications, financial services, software development and IT services. Marty brings a strong technical background, a broad range of business experience and a track record of success to the Janeeva team.

Vinay Gupta

CEO, Janeeva.

ADVISORY BOARD

Robert Kennedy

University of Michigan Business School, Professor of Business Administration. Director, William Davidson Institute. Serves on the board of Entyre. Rohit Bhagat, COO, Barclays Global Investors and former Sr. Partner, Boston Consulting Group.

Sharad Rastogi

Vice President, Avid Technology and former Partner, Bain Consulting.

Thomas L. Thomas

Former President and CEO, Creative Solutions, sold to Thomson Corporation in 1999. Serves on the boards of SIRCON Corporation, Okemos, MI, Young Life, National Board of Trustees, Colorado Springs, CO, Technology Advisory Board, EDF Ventures

Vineet Katial

Former CEO of GeoConnect, Vice President at ICICI OneSource and Executive Director for Teletech, Vineet has more than 15 years experience in consulting and BPO operations.

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