Dennis brings more than a decade of experience in establishing, capitalizing, and leading businesses that pioneer technology. Becker founded CommerceTel with the vision of a cloud-based solution that relieves brands and enterprises from the complexities of the emerging mobile economy.
Prior to CommerceTel, Becker founded Frontieric Corporation, a pioneer in providing complex call routing and merchant processing applications. Frontieric became an award-winning technology company and was twice awarded recognition by The San Diego Software and Internet Council's annual startup competition. Becker was also CEO of Bexel Technologies, which served solutions to large enterprise such as NASA, and held key management and consulting positions for a variety of manufacturing and industrial companies in the Pacific Northwest. During this time, he designed, developed, and installed a number of innovative solutions, ranging from real-time sales order processing and project control systems to a subjective experience analysis engine for various fields of academic research. Becker also holds the fastest telecom patent ever issued by the USPTO having achieved a fully published patent in just 79 days (patent # 7,746,987).
Becker studied Computer Science at the University of Oregon and served in the United States Air Force.
David was previously the CFO for BlueRun Ventures where he created the financial and administrative infrastructure for the venture capital partnership. Under his leadership, assets under management increased from $150 million to $1 billion in six years.
Prior to BlueRun, David was the CFO of PayPal. There, he established the company’s financial planning and accounting processes, was instrumental in raising three rounds of private equity financing totaling $140 million, and coordinated the merger of PayPal, Inc. with X.com Corporation which resulted in $680 million valuation. Before PayPal, David was a Senior VP at Silicon Valley Bank, and held various senior positions at Barclays Bank PLC.
Mr. Harris was most recently President and CEO of eTelecare Global Solutions; a $300M private equity backed Business Process Outsourcing Company delivering technical support, sales, and customer care services to the Fortune 1000 market. He successfully led the company’s IPO, privatization and ultimate merger in 2009 that created a $1 billion BPO services company. Prior to eTelecare Mr. Harris was President and CEO of Seven World Wide, a $400 million private equity backed Marketing Services BPO Company with operations in North America and the United Kingdom. Mr. Harris spent 25 years at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in a number of senior executive positions and was a significant contributor to the growth of the company as it scaled from $100 million dollars in revenue to approximately $19 billion at the time of his departure in 1999. Mr. Harris graduated from the University of West Georgia with a BBA and MBA and is on the Board of Advisors to the Richardson School of Business. He has held board positions with a number of public and private telecommunications and technology services companies, and he currently sits on the boards of Premier Global Services, The Hackett Group and BancTec Corporation. He has been a long-term member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and World Presidents’ Organization.
Doug is currently CEO of Transaction Wireless and has a twenty year record of leadership and success in building and scaling fast paced businesses offering high tech products and web based services to both consumer and business markets through industry leading sales channels to achieve market leading positions. Prior to joining TW, Doug was CEO of Genea Energy, an innovative Software-as-a-Service energy efficiency company that was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Most Promising Companies. Before Genea, he served as President, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Hosting Business Unit for Verio, an NTT Communications Company. In this role, he architected a highly profitable, $125 million revenue premier global hosting company that met the needs of over one million SMEs in 140 countries. In an earlier role as President Web Services, he built and managed Verio’s distribution channels and service operations for its entire SME and Enterprise hosting product lines, which collectively represented $160 million in revenues and was the world’s largest domain-based hosting company at the time. During this period Doug assisted in Verio’s successful $126 million IPO and eventual sale ($5.5 billion) to NTT. Earlier in his career, Doug worked for six years in the emerging wireless and cellular phone industries across a variety of senior level sales, marketing, and operations roles with Cellular One and a company he co-founded, AllCall.
Doug is also a strategic investment advisor to Pelion Partners, a Utah based VC focused on IT and life sciences. Doug has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis, CA and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
Fraser Clarke is President & CEO of Herbal Magic, Canada’s leading provider of proven weight loss solutions with over 300 locations. Herbal Magic is co-owned by Torquest Partners Inc., a leading Canadian private equity firm and Cameron Capital, a Canadian private equity firm that specializes in the personal care industry. Fraser was previously President & CEO of Hair Club for Men & Women, North America’s largest provider of proven hair loss solutions for men and women. After growing EBITDA by 140%+, Hair Club was acquired by Regis Corp. (NYS:RGS) in late 2004 for $210 million.
Before joining Hair Club, Fraser was an Associate with CCC Investment Banking, a full service mid market Canadian investment bank. Prior to CCC, Fraser worked with Ernst & Young. Fraser currently serves on a number of boards including Europe’s largest provider of hair loss solutions and a Canadian mid-market leasing firm. Fraser has a BComm (Honors) degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst.
David has been involved in the payment processing industry for 10 years. He was most recently Senior-Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Optimal Payments, a NASDAQ listed ISO/TPP of several acquirers worldwide, including Merrick Bank. Prior to Optimal Payments, David was with its predecessor company, Terra Payments, a Toronto Stock exchange listed company whose focus was Card Not Present payment processing. David was Vice-President of Strategic Development, and was responsible for the company’s strategic partnerships and product development. David was responsible for the QuickBooks Canada partnership, whereby Terra was the exclusive integrated credit card processor for QuickBooks and Quicken in Canada and a significant driver of merchant acquiring revenue.