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Team
Our Team
Bob Bishop
Partner
Bob Bishop has over 15 years of experience working with early stage and emerging growth companies across a broad range of sectors, including clean tech, enterprise software, digital media, social gaming and e-commerce. Bob also advises venture capital and private equity firms on early stage, emerging growth and buy-out transactions.
Bob enjoys assisting entrepreneurs in developing and growing their businesses, as the ideas of today become the successful companies of tomorrow.
Dave Cappillo
Partner
Dave Cappillo has extensive experience counseling growth-oriented companies. Dave is passionate about working with companies that think big and attack significant market opportunities. His work for them spans the growth spectrum — from pure start-up phase through financing rounds, commercial deals and exits. Dave also represents leading venture capital and private equity investors.
Steve Davis
Partner
Steve Davis has extensive experience in venture capital, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate counseling.
Steve enjoys assisting extraordinarily talented visionaries in their quest to change the world, whether it is curing disease, enabling companies to function more efficiently, providing consumers with easier and cheaper ways to purchase goods or services, or generating alternative or more efficient forms of energy.
Bob Bishop has over 15 years of experience working with early stage and emerging growth companies across a broad range of sectors, including clean tech, enterprise software, digital media, social gaming and e-commerce. Bob also advises venture capital and private equity firms on early stage, emerging growth and buy-out transactions.
Bob enjoys assisting entrepreneurs in developing and growing their businesses, as the ideas of today become the successful companies of tomorrow.
Dave Cappillo has extensive experience counseling growth-oriented companies. Dave is passionate about working with companies that think big and attack significant market opportunities. His work for them spans the growth spectrum — from pure start-up phase through financing rounds, commercial deals and exits. Dave also represents leading venture capital and private equity investors.
Steve Davis has extensive experience in venture capital, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate counseling.
Steve enjoys assisting extraordinarily talented visionaries in their quest to change the world, whether it is curing disease, enabling companies to function more efficiently, providing consumers with easier and cheaper ways to purchase goods or services, or generating alternative or more efficient forms of energy.
Kristen Dumont
Partner
Kristen Garcia Dumont is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of its Labor & Employment and Technology Company Practices. Kristen focuses on defense work for technology companies related to a wide range of employment disputes, including employee mobility lawsuits, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and whistleblower complaints.
John Egan
Partner
John Egan is co-chair of the Goodwin Procter’s Technology Companies Group and focuses on corporate securities, venture capital, growth equity and technology enterprises.
John is a key contributor to Founders Workbench.
Jennifer Fay
Partner
Jennifer Merrigan Fay, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of its Labor & Employment Practice, focuses on serving the firm’s technology, life sciences and private equity clients. She has an extensive background in the employment law field and is lead employment lawyer on a wide variety of matters both as a counselor and a litigator.
Kristen Garcia Dumont is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of its Labor & Employment and Technology Company Practices. Kristen focuses on defense work for technology companies related to a wide range of employment disputes, including employee mobility lawsuits, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and whistleblower complaints.
John Egan is co-chair of the Goodwin Procter’s Technology Companies Group and focuses on corporate securities, venture capital, growth equity and technology enterprises.
John is a key contributor to Founders Workbench.
Jennifer Merrigan Fay, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of its Labor & Employment Practice, focuses on serving the firm’s technology, life sciences and private equity clients. She has an extensive background in the employment law field and is lead employment lawyer on a wide variety of matters both as a counselor and a litigator.
Lynda Galligan
Partner
Lynda Galligan, a partner in the firm’s ERISA & Executive Compensation Practice and a member of the Technology Companies Group, specializes in a wide-range of compensation and benefits matters. She joined Goodwin Procter in 2000.
Breck Hancock
Partner
Breck Hancock has advised clients on a range of corporate and financing matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and divestitures, private company investments, venture capital transactions, private tender offers, commercial loans, subordinated financing, reorganizations, recapitalizations and general corporate governance.
Breck represents investors, issuers, sponsors and lenders in debt and equity financings and serves as outside general corporate counsel for private companies. She has experience advising private equity and venture capital funds on structuring and completing investments and managing portfolio companies.
Jamie Hutchinson
Partner
Jamie Hutchinson works with private equity sponsors, venture capitalists and high net worth families in a wide variety of transactions ranging from early stage financings, growth equity investments, to private company liquidity programs. He also helps portfolio companies with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and employee incentive arrangements.
Job satisfaction for Jamie comes from being an active participant in helping really smart clients architect their investment and business strategies.
Lynda Galligan, a partner in the firm’s ERISA & Executive Compensation Practice and a member of the Technology Companies Group, specializes in a wide-range of compensation and benefits matters. She joined Goodwin Procter in 2000.
Breck Hancock has advised clients on a range of corporate and financing matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and divestitures, private company investments, venture capital transactions, private tender offers, commercial loans, subordinated financing, reorganizations, recapitalizations and general corporate governance.
Breck represents investors, issuers, sponsors and lenders in debt and equity financings and serves as outside general corporate counsel for private companies. She has experience advising private equity and venture capital funds on structuring and completing investments and managing portfolio companies.
Jamie Hutchinson works with private equity sponsors, venture capitalists and high net worth families in a wide variety of transactions ranging from early stage financings, growth equity investments, to private company liquidity programs. He also helps portfolio companies with mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and employee incentive arrangements.
Job satisfaction for Jamie comes from being an active participant in helping really smart clients architect their investment and business strategies.
Jeff Klein
Partner
Jeff loves working with the dynamic, emerging companies in the fast paced NYC tech scene. His keen business judgment, enthusiasm and energy make him a trusted advisor, counselor and connector in the trenches for a variety of commercial, IP and corporate transactions.
Fun fact about Jeff: Before becoming a full time tech lawyer, Jeff earned his membership in the Screen Actors Guild and was featured in several television ads, including a 2002 AIG commercial directed by Errol Morris.
Anthony McCusker
Partner
Anthony McCusker works with companies across the entire corporate life-span, from pre-incorporation planning to financing, public offering, joint venture and merger and acquisition. He also works with venture capitalists, private equity investors and investment banks.
Anthony views success as a lawyer as being able to represent the most innovative companies and work on the coolest deals. He attributes success to bringing good judgment to complex business decisions.
Fun fact about Anthony: He represented Dennis Rodman during the Bulls’ glory years of the mid-1990s.
Caine Moss
Partner
Caine Moss works with software, telecommunications, life sciences and Internet companies through all stages of their growth. He has broad transactional expertise, particularly in the areas of venture capital, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and representation of issuers and underwriters in public equity offerings.
Caine likes to serve as a business solutions provider for his companies, not just a lawyer, and he enjoys that his practice lets him do that. Fun fact about Cain: He went fishing with Huey Lewis.
Jeff loves working with the dynamic, emerging companies in the fast paced NYC tech scene. His keen business judgment, enthusiasm and energy make him a trusted advisor, counselor and connector in the trenches for a variety of commercial, IP and corporate transactions.
Fun fact about Jeff: Before becoming a full time tech lawyer, Jeff earned his membership in the Screen Actors Guild and was featured in several television ads, including a 2002 AIG commercial directed by Errol Morris.
Anthony McCusker works with companies across the entire corporate life-span, from pre-incorporation planning to financing, public offering, joint venture and merger and acquisition. He also works with venture capitalists, private equity investors and investment banks.
Anthony views success as a lawyer as being able to represent the most innovative companies and work on the coolest deals. He attributes success to bringing good judgment to complex business decisions.
Fun fact about Anthony: He represented Dennis Rodman during the Bulls’ glory years of the mid-1990s.
Caine Moss works with software, telecommunications, life sciences and Internet companies through all stages of their growth. He has broad transactional expertise, particularly in the areas of venture capital, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and representation of issuers and underwriters in public equity offerings.
Caine likes to serve as a business solutions provider for his companies, not just a lawyer, and he enjoys that his practice lets him do that. Fun fact about Cain: He went fishing with Huey Lewis.
Craig Schmitz
Partner
Craig enjoys partnering with entrepreneurs to build great companies.
Craig formerly ran M&A for a public software company and is the world’s foremost expert on Cal sports.
Craig enjoys partnering with entrepreneurs to build great companies.
Craig formerly ran M&A for a public software company and is the world’s foremost expert on Cal sports.
Advisory Board
Kyle Armbrester
Athenahealth; More Disruption Please Program
Kyle Armbrester leads More Disruption Please (MDP), athenahealth’s business development program. MDP brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, companies, investors, and other inventive, forward-thinking minds to change the status quo in health care. Prior to athenahealth, Kyle was CIO on the Charlie Baker campaign in Massachusetts, where he leveraged years of experience in the online fundraising and social media space. He is also a seasoned technology entrepreneur having previously funded and sold two companies. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ben Barokas
Google
Ben Barokas is the General Manager of Marketplace Development at Google, Inc. in London, where he manages online advertising product development and implementation with a specialty in digital video monetization. Prior to joining Google, Ben was President and Co-Founder of AdMeld, a company that provides the world’s top online publishers with the technology, expertise and support to sell their ad inventory smarter.
Nithya Das
AppNexus
Nithya Das is legal counsel at AppNexus, a company that provides real-time advertising technology for on-line advertising, where she manages a range of legal matters for management, sales, marketing, product development, operations and other corporate functions. Prior to joining AppNexus, Nithya was an associate and member of the Technology Companies Practice Group at Goodwin Procter. Nithya is experienced in venture capital law, technology transactions and business development having worked on a range of transaction for companies in various technology driven industries. Follow Nithya on Twitter @nithyadas.
Kyle Armbrester leads More Disruption Please (MDP), athenahealth’s business development program. MDP brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, companies, investors, and other inventive, forward-thinking minds to change the status quo in health care. Prior to athenahealth, Kyle was CIO on the Charlie Baker campaign in Massachusetts, where he leveraged years of experience in the online fundraising and social media space. He is also a seasoned technology entrepreneur having previously funded and sold two companies. Kyle is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ben Barokas is the General Manager of Marketplace Development at Google, Inc. in London, where he manages online advertising product development and implementation with a specialty in digital video monetization. Prior to joining Google, Ben was President and Co-Founder of AdMeld, a company that provides the world’s top online publishers with the technology, expertise and support to sell their ad inventory smarter.
Nithya Das is legal counsel at AppNexus, a company that provides real-time advertising technology for on-line advertising, where she manages a range of legal matters for management, sales, marketing, product development, operations and other corporate functions. Prior to joining AppNexus, Nithya was an associate and member of the Technology Companies Practice Group at Goodwin Procter. Nithya is experienced in venture capital law, technology transactions and business development having worked on a range of transaction for companies in various technology driven industries. Follow Nithya on Twitter @nithyadas.
Alex Doll
OneID
Alex Doll is CEO and President at OneID. He is also a Board Member and investor with CounterTrack and Alpha Card Systems. Prior to OneID, Alex spent the last year researching innovative and fresh approaches to the digital identity problem as an Executive in Residence at Khosla Ventures. Alex was a founding executive at PGP Corp. helping steer its growth from inception to global industry leader in trusted data protection. At the time PGP Corp. was sold to Symantec, PGP Corp. had sold its encryption platform to over 5,000 of the world’s largest companies and had over 400 employees located across the globe. Alex has also worked at PeopleSoft, Embark and Robertson Stephens. Alex graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Management and Technology program with degrees in Systems Science Engineering and Finance and received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School Business.
Eliot Durbin
BOLDstart Ventures
Eliot’s investments include Anchor Intelligence (sold to Comscore), Spinback (acquired by Buddy Media), Blaze.io (acquired by Akamai), DoodleDeals (sold to PlumDistrict), Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn), Klout, IndieGoGo, Yipit, Prescreen, and Enterproid. Eliot founded Templates.com, an online software retailer that was acquired 2002 & subsequently worked at the Permal Group, a multi-billion dollar global fund of hedge funds (acquired by Legg Mason in 2006).
Sean Glass
Acceleprise
Sean Glass is an entrepreneur, investor and believer in the power of people. He is the Founding Managing Partner at Acceleprise, the first independent accelerator focused solely on enterprise technology in the United States. Sean is also a Venture Partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners, and Founder and CEO of Employ Insight. Previously, he lived in London while working on Pikum, a social gaming business which was backed by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and various venture capital investors. Prior to Pikum, Sean founded the higher education focused online financial services firm, HigherOne.
Alex Doll is CEO and President at OneID. He is also a Board Member and investor with CounterTrack and Alpha Card Systems. Prior to OneID, Alex spent the last year researching innovative and fresh approaches to the digital identity problem as an Executive in Residence at Khosla Ventures. Alex was a founding executive at PGP Corp. helping steer its growth from inception to global industry leader in trusted data protection. At the time PGP Corp. was sold to Symantec, PGP Corp. had sold its encryption platform to over 5,000 of the world’s largest companies and had over 400 employees located across the globe. Alex has also worked at PeopleSoft, Embark and Robertson Stephens. Alex graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Management and Technology program with degrees in Systems Science Engineering and Finance and received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School Business.
Eliot’s investments include Anchor Intelligence (sold to Comscore), Spinback (acquired by Buddy Media), Blaze.io (acquired by Akamai), DoodleDeals (sold to PlumDistrict), Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn), Klout, IndieGoGo, Yipit, Prescreen, and Enterproid. Eliot founded Templates.com, an online software retailer that was acquired 2002 & subsequently worked at the Permal Group, a multi-billion dollar global fund of hedge funds (acquired by Legg Mason in 2006).
Sean Glass is an entrepreneur, investor and believer in the power of people. He is the Founding Managing Partner at Acceleprise, the first independent accelerator focused solely on enterprise technology in the United States. Sean is also a Venture Partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners, and Founder and CEO of Employ Insight. Previously, he lived in London while working on Pikum, a social gaming business which was backed by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and various venture capital investors. Prior to Pikum, Sean founded the higher education focused online financial services firm, HigherOne.
Frederic Kerrest
Okta, Inc.
Freddy Kerrest is Vice-President, Operations and Co-Founder of Okta, Inc. the market-leading on-demand identity and access management service for business applications. He is also an advisor to the Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT and select startup software companies.
Prior to starting Okta, Freddy evaluated early stage enterprise software companies at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and was an early employee in sales and business development at Salesforce.com.
Jerry King
The Capital Network
Jerry King is the Chair of the Capital Network. Jerry has over 30 years of experience bringing new software products and services to market, both in venture-backed and corporate environments. Most recently, as the COO at Where Inc., Jerry managed the company from start-up to profitability to acquisition by eBay, Inc. (EBAY) in 2011.
Stanley Lapidus
SynapDx
Stan Lapidus is founder and President of SynapDx Corporation, a laboratory testing company that is developing novel tests for autism and other developmental disorders in children. He holds faculty positions at MIT and Tufts Medical School, and is founder and former President/CEO/Chairman of Helicos BioSciences Corp. Stan is also the founder and former President/CEO/Chairman of EXACT Sciences Corp. and the founder and former President of Cytyc Corporation. He holds over 30 US patents, largely in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. He serves as a trustee of his alma mater, Cooper Union, in New York City.
Freddy Kerrest is Vice-President, Operations and Co-Founder of Okta, Inc. the market-leading on-demand identity and access management service for business applications. He is also an advisor to the Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT and select startup software companies.
Prior to starting Okta, Freddy evaluated early stage enterprise software companies at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and was an early employee in sales and business development at Salesforce.com.
Jerry King is the Chair of the Capital Network. Jerry has over 30 years of experience bringing new software products and services to market, both in venture-backed and corporate environments. Most recently, as the COO at Where Inc., Jerry managed the company from start-up to profitability to acquisition by eBay, Inc. (EBAY) in 2011.
Stan Lapidus is founder and President of SynapDx Corporation, a laboratory testing company that is developing novel tests for autism and other developmental disorders in children. He holds faculty positions at MIT and Tufts Medical School, and is founder and former President/CEO/Chairman of Helicos BioSciences Corp. Stan is also the founder and former President/CEO/Chairman of EXACT Sciences Corp. and the founder and former President of Cytyc Corporation. He holds over 30 US patents, largely in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. He serves as a trustee of his alma mater, Cooper Union, in New York City.
Lizette Pérez-Deisboeck
Battery Ventures
Lizette Pérez-Deisboeck is General Counsel at Battery Ventures. Prior to joining Battery, she was a partner and a member of the Technology Companies and Private Equity Practice Groups at Goodwin Procter. She has also served as Vice President of Legal Affairs and Operations at Idealab, a creator and operator of technology companies, and General Counsel at JuniorNet Corporation, a children’s online service. Watch a video Q&A with Lizette here.
Katie Rae
TechStars
Lizette Pérez-Deisboeck is General Counsel at Battery Ventures. Prior to joining Battery, she was a partner and a member of the Technology Companies and Private Equity Practice Groups at Goodwin Procter. She has also served as Vice President of Legal Affairs and Operations at Idealab, a creator and operator of technology companies, and General Counsel at JuniorNet Corporation, a children’s online service. Watch a video Q&A with Lizette here.
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