As Connotate’s CEO, Keith Cooper leads the company’s strategic initiatives. Three of his most recent leadership roles include serving as President of Carbonite, an online backup company that grew to over 1 million customers, was ranked ninth on the Inc. 500 list, and completed a successful IPO in 2011; CEO at webHancer Corporation, a company Cooper led and successfully sold to Microsoft; and CEO of FaxNet, a leading provider of messaging solutions to large telecom companies which was acquired by Critical Path.

Keith brings more than 20 years of experience as President and CEO to Connotate with a proven record of successfully leading innovative technology companies to rapid growth and exceptional value. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard College, where he graduated with honors.  He serves on the Board of the Smaller Business Association of New England and is the Chairman of the Harvard Rugby Alumni Association.

Ryan Mulholland is President of Connotate. Prior to becoming part of the Connotate team, Ryan was the CEO of Fetch Technologies.  Mulholland has held various senior management positions during his tenure at Fetch Technologies including SVP of Sales and COO. Mulholland is an Internet industry veteran, previously holding several senior positions at Endeca Technologies and Business Objects. Prior to joining Fetch, Mulholland was the Vice President of Sales for Vovici Technologies where he built and led the Strategic Account Team.

Mulholland received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California.

Vincent Sgro guides the development of Connotate's core technology. Prior to Connotate, Vincent served as research programmer for the computer science department at Rutgers University. He also served as the Internet evangelist at Rutgers, developing key Intranet and Internet sites to engage and benefit University students, professors, researchers and alumni.

Vincent is a published academic expert in compiler optimization technologies. He holds an MS and BS in Computer Science (cum laude) from Rutgers University.

As the Chief Marketing Officer of Connotate, Jeff Sacks drives the company’s overall marketing strategy.  Prior to joining Connotate, Jeff headed marketing for one of the major health divisions at Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of science, technology and health information.  His marketing career has spanned over 25 years, with almost 20 of those spent on the Internet.  Jeff has experience at blue-chip marketers like General Mills, Citibank and Clairol; as well as online trailblazing companies like WebMD and Infonautics.  In addition to strategy, he has a deep understanding and a history of success in all channels of e-marketing, including eCommerce and social media; web and customer analytics; marketing research; product marketing and advertising.

Jeff has degrees from the Harvard Business School and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Frank leads Connotate’s Financial and Accounting team. Frank brings to Connotate a diverse cross-industry background in financial leadership, process improvement, and investor relations.  Frank has held senior Financial and Accounting leadership positions in billion dollar telecommunication and smaller software organizations which he draws upon to create a ‘best of both worlds’ approach to financial leadership. 
Prior to joining Connotate, Frank was the Chief Accounting Officer of Reval.com Inc. and Centennial Communications. Frank holds a degree in Accounting from Seton Hall University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Jersey.

Matt Jacobson leads Connotate's channels areas. With over 20 years of high-tech industry experience and executive roles in two Deloitte Fast 500 companies, Matt has a wealth of knowledge regarding technology and business life cycles. His experience includes leadership and expertise in sales, partner relationships, software product development, consulting, research and development, professional services, customer support and project management.

Prior to starting his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Matt received a BS in Computer Science with Honors from Pennsylvania State University and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Gina Cerami directs the marketing strategy for Connotate. She has more than 20 years of marketing and project management experience. For the past 15 years, she has focused on building brand awareness for a variety of solution providers, including Aspen Technology and Cendant Corporation’s Travelport Division.

Gina has a BS from Rutgers University and an MBA in Marketing and Quantitative Analysis from Seton Hall University.

Tom Williams leads Connotate’s Operations and Professional Services teams. Tom brings to Connotate a diverse cross-industry background in leadership, infrastructure development, process improvement, project management, operations management, and professional services. Tom has held positions in Fortune 500, Global 500, and Small Business organizations which he draws upon to create a ‘best of both worlds’ approach to delivery. 

Prior to starting his professional career Tom was in the U.S. Army with time served in the U.S., East Asia, Europe, and the Balkans. Tom went on to complete an A.A.S in Networking Technology and a B.S. in Organizational Leadership in Technology. Tom also holds several Industry recognized certifications to include PMI’s PMP and CAPM, ITIL v3, BICSI Level II, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, and is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional. 

Chris has a deep understanding of Connotate and its product giving him the skills and understanding to lead multi-stage deployments of Connotate’s Agent Community on a global scale. He has more than 10 years of client services experience; leading teams in project management, account management, training and integration efforts. He’s a proven liaison to Connotate’s customer community, with a deep understanding of customer applications.

Chris graduated from Rutgers College with a BA in English and Political Science.

As Connotate's VP of engineering Bogdan leads the company's development of next generation data collection and monitoring solutions. With over 15 years’ experience in technology innovation and enterprise software architecture,Bogan’s recent technical leadership roles include manager of server and Web applications at ALK Technologies and co-founder and VP of engineering for Inovix Inc.

Bogdan holds a M.Sc. in Image, Forms and Artificial Intelligence and a B.Sc. in Applied Electronics, and is the author or co-author of two dozen peer-reviewed research papers.

As Vice President, Product Strategy, Barry helps drive the product roadmap for Connotate. Prior to joining Connotate, Barry served as principal of Content Matters LLC, helping media and publishing companies develop and implement strategies for mobile and Web products. Barry previously led product management for a mix of early stage technology and content companies including Crowd Fusion, Alacra, ClearForest and several divisions of Primedia. 

Barry serves on the boards of the Content Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), and the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) and is chair of the Affordable Housing Committee for the Village of Irvington-on-Hudson. He holds a BA in political science from the State University of New York at Albany.

For the last 15 years, Liam has been a venture investor – starting as a Principal at Foster Management, a venture investor focused on service industry investments; then co-founding Arcadia Partners, a fund focused on technology-enabled education companies; and finally, co-founding .406 Ventures.  Over this time, Liam has invested over $75M of capital in 15 investments.  He currently serves on the boards of .406 portfolio companies BIA, Connotate, EnergyHub, WellAWARE and WoodPellets.com.  Liam also sat on the board of Health Dialog (an Arcadia and .406 company) until its sale to BUPA in January 2008.

Liam has a BS in Chemistry from Georgetown University, where he was a John Carroll Scholar, and earned an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

Graham Brooks is involved in all aspects of the investing and portfolio management process and also leads the university outreach initiatives.  He brings nine years of technology-oriented operating, investing and start-up experience.  Most recently, Graham was Business Development Manager at Bose Corporation where he led the team that identified, evaluated, and structured strategic investment and acquisition opportunities within the digital media and consumer products markets.

Graham is a Kauffman Fellow (Class of 2010). He received his MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business in 2002, where he was a Tuck Scholar; and his BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University.

Tomasz Imielinski is a professor of computer science at Rutgers University and VP of Data Solutions at Pronto. He has served as chairman of computer science department at Rutgers from 1996 till 2003. In 2000 he co-founded Connotate Technologies – web data extraction company based in New Brunswick, NJ. From 2004 to 2010 he has held multiple positions at Ask.com, from Vice president of data solutions to executive vice president of global search and answers, as well as Chief Scientist. .

His joint paper with Agrawal and Swami started the Association rule mining research area and is one of the most cited publications in computer science. This paper received the 2003 Test of Time ACM SIGMOD award.

Imielinski has also been one of the pioneers of mobile computing and for his joint paper with Badri Nath he has received the 2002 VLDB Best paper award.

He received his PhD from Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw) in 1982.

Kristin has worked in investment banking for 15 years and is currently a Managing Director at a major Wall Street investment bank.  From 1995 to 2001, she worked in structured finance for Bank of America (formerly NationsBank Capital Markets) and JP Morgan Chase (formerly Banc One Capital Markets).  She transitioned to asset management while at BOCM in 2001 and oversaw the bank's retained technology, media and telecommunications loan portfolios. Joining her current firm in a similar capacity in 2004, she expanded her industry coverage to include not only TMT but also retail and consumer products.  

Kristin has a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Business where she graduated with Distinction.  She also earned an MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business where she was a Tuck Scholar.

Nina Saberi founded Castile Ventures to bring deep industry expertise and hands-on management to a new generation of entrepreneurial businesses.  Currently, she is the chairperson of VGo Communications and Whaleback Managed Services. Nina also serves on the boards of Agiliance and Aurora Networks. 

Most recently, Ms. Saberi was president and CEO of venture-backed Netlink, acquired by Cabletron as one of the top three acquisitions of its year.  During her operating career, she successfully led Amnet to its acquisition, managed an international joint venture for Data General and Singapore Telecom and held executive marketing and engineering positions at BBN and Avanti Communications.

Nina is the Chairman Emeritus of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and currently serves on the President’s Advisory Council at University of Rhode Island, where she received her BS in Electrical Engineering.