Ofer Ben-Shachar CEO NewlineNoosh, Inc. Redwood City, CA Ofer Ben-Shachar recently returned as NewlineNoosh CEO, a position he held with our predecessor company, Noosh, from 1998 to 2002. Ben-Shachar founded Noosh in 1998 after NetDynamics, an earlier startup he founded, was acquired by Sun Microsystems. From 2002 until his recent appointment, Ben-Shachar has been an angel investor, financing and helping several successful startups. He has served on our Board of Directors since 1998 and successfully orchestrated Noosh’s acquisition of digiGroups in 2001 and its merger with Newline Management in 2005, to form NewlineNoosh, the first technology powered managed services provider for large print buying organizations. Ofer is a recognized innovator in the growth of Internet based services. Under his leadership at Noosh, the company created a proven cross-enterprise collaboration technology that was deployed by some of the largest and most prominent companies in the world. It is the most widely used global technology to buy and manage print, with annual purchase transactions exceeding $800 million in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. At NetDynamics, he presided over the development, launch and successful deployment at the most demanding enterprise customers, of the first Java-based application server product in 1996. This market would subsequently grow to over $6 billion in annual revenues. Ben-Shachar has several patents, is a frequent lecturer at Internet and software conferences, and has published numerous articles. Ben-Shachar holds a B.S. with Distinction in Mathematics and Computer Science from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.S. in Computer Science from Washington State University.
		Arthur Patterson General Partner/Founder Accel Partners Palo Alto, CA Arthur Patterson works closely with start-up entrepreneurial teams in the areas of Enterprise Software and Communication Services.

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