Stuart Davidson

Mr. Davidson has been investing in early stage companies for the past 17 years. He is a managing partner of Labrador Ventures. Mr. Davidson is active on the board of directors at ezboard.com, Intruguard Devices, Jangl, NextHop Technologies, and Sentinel Vision. In addition to his investment experience, Mr. Davidson was president of Alkermes, Inc. and also worked for MCI Communications and for Warner Communications. Mr. Davidson is a graduate of Harvard College (1978) and Harvard Business School (1984).

Randy Hawks

Randy focuses on security solutions for both the digital and physical domains at Claremont Creek Ventures (CCV). His years as Executive Vice President/COO and Director at Identix are the foundation of his interest in this area of investment. Randy’s strong background in IT includes serving as CEO and Director of Captiva Software, various senior management positions at Texas Instruments, ITT Information Systems and Sr. VP at AT&T Paradyne. He has also held directorships at Clairvoyant Software, Hipbone Software, Inapac, Invivodata, Flytecomm, View Central and Be Here. Currently Randy holds a board seat at three of CCV's portfolio companies.

Randy earned a BSEE from University of Arkansas and has completed the Stanford University Executive Management Program. He serves as the Venture Committee Chair for Keiretsu Forum.

Gary Lauder

Gary Lauder is the Managing Partner of Lauder Partners LLC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing primarily in information technologies.  He has been a venture capitalist since 1985 investing in over 60 private companies.  He is also Chairman of ICTV Inc., a developer of interactive television technology for cable and IPTV.  Other directorships: Promptu, Integra5 and ShotSpotter.  Investments are primarily in cable television/IPTV technology and WWW arenas.  In the 1980’s, he worked at the venture firms of Aetna, Jacobs & Ramo Technology Ventures, as well as Wolfensohn Associates.  He holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania; a BS in Economics from the Wharton School; and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

In 1997 he was chosen to become a member of the inaugural class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen Institute, at which he is the co-creator of its Socrates Society with Laura, his wife. He has had a working cable modem (usually) in his home since 1994, the same year that Upside Magazine named him one of the top 100 “builders of the information highway.”  He is co-inventor of 9 patents, has spoken at over 70 industry forums and, since 1992, has published several articles about the future of the cable industry…that he still stands by.

Pascal Levensohn

Pascal Levensohn has twenty-eight years of experience as a finance professional and has led Levensohn Venture Partners (LVP) since 1996.  At LVP, Pascal and his three partners focus on investing in Intelligent Infrastructure, specializing in emerging Security (homeland, cyber, and physical), Digital Media, and Cleantech (GreenIT) companies. He currently serves as a director of Veraz Networks (NASDAQ:VRAZ), Akros Silicon, Ubicom, and Consolidated IP Holdings (Chairman). Pascal has been a director of the National Venture Capital Association since 2007 (www.nvca.org) and currently serves as the Chairman of the NVCA’s Education Committee.  

He is a frequent speaker on venture capital industry trends and is the principal author of three authoritative white papers on best practices for VC-backed company boards.  Pascal is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  He currently chairs the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation’s Business Leadership Council and is a former co-chairman of the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Society. Pascal received a BA in Government from Harvard University and is a graduate of the Lawrenceville School.

Thomas T. Groos

Tom is a partner of City Light Capital, a New York City based venture capital firm focused upon impact investing.  City Light partners with top entrepreneurs leading for profit companies who are dedicated to tackling some of society’s toughest challenges. The firm’s focus is upon early stage, post revenue companies in safety and security, education and information systems, and energy efficiency and environmental preservation. 

After a 25 year career at the Viking Group, the world’s second largest fire suppression products company, Tom moved from the Chief Executive position to become Chairman, where he remains today. He was also Vice Chairman and a major investor in the Tyden Group, a multiform security products company.

Tom currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the National Fire Protection Association, the Deming Center for Productivity at Columbia Business School, and the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army of Western Michigan, where he was formerly Chairman. He is a guest lecturer on supply chain and strategy issues at Columbia Business School and the Seidman School of Business at Grand Valley State University. 

Michael E. Chandler

Michael Chandler is the former president of General Dynamics Information Technology. He brings a wealth of experience in defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal, civil, and commercial sectors to ShotSpotter, Inc. Currently Mr. Chandler serves on the board of trustees of the Naval Post Graduate School Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Directors at CommsFirst, Inc., a private tactical communications company. Previously, Mr. Chandler served as President of General Dynamics Network Systems. In June 2006 General Dynamics Network Systems became General Dynamics Information Technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Auburn University and a Master of Science in management from the Naval Post Graduate School. He is also a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program. Mr. Chandler resides in Pebble Beach.

Major General (Ret.) Steve Siegfried

Steve Siegfried serves as Vice Chairman Emeritus for ShotSpotter and provides input in the areas of military applications and homeland security; he is also a key spokesperson for the company. Major General Siegfried was the first director of homeland security for South Carolina, a capacity in which he served from 2001 to 2003. In that role he was responsible for all aspects of civil and homeland defense for the state, acted as South Carolina’s liaison to secretary Tom Ridge in the Department of Homeland Security, and chaired the Homeland Security Council for the state.

Major General Siegfried enlisted in the Army in 1961, rose to the rank of Sergeant, attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry. He subsequently rose to the rank of Major General. He commanded Ft. Jackson, SC from December 1991 until March 1994. His last assignment was as the Deputy Inspector General, US Army. He retired in 1995 after 34 years of service, but was recalled to active duty in 1996 to serve as the chair of the secretary of the Army’s Senior Review Panel on Sexual Harassment.

Josh Cohen

Josh Cohen is the Managing Partner of City Light Capital. Prior to creating CLCM, Josh co-founded City Light Capital (the predecessor fund to CLCM), which invested in and managed a portfolio of double bottom line companies. He is currently on the Board of Rotomotion and is an Observer to the Boards of Shotspotter and ImageSpan. He was formerly an Observer to the Board of Arxceo before it was acquired by JCI Group. Josh had previous venture capital experience working with a family office in St. Louis and the SV Group, a private debt fund.

Prior to joining the venture community, Josh was the Director of Business Development for Mobility Electronics (NASDAQ: IGOI). While at Mobility, Josh closed several joint ventures, private investments and acquisitions on behalf of the company. He began his career as an investment banker in the technology group of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown in San Francisco. As a banker, he contributed to several public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, including WebEx Communications, Mobility Electronics and the sale of yesmail.com to CMGI.

Josh has known for a long time that private enterprise and public good are intertwined. In 1999, he created Developing Minds, a nonprofit organization focused on building and donating business products and processes to the nonprofit sector. Developing Minds has created the Time Raiser™, a time-based auction model used to recruit and reward volunteers, and structured several partnerships between for-profit technology companies and nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Cohen graduated as an Angell Scholar from the University of Michigan.