Experienced Board of Directors

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Leads360 Board of Directors

• John Babcock

  

  An experienced venture investor, John Babcock has been a partner at Rustic Canyon Partners since the firm's formation in 1999. John Babcock brings more than 15 years of technology industry experience to both the firm and their portfolio companies. He focuses on investment opportunities in clean technology, technology-enabled services, outsourcing and advanced construction materials.

  Before the founding of Rustic Canyon, John was general manager of online real estate at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, John founded the Delta Group, a technology consulting firm. Intel, Compaq Computer and Home Savings of America are among the companies that he has advised. John began his career as a software programmer.

  John received his B.A. from Duke University and his M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA.

• Nick Hedges

  

  Nick Hedges is President & CEO of Leads360 and a 15 year veteran of the Internet and Software as a Service industries. Nick joined Leads360 in 2008 as SVP of Business Development and has since held various responsibilities at the company including Head of Sales and Chief Revenue Officer.

  Prior to Leads360, Mr. Hedges was at Bain and Company, where he led a variety of operational transformation engagements and strategic assessments in the technology, consumer products, media, and private equity industries. Prior to Bain, Mr. Hedges was the CEO of an online marketplace for the global soft commodity industry which provided trading and logistics services to companies across Africa, Asia and Europe. The company was one of the few "dot coms" to generate healthy revenue and produced a product that was a precursor to what is currently described as "software as a service".

  Earlier in his career, Mr. Hedges worked at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) on Internet and process-reengineering projects and at Ogilvy and Mather Advertising as an Account Manager for Kodak and Ford Motor Company.

  Mr. Hedges holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar, and received a bachelor's degree with first class honors from Manchester University.

• Roger Hurwitz

  

  Roger focuses on investments in software and technology-enabled business services and currently serves on the boards of G5, iPipeline, RedBrick Health and Vibes Media. Prior to helping found Volition Capital in 2010, Roger was a partner at Fidelity Ventures where he focused on growth equity investments and led a number of deals, including GeoLearning (acquired by SumTotal). Roger was also a partner at Apax Partners, focused primarily on investments in enterprise software and technology-enabled services, having previously served on the boards of RealPage, Intralinks and Planview. Before that, Roger worked for GE Capital and was a Vice President of GE Equity, where he played a key role in developing the technology group's investment strategy for business-to-business electronic commerce with investments in Commerce One, OpenSite Technologies, Proxicom and Multex. Earlier in his career, Roger worked in corporate finance at Chase Manhattan Bank, and spent six years at Arthur Andersen in accounting and corporate finance.

  Roger received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Syracuse University in 1987 and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.

• Ed Odjana

  

  Ed Ojdana, founder of ConsumerInfo.com, recently retired as chief executive officer of Experian InteractiveSM, a business unit of Experian Group, LLC, that comprises Experian Consumer Direct (formerly ConsumerInfo.com), ClassesUSA.com, LowerMyBills.com and PriceGrabber.com.

  Before founding ConsumerInfo.com, Mr. Ojdana held senior-level positions in finance, marketing, strategic planning, operations and management consulting in a broad range of industries, including consumer goods, retail, distribution and entertainment. He currently sits on the Boards of Worldwide Compensation, Dynasty Footwear, Leads360, GoalSpring, Better Black TV and the UC Davis School of Viticulture and Enology.

  Mr. Ojdana received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Notre Dame University, a master's degree in engineering from Ohio State University and a master's in business administration from the University of Dayton. He holds a doctorate in marketing and business economics from the University of Southern California.