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Management
Mike Grossman — CEO
Mike Grossman has extensive experience as an entrepreneur and CEO in the financial services industry. Prior to Tempo, he was the founder and CEO of LiveCapital, the leading provider of online credit management software. Under Mike's leadership, the company successfully withstood the technology recession, raised more than $70 million, was awarded the Software & Information Association's Codie Award for Best Financial Product, and was ultimately acquired by Dun & Bradstreet. Mike was previously employed at Intuit, where he directed the marketing and development effort for Quicken on CD-ROM and launched the first version of Quicken Deluxe. He also managed Intuit's first online banking product delivered via the Internet and America Online. Prior to joining Intuit, Mike worked as a Brand Manager for Johnson & Johnson. At the start of his career, Mike worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company in San Francisco and Sydney. Mike received an A.B. in Economics and a J.D. from Harvard University.
Barry A. Beckman — Vice President, Risk & Compliance
Barry Beckman is responsible for risk and compliance at Tempo. Barry has more than a decade of experience providing financial services technology firms with legal guidance and business development management. He joined Tempo from Credit Interlink, a leader in credit information technology, where as Vice President of Business Development and Legal he led efforts to develop partnerships and strategic relationships with organizations including Fannie Mae, Fidelity, Informative Research and other leading mortgage service providers. Previously he spent several years as Vice President and General Counsel with online credit management software developer LiveCapital, where he was responsible for structuring strategic business relationships. Earlier he was manager of product, business development and analytics with Fair, Isaac and Co., and began his career as a litigation associate with McCutchen, Doyle, Brown and Enersen of San Francisco. A member of the California Bar, Barry graduated Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Law School and graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Mathematics.
Jeff Langston — CTO and Vice President, Engineering
Jeff Langston is responsible for all aspects of architecture, development and technical operations for Tempo. Prior to Tempo, Jeff was VP of Product Development at Intuit. In more than 8 years at Intuit, his roles included VP of Platform Architecture and Development for the QuickBooks group, where he led the design and development of the QuickBooks technology platform. Also at Intuit, Jeff served as VP of Product Development for the Personal Finance group, where he led the development of Quicken, Quicken.com and Quicken Quotes Live. Early in his tenure at Intuit, he led the initial development of the OFX standard with Microsoft and CheckFree. Jeff has also served as VP of Engineering at TuVox, as Director of Product Development at Claris, and in various engineering and management roles at other technology companies. Jeff is very interested in innovation and entrepreneurship and serves as an advisor for two early stage companies outside of Tempo. Jeff earned his B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.
Anthony Ruebner — Vice President, Business Development
Anthony Ruebner is responsible for Tempo's sales and partnership activities. Prior to Tempo, Anthony spent six years as Vice President Sales and Corporate Development at LiveCapital, the leading provider of online credit management software. As a member of the executive team, he played a key leadership role in the organization as it transitioned from early-stage startup to proven supplier of business software to Fortune 500 and mid-market companies. Anthony led the company in creating and managing its sales organization, and was instrumental in forming and overseeing a number of strategic relationships that ultimately led to the company's acquisition by Dun & Bradstreet in 2005. Anthony previously spent thirteen years with Dun & Bradstreet, where he served in a number of senior leadership positions. As Vice President of Business Development he directed alliance and product development initiatives, including a joint product initiative with Visa U.S.A. As Vice President Financial Services he led an organization that consulted with leading financial institutions on risk management best practices. Anthony received his B.A. in Managerial Economics from the University of California at Davis and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
Board of Directors
Eric Dunn — Chairman of the Board
Eric Dunn joined Cardinal Venture Capital in 2003. Prior to joining Cardinal, Eric was an independent private investor, making investments in early-stage software and technology companies. Previously, from 1986 to 2000, Eric was a member of the senior management team of Intuit Inc. during its growth from a four-person startup to a leader in financial software with over $1 billion in annual revenue. At Intuit, Eric served as CFO, VP/GM and SVP/CTO, while also leading the initial development efforts for Quicken for Windows and Quicken for Macintosh. Eric was CFO during Intuit's IPO and the company-shaping acquisition of ChipSoft (TurboTax) and also initiated many of Intuit's activities in electronic financial services and its international expansion. Eric serves on the boards of Adaptive Planning, PayCycle, PaySimple, SuccessFactors (SFSF), Tempo, and Tibco(TIBX). Eric graduated Summa Cum Laude with an A.B. in Physics from Harvard College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
Mark Goines
Mark was most recently the chief marketing officer at PassMark Security, now a unit of RSA. He serves on the board, and as an investor, for Credit Interlink (consumer credit data), Nolo Press (self-help legal books and software), Mint (consumer online financial management), and BullRun Financial (portfolio performance management.) Previously, Mark was senior vice president and general manager of Intuit's Consumer Division, leading the $200 million Quicken, Quicken.com, Quicken Insurance and Quicken Mortgage portfolio of businesses. Prior to Intuit, he held senior marketing roles and product strategy positions for Crocker Bank (now Wells Fargo) and Charles Schwab, innovating software and services that formed the foundation for today's online trading industry.
Mike Grossman, CEO
R. Scott Hatfield — Founder
R. Scott Hatfield, a 17-year veteran of the electronics payment industry, is Tempo's co-founder. Prior to Tempo, Scott helped form National Data Funding Corporation (NDFC), where he held a key role as it grew to over $15 million. As Executive Vice President, Scott was responsible for day to day operations at NDFC as well as sales with large merchants. Scott also managed all network, bank, and business relationships with PayPoint, BuyPass, Deluxe Data (now Efunds) and Universals Savings Bank (purchased by Fifth Third Bank). In addition, he pioneered the first multi-lane POS wireless solution in 2000 with AT&T. NDFC was sold to First American Payment Systems in December 2004.
Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall, has over 15 years of investment and technology experience in the financial services industry. Jim focuses on investments primarily in consumer and business service companies. Prior to co-founding Selby in 1998, Jim spent nine years in various positions at Silicon Valley Bank. During his tenure, the bank grew from $250 million to over $5 billion in assets and Jim worked closely with more than 75 early-stage, emerging growth technology companies. In his last position as Vice President of the Commercial Software Practice, he worked with a number of venture-backed software and Internet companies including Accrue Software, BEA Systems, Broadbase Software, E.piphany and Nuance Communications. Jim serves on the boards of Tempo, Intelleflex Corp., SkyPilot Networks (Observer) and Zenasis Technologies (Observer). In addition, Jim has led Selby's investments in ConsumerReview (acquired by E-centives), LiveCapital (acquired by Dun & Bradstreet) and Panopticon (acquired by Kana). Jim is also a member of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and the VC Angel Roundtable. He received a B.S. degree in Finance from Santa Clara University, and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
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