Board Of Directors

Jonathan Roberts — Partner, Ignition Partners

Jonathan Roberts is a Founder and a Partner of Ignition. He invests in business application and services companies and represents Ignition as director on the boards of Docusign and Spoken Communications as well as Earth Class Mail.

Prior to Ignition Roberts spent 13 years at Microsoft, most recently as General Manager of the Windows CE Intelligent Appliance Division, where he was responsible for developing new WinCE products, product marketing, business development and long-term planning for the Windows CE platform as well as the retargeting of the Microsoft's PocketPC effort

Roberts led the marketing and business efforts for Windows 3.1, 3.11, Windows NT 3.51, NT 4.0, BackOffice 1.0, Windows 98 and NT 4.0 on the Desktop, and finally all of Windows CE including embedded, Pocket PC, Auto, Phones, Set-top, Games, etc.

Roberts received his B.A. in history from the University of Washington where he was also Student Body President. In addition to his Ignition boards, Jonathan serves on the board of Epiphany School and the University of Washington Foundation Board.

Robert Headley — Partner, Ignition Partners

Robert invests in enterprise software and wireless companies, and also acts as Ignition's Administrative Partner overseeing the firm's day to day operations. Prior to joining Ignition, Robert spent seven years at Starbucks Coffee Company, most recently as Vice President, Finance & Treasurer. In that role, he managed Starbucks Investor Relations, Corporate Development, Treasury, Business Planning & Analysis, and Profit Improvement functions.

Prior to Starbucks, Robert spent three years in the Principal Investment Area and Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in New York and Sydney, Australia. Robert holds an M.S. and B.S. degree with distinction in Industrial Engineering from Stanford

Kenn Dahl — President, Prime Recognition Corporation

Prime Recognition is a leading developer of machine-print OCR software in high accuracy/high volume applications. Its award-winning products are sold to a wide variety of customers including the U.S. government, high-volume service bureaus, universities, law firms, and many other types of customers internationally. Mr. Dahl founded Prime in 1993 and was the inventor of the key OCR algorithms and product architecture.

Prior to Prime Recognition, he held a variety of positions, including VP of Sales & Marketing and VP of Corporate Development, at ICOT Corporation, a public high-tech company located in Silicon Valley, He has also worked as a scientist with GE Research and as a management consultant with McKinsey and Bain & Co. Mr. Dahl graduated as the top engineer from Purdue University in 1980 and received a MBA from Stanford University in 1983.