Board of Directors
Robert Davoli: Managing Partner, Sigma Partners
Bob Davoli brings 20 years of experience in the high tech industry to the HiWired team. Before joining Sigma in 1995, Bob was president and chief executive officer of Epoch Systems, the leading vendor of client-server data management software. He sold the firm in 1993 to EMC for $141 million. Prior to Epoch, he was founder, president and chief executive officer of SQL Solutions, a leading services and tools purveyor for relational databases. Bob sold SQL Solutions to Sybase for stock eventually worth over $100 million. He served as a Sybase executive officer for over two years, and today, the Sybase SQL Solutions division generates annual revenues of over $300 million. Bob has a BA in History from Ricker College and studied computer science at Northeastern University.
Bruce Grant: President and Chairman, Applied Value
Bruce Grant offers a wealth of leadership experience in media, technology and consumer services. He is president and chairman of Applied Value, a boutique strategy consulting firm for telecommunications and manufacturing. Previously, he was chairman of Tele2, a $6B pan-European telecommunications company. Bruce has also been senior vice president and managing director of North America Management Consulting, as well as chairman of the Worldwide Strategy Practice for Arthur D. Little. In addition, he has served on the boards of Metro AG and Transcom Worlwide, one of the Europe's largest call center operators. Bruce holds a PhD in Industrial Management from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.
Christopher H. Greendale: General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners
Chris Greendale has a 25-year-background in sales, marketing and executive management for software and technology services. Prior to joining Kodiak in 2003, Chris was a high tech seed investor serving as managing director at Internet Capital Group and venture partner at Grandbanks Capital. In these roles, he was board member for a full roster of technology companies ranging from start-ups to publicly traded companies. At multi-media software company MediaBridge Technologies, Chris was board chairman and instrumental in the company's acquisition by Engage. He was also a pre-IPO investor in Siebel Systems Inc. In 1991, he co-founded and ran sales and marketing for Cambridge Technology Partners, one of the most successful IPOs of the 1990s. Under Chris’s leadership, the systems integration company grew to $600 million in revenue and 4500 worldwide employees by 1997. Other executive positions include vice president of marketing at publicly traded database software companies Oracle and Ingres. Chris serves on the boards of CXO Systems, GlassHouse Technologies, uLocate and Tumbleweed Communications. He has a BA and MBA from Southern Illinois University.
Singu Srinivas: Founder and President, HiWired
Singu co-founded HiWired following twelve years of leadership experience in consumer electronics, telecommunications and media, where he witnessed the pain and frustration felt by personal technology users who lacked convenient access to support. Prior to launching HiWired, Singu was a relationship partner leading the Services Strategy practice at IBM Business Consulting Services. While at IBM, Singu advised electronics clients like Philips, Kodak, Cisco and IBM. He also served as the director of strategy development for IBM Global Services, Big Blue’s $48B services arm. In addition, Singu’s background includes four years working with start-up technology and content companies in Europe.
A native New Yorker, Singu has adopted Boston as home, where he spends much of his leisure time restoring his family's 135-year-old, historic house. Singu is a 1996 MBA graduate of the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an MS degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University.
Michael Wexler: Founder and President, HiWired
Michael co-founded HiWired in spring of 2004, after an eight-year career in management and consulting for major consumer electronics companies and start-ups. While working with clients like Philips, Sharp, Panasonic and IBM, and as technology advisor to the Wexler family, Michael identified a need among consumers for brand-agnostic, personal digital technology support. From these observations, his vision for HiWired sprang.
Michael is an avid traveler and sailor. His accomplishments include leading a group of college friends on a sailing circumnavigation of the globe. Michael is a 1995 graduate of Dartmouth College.