Board of Directors
Steve Horwitz
Director
Astadia
Steven Horwitz is CEO of Astadia, where he focuses the vision, empowers the marketing capability, and drives sales and operational disciplines on a day to day basis.
Prior to Astadia, Mr. Horwitz joined Kodiak Venture Partners in 2008 as an Operating Partner with over 20 years of operating experience in a wide range of high technology companies. Mr. Horwitz has served in numerous executive consulting and portfolio leadership roles for technology companies at various stages of development and growth.
Previously, Mr. Horwitz served as CEO of Vettro (acquired by Antenna Software), and Chairman of the Board at Vericom Technologies steering the organization in a new strategic direction. He also served as President and CEO of several enterprise software companies including Clareos, RulesPower (Acquired by Fair Isaac) and Q-Link Technologies a pioneer in the Business Process Management market segment (Acquired by Adobe Systems).
Prior to Q-Link, he served as Vice President of Business Development at Tech Data Corporation and was part of the founding team at ENTEX Information Services. Mr. Horwitz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance at Hofstra University.
David Coit
Managing Director
North Atlantic Capital
David has been investing in private companies for over 25 years.
Before he founded North Atlantic Capital, he was President of Maine Capital Corporation. For six years, he was at the First National Bank of Boston. He earned a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He is a past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies and has been on the Board of the New England Venture Capital Association. He is a former U.S. Naval Officer.
Andrey Zarur
Managing Partner
Kodiak Venture Partners
Andrey leads Kodiak's investment efforts in Life Technologies. He focuses on a broad array of opportunities in life sciences including molecular diagnostics, medical devices, biomaterials and drug discovery platforms. He represents Kodiak on the boards of Allegro Diagnostics, Astadia, Fluxion Biosciences, Lumicell, GreenLight Biosciences, SIMTone and WTI.
Prior to joining Kodiak in 2006, Andrey was the Founder and CEO of BioProcessors (sold to Seahorse Biosciences). During his career as an entrepreneur, Andrey has been involved in the conception, founding, launching and operations of over a dozen startups in life sciences and sustainable technologies. In addition, he is an Overseer of the Museum of Science in Boston and a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2005 he was elected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Andrey has undergraduate degrees from the National University of Mexico and holds a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and holds over 100 issued and pending patents.
Blake Wolff
President
Astadia
Blake is President and Chief Sales Officer of Astadia, where he is responsible for global sales and international expansion. Blake has over 20 years of sales and operations experience focused on directing and scaling companies in the high-tech, retail and customer support industries.
Prior to Astadia, Blake co-founded MW Advisors, a successful management consulting and technology solutions firm based in Dallas, Texas. From its beginnings in 2003, MW Advisors helped its clients improve sales productivity through the enablement of SaaS technologies and the deployment of enhanced sales and marketing strategy, process and operations.
Previously, Blake held positions as President and CEO of The Telvista Company, a multi-national call center outsourcer. He founded Telvista in 1997 and under his leadership, expanded the company from a one-site call center to six centers with over 4,000 employees across two countries. Blake also served on its Board of Directors.
Prior to entering the customer care industry, Blake spent ten years helping expand CompUSA from its original one store concept to over 200 stores nationwide. As an executive for CompUSA, Blake managed and coached thousands of employees across the country and was responsible for the opening of 38 stores.
Blake is a nationally recognized keynote speaker for the SaaS and CRM industries. He holds a MBA from Emory University and a BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.