Team

Stewart Alsop is a Partner. He was a general partner with New Enterprise Associates and led that firm’s investments in companies such as TiVo, Portola Communications (sold to Netscape), Netcentives, Glu Mobile, and Xfire. During that time, he also wrote a column for Fortune. Before he became an investor, Stewart was a business editor and pundit. He was Editor in Chief of InfoWorld, a weekly newspaper for information-technology professionals. He also published PC Letter, a fortnightly newsletter for computer industry insiders, and produced the Agenda and Demo conferences for executives of companies in the computer industry. Way back when he was young(er), he learned to be an editor at Inc. magazine, where he was executive editor.

Gilman Louie is a Partner. He is the founder and former CEO of In-Q-Tel, a strategic venture fund created to help enhance national security by connecting the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. intelligence community with venture-backed entrepreneurial companies. Previously Gilman built a career as a pioneer in the interactive entertainment industry, with accomplishments that include the design and development of the Falcon F-16 flight simulator as well as being the person who licensed Tetris, the world’s most popular computer game, from its developers in the Soviet Union. During that career, Gilman founded and ran a company called Spectrum Holobyte which ultimately was acquired by Hasbro Corporation, where he served as chief creative officer of Hasbro Interactive and general manager of the Games.com group.

Joe Addiego is a Partner. Prior to joining Alsop Louie Partners, Joe was an investment partner at In-Q-Tel, the strategic venture arm of the U.S. intelligence community. While there, Joe lead investments in LensVector, Pixim, ThinKom, and LanguageWeaver, among others. Prior to that, Joe was the Executive VP of Marketing and Sales for Talarian through its IPO in August, 2000. Joe was the CEO of TakeFive Software, a Salzburg Austria-based development tools company. He also spent 14 years growing Integrated Systems Inc., and later Wind River Systems, from a start-up to a $400 million NASDAQ traded company where he held a variety of positions including VP of Marketing and Sales and VP of International Operations. Joe spent his early career at Hewlett-Packard and AT&T in sales and sales management roles.

Bill Coleman is a Partner. Bill was most recently Founder & CEO of Cassatt Corporation. He also founded and was the first chairman and CEO of BEA Systems, the world’s leading infrastructure software company. Under his leadership, BEA became the fastest software firm ever to exceed $1 billion in annual revenue. BEA Systems was sold to Oracle in 2008 for $8.5B. Before BEA, he served as vice president of system software at Sun Microsystems, where his team transformed SunOS into the commercially successful Solaris operating system. While at Sun he also founded Sun’s Professional Services Division and co-founded Sun’s Federal Division. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Stanford University.

Jim Whims is a Partner. For the last decade, Jim was a partner at Techfund Capital in the U.S. and Europe, where he invested in companies like 3DFX and Portal Player. Jim was a co-founder of Worlds of Wonder and was a key executive at Software Toolworks and Sony Computer Entertainment. In 1996, Adweek/Brandweek recognized him as the Marketing Executive of the Year for driving revenues from zero to $1B in one year at Sony, where Jim managed the launch of the Playstation in North America. Jim also serves on the Board of Directors at THQ and Synaptics. He received his MBA in Finance from the University of Arizona and a BS from Northwestern University.

Nancy Lee is our Chief Financial Officer and a partner. She is a veteran bean counter for venture capital firms, having spent 20 years with Walden International, a firm with a long and distinguished history and multiple funds in North America and Asia. Her job is to keep Gilman and Stewart out of trouble and help our investors make the most of their investment.

Joseph Alsop is a Venture Partner. He was the founder and until 2009 the CEO of Progress Software Inc., a public company (PRGS) selling application infrastructure technology, including application development tools and the world's leading imbedded database. He graduated from MIT in 1967 with a BSEE degree. He is investing in and working with companies in Massachusetts applying information technology in various areas.

William P. Crowell is a Partner. He has a long and distinguished career as a foremost authority in computer security, including two stints at the National Security Agency, where he served in numerous senior position in operations and in research & development, culminating in his position as Deputy Director of the Agency. He is also the former CEO of Cylink, before its acquisition by Safenet Holdings, where he continues to be a director. He is also a director at Fixmo, Airpatrol, DRS Technologies and Six3 Systems. He is a former director of Arcsight, Broadware Technologies, and Narus, before those companies were acquired.

Tom Kalinske is a Venture Partner and Executive Chairman of Moonshoot, Inc., an Alsop Louie Partners portfolio company. Previously, Tom was CEO of Leapfrog Enterprises (NYSE: LF), where he continues to serve as a director, as well as of Knowledge Universe. He is best known as the CEO of Sega of America, during the time that Sega launched the Genesis game console as well as Sonic The Hedgehog. Prior to that Tom was a senior executive of the Matchbox Group and of Mattel Inc for nearly 20 years. He is also currently a director of Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ-BBBB), Cambrium Learning (NASDAQ-ABCD) and Kidzui. He earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin, an MBA from University of Arizona & attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Managment Program.

Steve Mendel is a Venture Partner. Previously he was Managing Partner and an Executive Vice President of In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s strategic investment operation. Prior to that Steve served in a variety of leadership roles in both public and private technology start-ups, including Knowledge Revolution, Ithaca Software, Spectrum Holobyte, and Maxwell Communications. He is currently a director of Redux and of NewMentor, both Alsop Louie Partners portfolio companies.

Jim Ward is a Venture Partner and is on the board of directors of Gowalla, an Alsop Louie Partners portfolio company. Jim is the former president of LucasArts, the videogame division of LucasFilm Ltd, where he was also the senior vice president of marketing, distribution and online. Before he joined LucasFilm in 1997, he spent his career in advertising where he worked closely with Apple Computer, Microsoft and then Nike over a period of 15 years. He is running for Congress in the 5th Congressional District in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Patty Wong is our Office Manager. Once you figure out how to get to our office (see Contact), you will meet Patty and find out why she is the best office manager we could hope for! She came to us from the accounts department of Macy’s. But her critical skills were acquired when she was Executive Director of the Friends of Alamo School Foundation, where she raised money for the school and managed to keep parents, supporters, teachers and administrators happy.