Board of Directors

Mitch Free is the founder and CEO of MFG.com. Mitch is passionate about manufacturing, globalization and the Internet, and MFG.com is the intersection of those passions. Through his vision, creativity and persistence, Mitch has led MFG.com to become the predominant marketplace serving the global manufacturing industry. Mitch is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the company and overseeing the overall management of MFG.com. Under his leadership, the company has experienced tremendous growth in a "winner take all" market segment he is continuing to define. Mitch is an avid speaker at technology forums and conferences, including recent presentations at Harvard University and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. Mitch belongs to the Atlanta Technology Angels, a private group that actively seeks investments in early stage technology companies based in Atlanta.

Stephen Campbell is Chief Investment Officer of Bezos Expeditions, a personal investment company of Jeff Bezos. Steve was previously CEO of two financial technology companies: Devonshire Technology, which he founded (and was acquired by Fidelity Investments) and Capital Stream. He spent much of his career with Fidelity Investments in the U.S. and Europe where he held senior leadership roles managing investment research, international (Europe/Asia) technology development, mutual fund and brokerage technologies, and equity trading and research technologies for FMR Co., the $800B asset management company. In addition, Steve led various M&A activities, reporting to the Chairman's office. Steve is a graduate of Merrimack College and completed the Stanford Executive Program of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Alain Nicod is the managing partner of an early stage venture fund called VI Partners. Alain started his career at Arthur Andersen and at McKinsey during the 80's. He then became an entrepreneur and has participated in the creation and development of companies in the sectors of med tech (www.compex.ch (sold to Rehabilicare)), telecommunications (www.smart-telecom.ch, www.mnc.ch (sold to Alcatel)), internet based services (www.sourcingparts.com (sold to MFG.com), www.leshop.ch (sold to Migros), www.securicard.ch (sold to a credit card issuer) and hospitality services (www.fleurdepains.ch, www.chateauform.com). Alain is a Board member of two private banks in Switzerland (www.espiritosanto.ch and www.heritage.ch). Alain holds a BA from the University of Lausanne and an MBA from INSEAD in France. He is fluent in French, English, German and Spanish.

As a Partner at Fidelity Ventures, Larry Cheng focuses on investment opportunities in the software, information services and consumer technologies sectors. Larry currently serves on the boards of eCredit, Prosper, and mindSHIFT. He also led Fidelity Ventures' investment in Verid which was acquired by EMC. Prior to joining Fidelity Ventures, Cheng was a senior associate at Battery Ventures, where he was an early investor in Ruckus Network, OpenNetwork Technologies (acquired by BMC Software) and Ximian (acquired by Novell). From 1998 to 2000, Cheng was an associate for Bessemer Venture Partners where he focused on software investments. Prior to Bessemer, he was an associate consultant at Corporate Decisions Inc.

Mr. Cheng earned a B.A. in Psychology from Harvard College.

Board of Observers

Daniel is the Managing Director and Partner of Fidelity Asia Ventures (FAV). He has over 20 years of experience as a venture professional investing in companies throughout Asia, with a focus on Greater China.

Since late 1994, he has been Managing Director of the two principal entities responsible for Fidelity's Asian venture capital activity, headquartered in Hong Kong.

From 1987 to 1994, Daniel was a Partner at Arral and Partners (Asia) Limited, an early pioneer venture capital firm based in Hong Kong, associated with having made landmark investments around the Asia region at the early stages of the private equity industry.

From 1981 to 1985, Daniel was an analyst in the equity research department of Fidelity Investments in Boston and portfolio management assistant for the Fidelity Magellan Fund.

On behalf of FAV, Daniel is currently on the Board of Directors of Asia Renal Care Ltd (Chairman), Wuxi Pharmatech, Dianji Technology Holdings Ltd., UIM Holdings and CDP.

Until recently, prior to FAV's successful exits, Daniel held board positions on several other leading Chinese technology companies, including Alibaba (acquired Yahoo! China), Asiainfo (NASDAQ ASIA), BMI and Hurray! Holdings (NASDAQ HRAY). Daniel's role on the board of these companies spanned a wide range of areas, in each case representing deep involvement in most aspects of their businesses during every key phase of their development.

Daniel holds an MBA degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College

Oliver Samwer holds a business degree from WHU, one of Germany's top business schools. During his studies, Oliver was a fellow of Deutsche Studienstiftung which awards scholarships to Germany´s top <1% of students. While at university, Oliver was also a co-author of a publication of the success factors of over 50 start-ups in Silicon Valley.

In January 1999, he and his two brothers founded Alando.de which became the market leader of Internet auctions in Germany. After the successful sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., Oliver was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Together with his brothers, he turned eBay Germany into the most profitable international site of eBay worldwide.

In 2000, Oliver and his brothers founded Jamba! AG which became the market leader for wireless content such as music, pictures, games and videos for mobile phones in Europe and the US. In 2004 Verisign Inc. acquired Jamba! AG for USD 273 million. In 2006 News Corp. acquired 51% of Jamba for USD 187.5 million.

In 2004 Oliver was selected as one of the Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Today, the three brothers support other entrepreneurs in establishing successful companies. Via their European Founders Fund (EFF) they invest in entrepreneurs and their businesses, focussing on Internet and Mobile start-ups. By investing in companies such as StudiVZ, MyVideo and Bigpoint, the EFF rapidly became the most successful early stage investor in Germany.