Board of Directors
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Greg Swayne,
Chairman
Greg is a seasoned CEO and entrepreneur. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks International (Nasdaq: HSWI) which is bringing the popular US website into Brazil and China, experiencing rapid organic growth with over 18 Million page views per month. More recently HSWI has turned its focus back to the US Health Market by becoming an equity owner and development partner for Sharecare, a highly searchable social Q&A healthcare platform organizing and answering the questions of health, created by Jeff Arnold the founder or WebMD, and Dr. Mehmet Oz whose popular syndicated TV show reaches millions of consumers daily, in partnership with Harpo Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and Discovery Communications. Prior to this, Greg was President and COO of HowStuffWorks US, which was acquired by Discovery Communications in 2005. Prior to joining HowStuffWorks US, Greg led Product as part of an investor inserted management team at N2 Broadband which was acquired by Tandberg TV. Greg co-founded and was President of A.D.A.M. (Nasdaq: ADAM) in 1990, a leading developer of interactive health information and decision support tools for the healthcare and education markets, which he took public in 1995. While at A.D.A.M., Greg was responsible for developing the popular dissectible anatomy products from which the company gets its namesake (Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine) which have become a worldwide standard in teaching for medical education. Greg also led the strategy that resulted in the creation and centralization of one of the most widely used health encyclopedic databases, powering hundreds of health sites globally with continuously updated health and wellness information.
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Olivier Lüthold, Secretary
Olivier is Managing Partner of Constellation Switzerland Ltd., based in Atlanta. His business experience covers business development, market expansions, structured financings, and international alliances. Olivier has held leading positions of Credit Suisse Group in New York and Zurich. Before joining Constellation Switzerland Inc., Olivier was heading the corporate development division of a leading private bank in Zurich. Olivier restructured the three-generation industrial family business, leading it through expansion, a merger with another producer and finally the selling of the business. He is involved in hotel ventures in South America and Director of an advertising enterprise in Switzerland.
Olivier has a Master in Business Administration from the University of Zurich. He speaks German, English, French, and some Spanish and Portuguese. He is an active sailor, leading the Swiss Sailing National Team to the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics where his team achieved the best Swiss results in 36 years.
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Rainer W. Fröhlich
Rainer Fröhlich is a partner at and founder of Constellation, a Zurich based Venture Capital Firm.
He started his career as consultant with McKinsey & Co in Switzerland, where he led various strategic and operational studies in the areas of IT, machinery, tourism and textiles. He left McKinsey to join the CEO of AEG-Daimler Benz to lead a highly regarded and later implemented strategic study about electronic application in future products from Mercedes Benz. Furthermore, he set up the corporate development to assist AEG s restructuring process.
Among others, he was in charge of R&D of AEG-Olympia with direct responsibility for 900 employees and the R&D and Sales department of AEG Mobile Communication with a turnover of DM 270 Mio. In this capacity, he was overall responsible for the GSM Project with Nokia and Alcatel and for the restructuring, reorientation and successful sale of the company to a French technology and media group. He then was hired as deputy manager to the corporate development of Bertelsmann AG reporting directly to the CEO, where he was also in charge of key restructuring projects.
Today, Rainer emphasizes Mergers & Acquisitions in the IT, office supplies and media industries, and the optimization of operational processes as well as the area of marketing/sales performance improvement.
He holds a degree in Physics from ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich and has significant research experience. He also holds international patents in mobile communication applications.
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Günter H Sieber
Günter H Sieber is a partner at Constellation Schweiz AG, a Zurich based Venture Capital Firm. He has a wide international experience as an executive in England, Belgium, Italy , Germany and USA. In 1987 Günter was appointed to
the Executive Board of Continental AG, Hannover Germany - the
second largest automotive group with worldwide operations. Günter transitioned the company via the US$650 Million acquisition of General Tire from Gen Corp and guided Continental through Pirelli’s multibillion unsuccessful hostile takeover attempt. His most recent position was President and CEO of Denzel AG , Vienna Austria, active in the automotive, finance and real estate business in Central and Eastern Europe.
For years Günter has been a seasoned independent
investor in
various sectors. He holds a degree in Automotive Engineering and studied Economics at the University in Graz/Austria.
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Cy Smith, Founder & CEO
Cy Smith is an experienced entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to the launch of AirSage in 2000, Cy was Founder, President and CEO of Advance Technology Corporation (ATC), a pioneer and leader in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS)-based solutions for wireless and wireline telecommunications companies. Cy began his career with BellSouth Corporation, holding positions in network engineering, quality assurance and management. Cy is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE). He has been recognized as one of Georgia Tech’s “Outstanding Young Engineers” by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and has received awards from the American Electronics Association for leadership and innovation in technology.
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