ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Thomas R. Rowbotham, Vesbridge Venture Partner
Tom has been in the global communications sector for over 40 years. Tom came to Vesbridge from SPVC, where he has been a venture partner since retiring from British Telecom in 2000. Tom has been instrumental in driving the major carrier business development initiative for the networking companies in the Vesbridge portfolio.

Tom has served as a director or advisor to a number of Vesbridge portfolio companies, including Granite Networks, Optical Solutions, Teltier (DynamicSoft), and Visage. Prior to SPVC, Tom had been with BT since 1964, serving most recently as Director of Technology (de facto CTO). Tom was also Senior Vice President of Concert (a joint venture between BT and MCI) and General Manager and Director of several of BT’s organizations with responsibility for upward of 3000 people.

In addition to his 35 year career at British Telecom, Tom also founded Kimberley Communications, which was acquired by Flomerics and where he is currently the Deputy Chairman. Tom has been very active with many significant technology boards, serving as a director of IEEE, and is currently a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.

Boards: Flomerics
Education: B.Sc. Queens University, Belfast; M.Sc University of Surrey; PhD University of Nottingham

Martin A. Rubin, CEO Smart City
Since 1994, Martin Rubin has been responsible for all aspects of the business including operations, finance, strategic planning and all FCC and PUC regulatory matters. Marty negotiated the acquisition of business in 1994 from Wiltel and Houston Sports Association and developed a successful purchase package for the buyout of Vista-United, Walt Disney World's-® in-house telecommunications company. From 1995 to 1997, Marty was President of DCT Communications, Inc., an FCC license holder of wireless spectrum for voice and data communications in the 38 Ghz band, which was sold to Advance Radio Telecom in 1997 for $75 million. In 1993, Marty was the President of Raptor Systems, Inc., a leading software developer of Internet firewall technology that was sold to AXENT for $225 million. Previously, Marty served as President and COO of AutoInfo, Inc. and Vice President of Corporate Information Systems of JP Morgan Chase. Marty received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania .