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Marc Slack-Founded KMC Software Raises $2M From Lone Investor – cbl
Posted July 12, 2010
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By citybizlist Staff
HERNDON, Va. -- KMC Software Inc. has raised $2 million, or two-thirds of a $3 million equity offering, from a single investor, according to an SEC filing.
Principals named in the Reg D filing by the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company are President Kevin Watson; Chief Technology Officer Marc Slack of Herndon, Va.; and executive officer and director Christopher Rickborn of Coral Gables, Fla. All three are co-founders of the privately held software company.
Rickborn also is a partner at Fort Lauderdale-based C/Max Capital Corp., which invests in emerging healthcare and technology companies.
Slack also is the founder of Morph Technologies, a joint venture company of Integran, a progressive technology company focused on high-performance nanocrystalline "Nanovate" metals with offices in Pittsburgh, Pa. Morph commercializes Integran's proprietary nanomaterial technology for automotive applications.
Reg D filing: http://tinyurl.com/2b7qqxk
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Kevin Watson
Entrepreneur
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Kevin Watson's Experience
• Founder
KMC Software
(Computer Software industry)
August 2009 - Present (1 year )
Co-founder fo KMC Software, Inc., a development stage company working to improve the process of hiring for managers of small and medium size businesses.
• Founder and Managing Director
C/max Capital Corp
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
February 1998 - Present (12 years 6 months)
C/max Capital Corporation was founded in 1998 as a private investment group specializing in emerging technology and healthcare companies. Our investment model is based around being more than just a source of funds by taking an active role in certain capital formation and strategic planning aspects of our companies. We focus on investments in experienced, highly qualified management teams that are responsive to our approach of reducing the pressures that the capital strategy and formation process can put on a company's personnel. Because of the high level of involvement we provide to each of our portfolio companies we limit ourselves to a handful of active portfolio companies at any one time.
• Chairman and CEO
Verid, Inc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 2003 - December 2007 (4 years 9 months)
Verid was the leading provider of knowledge-based identity verification solutions. At Verid, Kevin led the strategic direction of the company, including three rounds of venture capital funding and the sale of the company to RSA, the security division of EMC, in June 2007.
• Member, Board of Directors
Adjoined Consulting
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 - 2004 (4 years )
• Member, Board of Directors
Florida Venture Forum
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
1999 - 2002 (3 years )
Vice Chairman 1999 - 2000; Chairman 2001
• Senior Associate
UBS Securities Co., Ltd
(Public Company; UBS; Banking industry)
February 1997 - January 1998 (1 year )
Senior Associate in the investment banking group in New York. Worked on initial public offerings, private placements and M&A transactions for companies in the software and technology industries.
• Analyst
Dean Witter
(Public Company; Financial Services industry)
July 1993 - January 1997 (3 years 7 months)
Analyst in the Media and Technology group of Dean Witter investment banking. Worked on initial public offerings, private placements and M&A transactions for companies in the computer software and hardware, telecommunications, digital media and internet sectors.
Kevin Watson's Education
• Cornell University
BS, Engineering , 1989 - 1993
Marc Slack
Entrepeneur / Mad Scientist
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Marc Slack's Experience
• CTO and Co-Founder
KMC Software
(Privately Held; Information Services industry)
July 2008 - Present (2 years 1 month)
KMC Software is building new solutions for the business market using a SAAS model. More details to come as we anticipate a 2010 launch of our new offering.
• CTO of RSA Verid (VP Level)
EMC
(Public Company; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 - January 2008 (8 months)
After EMC's acquisition of Verid in June 2007, I remained on staff for a period to assist with the transition. I left EMC to start looking for new Entrepreneurial opportunities.
• CTO and Exec VP
Verid
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
April 2002 - June 2007 (5 years 3 months)
One of the 3 Executives that was involved with the purchase of a small company called IShopSecure which did a SAAS solution for identity verification for phone and internet transactions. We collectively, retooled the entire organization from ground up. My focus was no the technology. I hired the team of programmers, Database administrators, quality control staff, program managers, system administrators, etc. We build the software from scratch in java and deployed it in a redundant multi site configuration with hot fail-over and real time data replication. We maintained a 99.98% availability. Our primary customers were fortune 100 banks and telecommunications companies. We built the client base and in June 2007 Verid was purchased by EMC in June 2007. I stayed on with EMC until Dec 2007.
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• President and Founder
Morph Technogies
(Computer Software industry)
July 1996 - July 1999 (3 years 1 month)
Founder and President of morph technologies. We designed and developed one of the earliest languages for the web. Competitive product at the time was Cold Fusion. This is where we learned that just because you build a better mouse trap you still really need a go to market strategy. Also ran into Peter and have stayed on the technology side of the equation ever since :)
• Lead Scientist
MITRE
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1990 - June 1996 (6 years 1 month)
Lead scientist on internal R&D in the field of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence Technologist
JPL
(Computer Software industry)
1988 - 1990 (2 years )
I worked as a Scientist in the Artificial Intelligence group. We were experimenting with autonomous and semi-autonomous control of mini mobile robots. This effort ultimately resulted in what today are Spirit and Opportunity the Mars Rovers.
Marc Slack's Education
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
PhD, Artificial Intelligence , 1987 - 1990
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MS, Computer Science , 1985 - 1987
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
BS, Computer Science , 1980 - 1985
Chris Rickborn
Entrepreneur
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Chris Rickborn's Experience
• Co-Founder
KMC Software
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2009 - Present (1 year )
Co-founder of KMC Software, Inc., a development stage company working to improve the process of hiring for managers of small and medium size businesses.
• Partner
C/max Capital
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2009 - Present (1 year 7 months)
C/max Capital Corporation was founded in 1998 as a private investment group specializing in emerging technology and healthcare companies. We focus on investments in experienced, highly qualified management teams that are
responsive to our approach of reducing the pressures that the capital strategy and formation process can put on a company's personnel.
• Co-Founder, COO
Verid
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 2003 - December 2007 (4 years 10 months)
Verid was the leading provider of knowledge-based identity verification solutions to the financial services, telecommunications and retail industries. The company as acquired by RSA, the security division of EMC, in June 2007.
• COO / SVP Operations & Technology / VP Marketing
Equitrac
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
June 1991 - December 2003 (12 years 7 months)
Equitrac Corporation is a market leader in intelligent print and cost management software solutions for the corporate, legal, education, health care and financial services markets.
Chris Rickborn's Education
• Mercer University - Stetson School of Business and Economics
BBA, Management and Marketing , 1982 - 1986
Posted July 12, 2010
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