Prashanth Palakurthi is the Founder and CEO of Reflexis Systems, pioneering the new category of Retail Execution Management in 2001. He has spent over 25 years with enterprises in Europe, Asia, Caribbean and the USA - advising them on Alignment of Business and IT Strategies. Prashanth is a double graduate with Masters in Mathematics and Management Studies from the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.

Prashanth serves as an Advisor to the Board of the Giving Back Foundation spending time on Autism Research and is a frequent contributor to educational programs at his University.

Prashanth's fantasy is to become a world-class Bridge Player and hopes to find time to learn it well.

Gerald A. Poch is Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of FirstMark Capital. Jerry is directly responsible for investments in infrastructure, and serves as a senior member of FirstMark’s Investment Committee. Prior to founding FirstMark Capital, Jerry served as Chairman and Managing Director of Pequot Ventures. Prior to that, Jerry served as Chairman, President and CEO of GE Capital Information Technology Solutions and was Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-President of AmeriData Technologies, Inc. Jerry also has served as President of SBC Technologies, Inc., Senior Vice President of TIE/ Communications, Inc. and President of Technicom, Inc. Jerry was previously General Counsel to the North America Telecommunications Group of ITT Industries, Inc. and practiced law with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft L.L.P.

Jerry sits on the boards of iBiquity Digital, MTM Technologies (NASDAQ: MTMC), NewRiver, Reflexis Systems, SPADAC and Tectura.

Jerry holds a J.D. from Boston University Law School and a B.S. from the University of Connecticut. He is a member of the Bar in the States of New York and Massachusetts.