Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski
Executive Chairman
Andrew "Flip" Filipowski, is one of the world's most successful high-tech entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and industry visionaries. Flip is currently the Executive Chairman and CEO of SilkRoad Equity, and he devotes his expertise, vision, leadership, and entrepreneurial talent to the development of enterprises in the SilkRoad family, including SolidSpace. The former COO of Cullinet, the largest software company of the 1980's, was also the founder and CEO of PLATINUM technology, inc. Flip grew PLATINUM into the 8th largest software company in the world at the time of its sale to Computer Associates for $4 billion dollars, the largest such transaction for a software company at the time. Upside Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Information Technology. A recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year Awards from both Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch, Flip has also been awarded the Young President's Organization Legacy Award and the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty award for his work fighting hate on the Internet.
James H. Capps III
President
Mr. Capps is responsible for the overall vision and strategic direction of SolidSpace, a Managed Services and Collaborative Software company based in Winston-Salem, NC that produces ChatBlazer software. Since founding the company in 2003, SolidSpace has more than doubled its revenue and profitability. With over 1,500 hosted domains, SolidSpace is counted among the top 5% hosting companies in the United States. In 1998 Mr. Capps invested in and joined NetUnlimited, Inc., a technology solutions provider, as Executive Vice President and CTO. He was responsible for all aspects of sales, technology planning and acquisition strategy until 2002, when divine, Inc purchased the company. At divine, he served in the capacity of Vice President of Managed Services (Formerly Data Return, Host One and Intera) and was responsible for overall strategy for the SMB hosting initiatives. Previously, he was Vice President & Division Head at IKON Office Solutions, who recognized Mr. Capps as Division Manager of the Year. Prior to joining IKON, he founded Affordable Computer Solutions (ACS) in 1993, a consulting and professional services firm specializing in LAN and WAN networks, which was later acquired by a Fortune 500 company.
Matthew G. Roszak
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Roszak is responsible for overseeing SolidSpace's financial operations including treasury, finance, accounting, legal, and mergers and acquisitions. He is also managing partner of SilkRoad Equity LLC, a private investment firm that invests in promising high-technology organizations and manages them for growth and profitability. Prior to SilkRoad, Mr. Roszak served as senior vice president of corporate development for divine, inc., which is an enterprise software firm. Previously, he was a principal with leading international investment firms such as Advent International plc and Keystone Capital Partners LLC. During his career, Mr. Roszak has invested and managed in excess of $500 million of equity capital in a broad range of industries, and he also has experience in executing a broad scope of transactions including divestitures; corporate and transactional financing, including private equity, venture capital, mezzanine and conventional financings; public offerings; private placements; and financial restructurings.
Red Maxwell
Chief Marketing Officer
As chief marketing officer, Mr. Maxwell is tasked with propelling the SolidSpace brand into the national and international market place as the premier provider of chat and IM solutions. A proven design and branding professional, he has 20 years experience in the marketing field. Prior to joining the SolidSpace team, Red was a principal and creative head of Design Factory International, a highly profitable and successful design and marketing boutique. A three-time winner of the London International Advertising Award, Mr. Maxwell has developed major brand introductions for RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Danone Foods, Foster's Brewing Company, Revlon, Johnson Controls, and Planters/ Lifesavers. He is also an Internet marketing pioneer having launched online promotions and websites for Hanes, Duke Energy, Sara Lee Foods, Accenture and Yahoo! Prior to his work at Design Factory, Mr. Maxwell started the in-house advertising design and photography departments at Polo Ralph Lauren in New York.
Andrea Rice
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Rice joined the SolidSpace executive management team in May of 2003. She is responsible for sales, marketing, product management and strategic partnerships for both SolidSpace and their Singapore division, Pendulab Inc. Ms. Rice is a member of the founding team who established SolidSpace in 2003 and since that time she has played an integral role in growing the company into one of the largest hosting companies in the
US
. In 2000, Ms. Rice joined NetUnlimited, Inc where she served in sales and business development roles and grew the company's hosting management division. When divine, inc acquired the company in 2002, Ms. Rice went along and focused on sales, client services and operations in her capacity as Director of Client Services. Prior to joining NetUnlimited, Ms. Rice worked for BellSouth Advertising & Publishing as a management team member in client development for their website design and hosting division. During this time frame, the management team accomplished $40 million in annual revenues.
Christopher Low
General Manager of Pendulab
Mr. Low is responsible for business and product development as well as finance and operations of Pendulab. The software company, which he founded in 2001, was the leader in real-time chat before SolidSpace, a SilkRoad Equity company acquired it in 2004. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Low was responsible for the overall corporate strategy, product planning and development, as well as marketing and finance of Pendulab. Under his leadership, Pendulab gained over 1,000 customers, which included numerous Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Low, who has nearly 10 years of technical and management experience, also spent several years as a software engineer for Singapore Airlines.