THRESHOLD PARTNERS | ABOUT/BWINNEY

Mr. Winney is a seasoned high-tech executive with more than 18 years of progressive experience in all operational aspects of building, funding, and managing software and professional services companies. Most recently, Mr. Winney served as the CEO of Electrifier, Inc., where he secured $3.5 million in venture capital funding and positioned the company as a leader in the Rich Media applications sector (Upside 100, Demo 2000 Company to Watch).

Previously, Mr. Winney served as Senior Vice President of Business Development for Personify, Inc., a leading business- to-business e-commerce software firm, where he executed worldwide integration agreements with numerous firms, including PriceWaterhouse, EYCG, Sun, Oracle, IBM, and others resulting in a 300% increase in channel revenues. Prior to Personify, Mr. Winney served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales for iXL, Inc. (NASDQ: IXL), where he established sales teams targeting the Fortune 500 client base and resulting in the company exceeding its 1998 revenue targets by $16 million.

Prior to iXL, Mr. Winney was the President of Poppe Tyson, where he managed 235 employees with office locations in New York City, San Francisco, Hong Kong, London, Sidney, Australia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. While with Poppe Tyson, Mr. Winney restructured all of the Company’s business units resulting in top line revenue of $19 million and the company’s first ever, quarter-to-quarter profitability. He also oversaw the merger and subsequent integration of operations of the Company into Modem Media.PoppeTyson.

Previously, Mr. Winney served as Executive Vice President of Business Development and Chief Operating Officer of USConnect, a $250 million (annual revenue) systems integration concern. While with USConnect, he managed the merger of 31 disparate service organizations into a seamless, national provider of system integration services and subsequently directed the sale of the company at premium-to-market valuation. Mr. Winney also developed and executed the company’s annual business plan and new member recruitment resulting in over $115 million in aggregate growth from 1995-1996. Earlier in his career, Mr. Winney held sales and business development positions with Novell, Inc. and BusinessLand, Inc.

Mr. Winney currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Privacy Right, Inc., AdFlight, Inc., Yourfit.com, and AskAnything.com. He is also active in numerous industry organizations, including the Council for Economic Development, the New York Venture Group Association, the Software Development Forum, and the New York New Media Association. Mr. Winney received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Georgia.