Kent Godfrey

Dividing his time between Europe and Silicon Valley, Kent has more than 22 years of executive management, strategic planning, sales, marketing and business development experience in the high-tech industry. Before coming to Pond, Kent served for five years as Chairman and CEO of Frictionless Commerce where he still serves as Executive Chairman. Kent served for four years as the Chairman and CEO of Andromedia, Inc. Having just filed its S-1 prospectus for an initial public offering, Godfrey merged Andromedia with Macromedia, Inc., where he later served as executive vice president of strategic business development. He has also led sales, business development, and marketing efforts at a number of companies including IA Corporation, Epoch Systems (acquired by EMC), Sequent Computer (NASDAQ: SQNT, then acquired by IBM), Pyramid Technology (NASDAQ: PYRD, then acquired by Siemens Nixdorf) and Varian Associates, Inc. Kent previously served on the board of several companies and organizations, including: TRM Corporation (NASDAQ: TRMM), Softcoin Inc., Hipbone Communications (acquired by Kana), Pixel Devices (acquired by Agilent), Invention Machine Corporation and Vocal Point Inc. (acquired by Telecom Italia). Kent is currently on the boards of Gigle Semiconductor and Broadway Networks. Kent also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Seven Hills School, a private K through 8th grade Elementary School in Walnut Creek, California.

Kent earned a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research from Babson College.

Contact Kent@pondventures.com.