Corrigo Board Members

Ben Dubin (Asset Management Company)

Ben Dubin joined Asset Management as a partner in 1998. Before working at Asset Management, Ben managed Enterprise Java at Javasoft, where he introduced, managed, and marketed the Enterprise JavaBeans Component technology as well as the JNDI, JMS, RMI, and JDBC technologies. He also was one of the early arrivals at a then little-known company called Sun Microsystems. Technology and management have marked his career. He co-founded two companies, Full Source Software, an open source application software firm, and Los Altos Technology, an open systems software security business where he also served as Chief Technology Officer. Another decade was spent working and consulting at marquee companies like Oracle, Netscape, Sybase, Sandisk, Lockheed, and a variety of startups. As an inventor, he holds the patent on a technique for database restoration. Currently, he sits on the boards of directors of Airflash, Libritas, PrimeAdvantage, Searchbutton, Skire, and Vetcentric, among others. Outside the office, he is actively involved in a number of professional organizations, including the Churchill Club, IEEE Computer Society, the Software Entrepreneurs' Forum, and the MIT/Stanford Venture Laboratory.

Ben holds twin BS degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jeff Loomans (Sierra Ventures)

Jeff Loomans is a Venture Partner of Sierra Ventures. His investment practice focuses on Enterprise Software (CRM, Supply Chain) and Internet Infrastructure. Before joining the venture capital community, Mr. Loomans was Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Vice President of Engineering at OnLink Technologies, which was purchased by Siebel Systems, where he was Vice President of Engineering. Prior to that he was Engineering Manager at Decisions Systems and Co-founder and President at Integrated Business Software. At Sierra Ventures, Loomans is on the Board of Active Decisions, Inc., Corrigo, Infotone, and Zoom Systems. He is also an observer on the Boards of Spoke and Accruent.

Mr. Loomans holds a BS in Symbolic Systems and an MS in Computer Science, both from Stanford University.

Rick Michaux (Founder/President)

Rick Michaux is a veteran of the web and wireless technology industry and has worked with the building service industry for almost 20 years. Prior to founding Corrigo, Rick held a series of senior marketing, sales and business development roles at Motorola where his responsibilities spanned advanced wireless, web and call center technologies. At Motorola he met the other founders of Corrigo.  Prior to Motorola, Rick had extensive domestic and international experience working in the real estate and property management industries. He is a frequent speaker on services best practices at industry conferences such as BOMA, IFMA, NMHC, PRSM, and Realcomm. Rick currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Software Association.

Rick has an MA in Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, an MA in East Asian Economics from George Washington University, and a BA from the University of Virginia.

John Phillips (Chief Executive Officer)

John is a veteran of the telecommunications industry and brings extensive management experience in sales, marketing and operations. Before joining Corrigo, John was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Charter Communucations, where he led the start up of broadband telephony products. John spent ten years with Nextel, and was instrumental in growing the company into a top-tier wireless carrier from its days as DialCall, a start-up in the Southeast. John's last position with Nextel was Area Vice President responsible for P&L and operations in Texas and Oklahoma. John's prior experience includes the start up and eventual sale of ComTech, a regional wireless company, to PageNet, and sales management with Motorola's Communication & Electronics Division.