Michael Jongkind

Mr. Jongkind has been focused on technology business development throughout his career. As founder and President of Religent, Inc., a life-sciences software company, he has steered the company to over 60% market share for their LiveConnect Sales Automation solution. Prior to Religent, he was a founder and general partner with Catalysta Partners (now Hatteras Ventures), a seed stage venture capital firm located in Research Triangle Park, NC. He served as VP of Business Development at SND, a software integration firm focused on the needs of the pharmaceutical industry. At SND, he was responsible for business partnerships and for the search process that led to SND's eventual sale to e-Presence (formerly Banyan Systems) for $32 million in cash and stock. Prior to his engagement with SND, Michael was a co-founder and VP of E-Comm, where he focused on business development and revenue generation from the company's inception in 1993 until its acquisition by XcelleNet in 1997. Michael holds a B.A. in Telecommunications from Indiana University.