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LiveWire Mobile Closes $1.7M Offering - cbl
Posted July 10, 2011
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Matthew Stecker
By Bill Murphy
LITTLETON, Mass. -- LiveWire Mobile Inc. (Pink Sheets: LVWR) has closed a $1.65 million debt offering, raising the amount from four investors.
Principals named in the filing by the Littleton-based mobile technology company are:
· CEO Matthew Stecker;
· CFO Todd Donahue;
· Vice President and General Counsel Eugene DiDonato;
· Chairman Robert Pons; and
· Director Alan Howe, managing partner of Broadband Initiatives LLC.
Livewire provides personalization and music services for mobile phones. Its integrated suite includes ringback tones, advertising ringback, ringtones, rights-free full-track music and videos, fully integrated storefronts and other applications.
The company has previously been known as NMS Communications Corp. and Natural Microsystems Corp.
Reg D filing: http://tinyurl.com/3rj836f
Bios from LiveWire site:
Matthew Stecker
President and CEO
Mr. Stecker brings considerable experience as an operating executive and strategic consultant in the telecommunications industry to LiveWire Mobile. Mr. Stecker has served most recently as the Vice President and leader of CSMG/TMNG's technology strategy practice, consulting to some of the world's leading brands as they navigate the convergence of the Media and Telecom industries. He has previously served on the leadership team at Vindigo, where he led the team behind the first successful advertising-supported mobile application and as CTO of SmartServ Online where he expanded the company's mobile application catalog while launching the Uphonia MVNO. Previously, Matthew was President of Marble Associates, Inc. of Boston - a pioneer in the implementation of Object-Oriented Technologies in Fortune 500 businesses. He received his BA in Computer Science from Duke University, as well as a JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
Todd Donahue
Chief Financial Officer
Todd Donahue joined LiveWire Mobile in February 2007. Prior to joining LiveWire Mobile, Mr. Donahue served in senior finance and operations roles at Aspen Technology, Inc., a global software and solution provider, including as Vice President of Product Operations and Vice President of Finance. His prior experience includes senior finance positions at Corechange, Inc., an enterprise portal software company, and Ardent Software, Inc., which was acquired by Informix. Mr. Donahue began his career at Deloitte and Touche LLP in assurance and advisory services. He holds a BSBA in Management from Boston University, an MBA from Babson College, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Eugene DiDonato
Vice President and General Counsel
Eugene DiDonato joined LiveWire Mobile in January 2009. Mr. DiDonato manages the company's legal affairs including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and general corporate matters. His prior experience includes positions as Vice President and General Counsel at Authorize.Net Holdings, Inc., an online payment processor, Peritus Software Services, Inc., a technology backed software services company and Cayenne Software, Inc., a software and services company. He also was a corporate attorney at Foley Hoag in Boston, MA. He holds an LL.M from New York University, a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law and a B.A. from Boston College.
Robert M. Pons
Chairman of the Board
Robert M. Pons has more than 25 years of senior level management experience including early stage ventures, Fortune 500 and turnaround companies. Currently, Mr. Pons is Senior Vice President of Capital Markets for TMNG, a leading provider of professional services to the converging communications media and entertainment industries and the capital formation firms that support it. Prior to TMNG he was CEO of Uphonia/SmartServ Inc., a publicly traded firm in the wireless industry. Uphonia/SmartServ was completely recapitalized and repositioned under his leadership. As an early pioneer of the competitive telecommunications industry, he was a senior level executive working with both landline and wireless systems. Originating his telecommunications experience in 1980 at MCI, Mr. Pons opened the New England markets, growing them from start-up to a $100 million division. He currently sits on the boards of Network1 Security Solutions (OTC:NSSI.OB), and Arbinet (Nasdaq:ARBX).
Alan Howe
Director
Mr. Howe brings to LiveWire Mobile a wealth of operational experience combined with corporate finance, business development and corporate governance experience. He is currently Managing Partner of Broadband Initiatives, LLC and oversees the firm's operations. Mr. Howe also serves as Managing Director at B. Riley & Co., LLC, in their Corporate Governance Advisory Services Group in Los Angeles under a consulting agreement. Mr. Howe is also chairman of the Board of Directors of Ditech Networks (Nasdaq: DITC) and Co-Chairman of Selectica, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTC) and serves on a number of private boards. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Howe was Vice President of Strategic Development for Covad Communications Group, Inc., and was responsible for developing and implementing the company's wireless broadband strategy. Previously, Mr. Howe served as the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of wireless service provider, Teletrac, Inc. and before that he was a director of corporate development for Sprint. Mr. Howe holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Illinois, and an MBA in Finance from Indiana University's Kelley Graduate School of Business.
Also at citybizlist, see:
Livewire Mobile Acquires FoneStarz Media Group
Livewire Mobile Ranked Again among Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte's 2010 Technology Fast 500
LiveWire Mobile Appoints Alan Howe to Board
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