Philip J. Micciche has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Oryx since April 1997. From 1993 to 1995, Phil was Chief Executive Officer of AXCIS Information Networks, a provider of sports information data. From 1990 to 1992, Phil was President of Dysan International/Magnetics L.P. and oversaw its initial public offering in Hong Kong in 1991. From 1983 to 1990, he held several executive management positions at Xidex Corp. From 1983 to 1985, Phil was Senior Vice President Marketing at Xidex Magnetics, which merged with Dysan Corp. in 1985. Prior to 1983, Phil held positions as Chief Executive Officer, Vice President of Sales, Product Sales Manager and Chief Engineer for various companies. Phil received his BSEE from Northeastern University in Boston.

Richard Hubbard has more than 23 years of relevant management, corporate finance and investment banking experience. From 1997 to the present, Richard has provided company research to UK-based equity funds such as VMR, HO Fund and Sigma Capital Limited. From 1987 to 1996, Richard acted as a private investor, investing in Private Equity. From 1987 through 1991, Richard acted as the CFO of Paris Eco S.A. after purchasing the majority share. In 1988, he led a joint venture with Citibank Leveraged Buyout Division for the purchase of Ted Lapidus S.A. The majority stake was sold three years later with a return in excess of 1200%. From 1992 through 1996, Richard invested in and served as the CFO of Acomex, a company that marketed and distributed VideoPlus, which was sold to four out of every five households in the United Kingdom.

Phil Wickham has over 15 years of experience in technology venture capital and international management. He is currently a general partner at Copan. Prior to joining Copan, he was a co-founder of Profile Venture Partners, a Philadelphia-based early-stage software fund. During his tenure, he also launched the fund’s Silicon Valley office. Prior to Profile, Phil was with JAFCO America Ventures in their Palo Alto office, focusing on software and semiconductors. While at JAFCO, he led or co-led investments in Com21, Lightspan Partnership, think3, Entivity and SmartPrice. He also led business development efforts in Asia on behalf of many of his companies. Prior to JAFCO, Phil was with OneLiberty Ventures in Boston as a Kauffman Fellow focused on software and health care IT. Before his career in venture capital, he co-founded Reference Media in Tokyo in 1989 and later sold the company to the Princeton Review, where he stayed on in a sales and marketing role. Phil currently serves on the board of the Kauffman Fellows Program.He holds a B.S. from the Aerospace Mechanical Engineering School at the University of Arizona, and an MBA from Rensselaer.

Joel A. Ronning is founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Digital River, Inc., launched in 1994 with a vision to use the Internet instead of mail to deliver software. A decade later, Joel has established Digital River as a profitable, global leader in e-commerce outsourcing and has grown the company beyond its core market of software publishers to include online retailers, distributors and manufacturers. Prior to founding Digital River, Joel successfully launched two other Minnesota companies, where he held executive positions. During his career, he has produced seven patents in encryption technology and digital delivery.