Board

Robert P. Goodman

Chairman

Robert P. Goodman has served as one of our directors since April 1999 and has served as Chairman of our board of directors since 2000. He is the founding partner of Bessemer Venture Partners' investment office in Larchmont, New York. Show more

Mr. Goodman is also a Managing Member of Deer Management Co. LLC, the management company for Bessemer Venture Partners' investment funds, including Bessemer Venture Partners IV L.P. and Bessec Venture Partners IV L.P. Prior to joining Bessemer, Mr. Goodman founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of two telecommunications companies, Celcore and Boatphone, a group of cellular operating companies.

Mr. Goodman is currently a member of the board of directors of several private companies, including Millennial Media, Inc., Netsmart Technologies, Inc., Perimeter Internetworking Corp., Select Minds, Inc., Spiral Holdings Inc., Spiral Intermediate Inc., Synscort Incorporated, Teamviewer Holdings, Ltd. and TV Holding S.a.r.l. Show more

John J. Gavin Jr.


John J. Gavin Jr. has served as one of our directors since March 2010. From January 2007 to June 2008, Mr. Gavin served as Chief Financial Officer of BladeLogic, Inc., or BladeLogic, a provider of data center automation software, which was acquired by BMC Software, Inc. Show more

Prior to joining BladeLogic, Mr. Gavin served as the Chief Financial Officer for NaviSite, Inc., a provider of information technology hosting, outsourcing and professional services, from April 2004 through January 2007. Mr. Gavin has served on the board of directors of Vistaprint, Inc. since 2006. Mr. Gavin is also currently a director of two private companies, Consona Corporation and Qlik Technologies. Show more

John D. Markley, Jr.


John D. Markley, Jr. has served as one of our directors since January 2002. Since 1996, Mr. Markley has been affiliated with Columbia Capital Corporation, or Columbia Capital, a communications, media and technology investment firm, where he has served in a number of capacities including partner, venture partner and portfolio company executive. Show more

Prior to Columbia Capital, Mr. Markley served at the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Markley has been a director of Charter Communications, Inc. since 2009. Mr. Markley also serves on the board of directors of Millennial Media, Inc. and Telecom Transport Management, Inc. Show more

David Bernardi


David Bernardi joined the board of directors in January 2011. Mr. Bernardi has been employed as the Chief Technology Officer of Telesystem Ltd. ("Telesystem"), a Canadian private capital corporation since 2000. Since February 2006, Mr. Bernardi has also been a Managing Partner in two funds managed by ID Capital Management, a company controlled by Telesystem. Show more

In February 2006, Mr. Bernardi became a Venture Partner - Technology in Propulsion Ventures III Fund, a fund managed by Propulsion Ventures which is also controlled by Telesystem and, in September 2010, he became a Managing Partner of Propulsion Ventures. Additionally, Mr. Bernardi currently serves on the board of directors or is an advisor to each of the following private companies: CVT Corp Transmission Inc., The Fox Group, Inc., Metafoam Technologies Inc., Microsigns Technologies Inc., Nanoledge Inc., and NCI Technologies Inc. Show more

Douglas L. Maine


Douglas L. Maine has served as one of our directors since May 2007. Mr. Maine served as General Manager of the Consumer Products Industry Division for International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, from 2003 until his retirement in May 2005. Show more

Prior to joining IBM in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Maine spent 20 years with MCI, Inc. (now part of Verizon), where he was Chief Financial Officer from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Maine has served on the board of directors of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. since 2006 and Alliant Techsystems Inc. since 2005.Show more

Michael Tessler

President and Chief Executive Officer

Michael Tessler brings over 20 years of business strategy and technology experience to his role as co-founder. As CEO and president of BroadSoft, Michael is focused on bringing advanced carrier-grade communications systems to service providers worldwide.Show more

At Alcatel USA, as Vice President of Engineering in the Celcore organization, Michael was responsible for all product development activities for several product lines. A member of the senior staff, Michael participated in business strategy, helped manage the day-to-day, business activities, and led the business development activities in China.

Prior to Alcatel, Michael held numerous senior management roles at Nortel and founded and led a services development business unit that helped local exchange carriers build and deploy advanced services on their digital networks. Michael has two patents in the area of local switching, AIN, and advanced call management services and was a recent winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year.Show more

Charles L. Ill


Charles L. Ill, III joined the board of directors in January 2011. Mr. Ill has been employed as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Fair Isaac Corporation ("FICO") since February 2010. From July 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Ill was Senior Vice President, Global Sales at Avaya Inc., a provider of enterprise communications systems. Show more

From January 2003 to December 2004, Mr. Ill was Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales at BEA Systems, Inc., where he was accountable for all direct sales, business partner sales, sales operations and strategic alliances. From 1978 until January 2003, Mr. Ill held various sales and marketing positions with IBM Corporation, most recently as vice president, worldwide software geographic sales, marketing and technical team.Show more