Mr. Laverty is a founding member of ZoomAtlas, and brings over 20 years of experience in Boston-area startups to the team. Prior to joining ZoomAtlas, he was Chief Technology Officer for Beansprout Networks (beansprout.net, a website for pediatricians and their families), and Boatscape.com, a recreational boating portal and CMGI @Ventures affiliate.
Mr. Laverty was also product strategist, architect and engineering manager for Meta Software Corporation, a producer of business process reengineering tools.
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Susan E. Pravda is office managing partner of Foley & Lardner's Boston office, chair of the firm's Emerging Technologies Industry Team, and a member of the Private Equity & Venture Capital and Transactional & Securities Practices.
Ms. Pravda's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and securities transactions. She represents high-growth and emerging businesses, including companies in the telecommunications, Internet, software, wireless and service industries, as well as life science and biotechnology companies, from start-ups to public companies.
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Mark Sherman is the founder and CEO of ZoomAtlas, Corp., where he is responsible for the strategic and technical direction of the company. In his 25 years of technology experience, Mr. Sherman has designed page design and typesetting systems for the publishing industry, software controllers for various graphics devices, large-scale database applications, and trading systems for financial firms. In 1996, he co-founded Microsurf, Inc., a comprehensive network of consumer Web sites focused on relocation and other home services. While at Microsurf, he developed two highly profitable Web sites, MortgageQuotes.com and MoverQuotes.com. In 2000 he sold these sites to TMP Worldwide/Monster.com. Mr. Sherman also managed a private hedge fund and continues to trade derivatives today.
Mr. Sherman is actively involved in the educational community, currently serving on the board of directors and as a mentor for the Northeastern IDEA Student Entrepreneurial Program. Mr. Sherman participated as a panelist at the Harvard Business School 2009 Entrepreneurship Conference.
Mr. Sherman earned a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (double major) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and an MBA from Northeastern University Graduate School of Business Administration, High Technology Program.
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