Reply #56: my oh my 2:The formerSOS of Washington is on the BOD of an Accenture

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The former SOS of Washington is on the BOD of an Accenture






subsidiary named VoteHere.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ralph Munro, Chairman
Jim Adler
Richard Green
Tom Simpson
Robert G. Wolfe
Tim Kilgallon

Ralph Munro, Chairman, former Secretary of State of Washington State
Ralph Munro served as Secretary of State of Washington State from 1980 to 2000. He has an impressive background in legislative, elections and government policy spanning more than two decades. Mr. Munro was instrumental in developing and implementing progressive plans making voting more convenient for citizens and improving the administrative process for elections officials.

Under Mr. Munro’s leadership, Washington State saw significant advancement in the efficiency of state election services including absentee voting, voter registration, election reporting and voter information. His notable achievements include implementing the presidential primary allowing independent voters to participate in the nomination process; transitioning election equipment from lever machines to more technologically advanced optical scan systems; designing the “Motor Voter” registration system that offers citizens the opportunity to register to vote at the same time they obtain a driver’s license; and supporting a program that allowed Washington-based Desert Storm troops to vote via fax from the Persian Gulf.

Mr. Munro has also given his time and expertise to government, civic and volunteer organizations. He served as past president of the National Association of Secretaries of State, co-chaired the International Task Force of the Council of State Governments and trustee and member of the Federal Election Commission Clearinghouse Advisory Panel and the Commission on Voter Participation.

Mr. Munro’s numerous awards include the World Citizen Award from the Seattle World Affairs Council, the Warren G. Magnuson Award for outstanding public service and the Executive Leadership Award from the Washington State League of Women Voters.

Mr. Munro has a BA in Education and Political Science from Western Washington University.


Jim Adler, Founder and CEO, VoteHere
Jim Adler is founder and CEO of VoteHere, the leading worldwide provider of secure electronic voting. Mr. Adler is widely regarded as an authority on the subjects of cryptography, Internet security and e-voting. Mr. Adler served on California’s groundbreaking 1999 Internet Voting Task Force, has testified before state legislatures on the subject of e-voting, and is defining certification procedures for e-voting systems. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, seminars and panel discussions on the topic of online and electronic voting both in the United States and internationally.

Under Mr. Adler's leadership, VoteHere has received extensive worldwide press coverage from Time, US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Business Week, ABC, CBS, NBC, Financial Times, Wired, Red Herring, and USA Today.

Mr. Adler received his BS in Electrical Engineering with High Honors from the University of Florida and his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.


Richard Green, Co-founder of VoteHere
Richard Green is a co-founder of VoteHere and served as Chairman from 1998 to 2001. He works actively with management in strategic planning, business development, contract review, and technical design.

Mr. Green is a director of Jetboil, Inc., a producer of innovative products for the outdoor recreation market. Mr. Green is co-founder and Managing Director of Granite State Angels, a regional investment group located in Hanover, NH.

Mr. Green has 27 years of experience as an executive in the software and networking industries. In 1983, Mr. Green co-founded Corporate Microsystems, Inc. (CMI), a software firm specializing in data communications, where he served as CEO and Chairman for ten years. In 1993, he negotiated the successful sale of CMI to Legent Corporation, a major software vendor later acquired by Computer Associates.

Mr. Green is President of the Board of Directors of the Grafton County, NH Economic Development Council, is a founder of the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center business incubator, and is a member of the Assembly of Overseers of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

Mr. Green graduated with honors in 1976 from Dartmouth College, where he received the John G. Kemeny Prize in Computing.


Tom Simpson, Managing Partner, Northwest Venture Associates
Tom Simpson is managing partner of Northwest Venture Associates with 15 years of experience as a venture capitalist and investment banker building and serving successful Northwest businesses in several markets. Prior to forming Northwest Venture Associates, he was a managing director in Dain Rauscher Wessels' Seattle-based investment banking group, where he spearheaded the fundraising of more than $350 million for several of the region's most successful emerging companies. Tom is a director of Confirma, Pacific Edge Software, Sur La Table, Pet's Choice, Sightward, Telect, TeleSym and VoteHere and a former director of AdRelevance (now NetRatings), Netpodium (now Akamai) and Packet Engines. He is a board member and past-president of the Evergreen Venture Capital Association, which oversees the 40 plus venture capital firms in Washington State. Tom serves on the boards of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies and the Technology Alliance of Washington. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington and a master's degree in business administration from The Wharton School.


Robert G. Wolfe, Managing Partner, Northwest Venture Associates
Bob Wolfe has 25 years of finance, operations and technology management experience. Prior to joining NWVA, Bob was president and chief operating officer of Toronto-based GT Group Telecom, then Canada's largest independent telecommunications provider. Before GT Group Telecom, Bob was chief financial officer of Trillium Corporation, a private international investment company. While at Trillium Bob served as Chairman of Gargoyles, a manufacturer of specialty sunglasses. Earlier in his career, he spent eight years at Goldman Sachs. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Pacific Lutheran University.

Bob is also a director of IP Fabrics, Netmotion Wireless, and Pet's Choice. He is a board observer at Wireless Services.


Tim Kilgallon, CEO of Free and Clear, Inc.
Mr. Kilgallon has twenty years of experience building high growth, technology-based businesses. He is currently the CEO of Free & Clear, inc., which leverages technology and highly-trained remote specialists to provide behavior modification services, including tobacco cessation and weight management. He previously was president of Applied Discovery, a leader in providing web-enabled business services to the legal industry. Applied Discovery was acquired by LexisNexis. Before joining Applied Discovery, Mr. Kilgallon was CEO of Pointshare, a provider of online services to the health care industry. Pointshare was acquired by Siemens. Prior to Pointshare, Mr. Kilgallon served in various roles at Medaphis, including division president, CFO and General Counsel. Medaphis was a leader in providing receivables management, information technology and systems integration services to the healthcare industry. Before joining Medaphis, Mr. Kilgallon practiced law at King & Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Kilgallon holds a J.D. from Washington and Lee University, and a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from Boston College.