Advisory Board
Datacastle's advisory board is composed of industry leaders who lend their expertise and insights to our drive for continued improvement and innovation.
  Michelle Deaker
CEO, OneVentures

Dr. Michelle Deaker is the CEO of OneVentures, a venture capital firm she founded. She is a successful entrepreneur with 10 years of IT experience, having founded and then sold her eCommerce business, E Com Industries, to Retail Decisions PLC. Prior to that she spent 10 years in academic research and development. She has extensive experience in both the development of early stage companies and in international business expansion.
   
  Stu Gavurin
CEO, Mission Data, LLC, and Managing Partner, Boundless Ventures, LLC

Stuart L. Gavurin has than twenty-five years of experience in building consulting and outsourcing businesses with particular emphasis in business strategy, infrastructure technology outsourcing and systems integration. Before embarking on his current role, he was the global leader at Unisys responsible for its IT Outsourcing line of business, developing an integrated end-to-end portfolio and a globally consistent delivery model that resulted in growth rates that were nearly double the market standard for both revenues and orders ($1.266 billion in revenues and $1.515 billion in orders). Prior to Unisys, Stu held executive level positions at Cap Gemini, and Ernst & Young.

Stu is a writer and speaker on IT strategy, outsourcing, and other business and technology topics. Articles have appeared in such publications as Business Communications Review, Network World, and The Journal of Systems Management.
   
  Alex Knight
CEO, EDGE Labs

Alex Knight is CEO of EDGE Labs, a strategic advisory firm with a focus on media and technology. Prior to founding EDGE, he was a Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners, a venture capital firm with over $1 billion under management. Knight has served on the boards of Classmates Online, Dantz Software and ImproveNet. He also helped start several companies including About.com, NETBot and Throw. Previously, he held executive positions with News Corporation, Microsoft, Corbis and Apple Computer. He holds a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from the Wharton School.
   
 
     
 

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