Company Information

Robert Daniels was the founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of MRO Software, Inc. an enterprise software company founded in 1968. Initially founded as Project Software & Development, Inc. the company produced the first commercial Project Management system. Mr. Daniels successfully took the company public in 1994, and at the same time transitioned the company into the new market of Asset Maintenance Management. The company was bought by IBM in 2006 for $740 million.

Mr. Daniels holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tufts University, and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from M.I.T.

Kevin McDonough was co-founder, President & CEO of ChipData, Inc., an enterprise software company pioneering Design Chain Management to enhance the productivity and accuracy of system design engineers.

Prior to starting ChipData,  Mr. McDonough was Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Cyrix Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Semiconductor Corporation. In this role, and his previous role of Sr. Vice President of Engineering Cyrix, he designed and brought to market more than 20 industry-leading microprocessors and math coprocessors. During his tenure, he was appointed a National Fellow, and served as a member of the Office of the President of Cyrix.

Prior to joining Cyrix, he spent 15 years with Texas Instruments where he led the design and development of Texas Instruments' first two generations of digital signal processors (DSPs). During his employment with Texas Instruments, he is credited with producing 23 patents, and was elected a Texas Instruments Fellow.

He also serves as a Director on the Board of Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) and as a member of the Development Board for the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

Mr. McDonough holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio State University.

Eric Shapiro is a proven entrepreneur and executive with a long history of managing emerging technology companies. As Caustic's founding CEO, he was recruited by the three technical founders in 2006, created the business strategy and raised funding, and successfully grew the company to the current levels.

Mr. Shapiro founded his last company, Zero G Software, in 1996, and successfully sold it to Macrovision Corporation in 2005. He then served as Vice President of Worldwide Product Management and Strategy at Macrovision, where he was responsible for overseeing 14 product lines and over $200 million in revenue. Previously, he worked in evangelism and product management roles at Apple, as a software consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), and founded an educational software company.

Mr. Shapiro holds an M.B.A. from Cornell University and a B.S. in Engineering Design and Computer Science from Tufts University.