Board of Directors

David Fries, Board Member

David Fries brings exceptional leadership experience to Nexsan’s board of directors. David has served as a General Partner since 2001 at VantagePoint Venture Partners, a leading venture capital firm focused on clean tech, IT, and healthcare. David also has extensive executive experience derived from positions at General Electric in engineering, manufacturing, senior management, and finance. He directed GE Venture Capital’s California operations, which later became the venture capital firm Canaan Partners. He also served as President of General Electric Ceramics, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric.

Domenico Grassi, Board Member

Domenico Grassi has served on Nexsan’s board since 2001. Since 1999, Domenico has served as Senior Advisor of Gesfid SA, a Swiss-based bank, and focuses on private equity investments.

Philip B. Livingston, Board Member

Philip Livingston has brought his remarkably diverse leadership background to Nexsan’s board. Philip has previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TouchTunes Music Corp., a leading provider of touch screen digital juke boxes. Before that, Philip served as Chief Financial Officer of Duff & Phelps LLP, a leading provider of independent financial advisory and valuation services and as Vice Chairman of Approva Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise controls management software. Philip was Chief Financial Officer and board member of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a media and entertainment company, and he currently serves as a director of Cott Corporation and QLT Inc. He is a certified public accountant and is on the Board of Examiners for the Uniform CPA Examination of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Richard McGinn, Board Member

Richard McGinn adds his many years of entrepreneurial experience to Nexsan’s board of directors. He has been a General Partner for RRE Ventures, a leading investment advisory and venture capital firm, since 2001. He also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies. From Richard served as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Via Systems, Inc. He previously held several executive positions at AT&T Computer Systems and AT&T’s Data Systems Group. Richard also serves as a director of the American Express Company.

Arthur L. Money, Board Member

Arthur Money has served as a director of Nexsan since 2007. He currently serves as President of ALM Consulting. He has also served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (ASD (C31)) and as the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Officer. Arthur currently serves as a board member for Intelli-Check, Inc., a leading provider of identity management solutions, and Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a leading provider of information technology infrastructure services.

Geoff Mott, Board Member

Geoff Mott has added his broad leadership and market experience to Nexsan’s board of directors since 2003. He was previously Managing Director of VantagePoint Venture Partners, a leading venture capital firm focusing on technology companies. Prior to joining VantagePoint, Geoff was Managing Partner of The McKenna Group, a global strategy consulting firm, and earlier in his career built a business strategy practice for technology firms at Lochridge & Co.

George Weiss, Chairman of the Board

George Weiss has served as a member and Chairman of Nexsan’s board since 2001. George founded Beechtree Capital LLC, a private venture capital and business advisory firm, in 1993, and is currently its chairman and chief executive officer. George previously served as a senior partner at the law firm Rubin Baum, LLP.