Jim Antes
Partner
Jim brings over twenty years of financial management experience to his clients.  He has extensive hands-on experience in both private and public companies having raised over $60 million in venture financing.  Most recently, he has served as interim CFO at several development stage companies guiding them through bridge, venture equity and debt financings.  Previously, Jim was Vice President of Finance at Emulex  (a leader in Fibre Channel Networking) with responsibilities for operations and investor relations.  During his time at Emulex, he participated in several acquisitions and two convertible debt offerings raising more than $650 million.  Prior to Emulex, Jim was CFO at Giganet where he led the company through three rounds of financing and sold the business in 2001 to Emulex for $650M .  He has also been CFO or held senior financial positions in several software companies including Passkey Systems, DALim, Software Emancipation Technology, FASTech Integration and Bachman Information Systems.  He holds an MBA from Boston University and a BS in Accounting from the University of Denver and he is a Certified Public Accountant.

Robert Dudley
Partner
Bob brings more than 12 years experience as CFO in both publicly traded and venture-backed emerging-growth companies in technology and medical device industries. Bob joins Venture Advisors from Synamics, a multi-national developer of communication and conferencing software, where he served as Vice President and CFO. Before Synamics, he was Vice President and CFO of BaseSix, an emerging-growth IT services company. In both positions, Bob was instrumental in securing venture financing and driving scalable best-in-class business practices and standards for these early stage companies.Prior to these entrepreneurial ventures, Bob was Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Inso Corporation, a $70 million publicly traded enterprise software company. He also had a successful 14-year career at Data General, where he was CFO of a $625 million multi-national operating division. Bob began his career at Johnson & Johnson, where he was an M&A Analyst and Marketing Accounting Manager. He holds an MBA from Suffolk University and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Doc Honan
Partner
Doc brings more than 30 years of experience as a CFO and COO, mainly with start-ups and emerging growth companies. He has led nine rounds of venture and strategic funding totaling $65 million and also led a successful IPO with an initial capitalization of $150 million, which grew to $280 million within several months. Doc has managed virtually all aspects of finance, accounting and administration, and is well versed in building sound infrastructure to enable companies to scale through the various stages from start-up to a mature, sustainable business. Doc has been CFO of public companies, including Ludlow Corporation and Proteon, Inc., and private companies, including ManagedComp, Into Networks and Chinook Communications, and was the vice president of M&A at Tyco International. He has extensive experience negotiating a wide range of strategic agreements, intellectual property licenses, distribution and joint venture agreements and approximately $350 million of acquisition/divestiture transactions. Doc was previously a principal with Arthur Young & Company, and he has also acquired significant experience in international operations. A magna cum laude graduate of Providence College, Doc received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a CPA and earned the Silver Medal for the CPA exam in Massachusetts. ^ return to top

David Rauktys
Partner
David leads our Strategic Transaction Services efforts. David served as an investment banker at First Albany Corporation from 1991 to 2003. He was most recently a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Group, where he was responsible for leading the Boston group's efforts in IT services, software and enterprise hardware markets. His responsibilities included the origination and primary execution of public offerings, strategic mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. He has completed more than 50 investment banking transactions and advisory assignments, raising more than $2.4 billion for such companies as Forrester Research, NaviSite, NIC, USWeb, iXL, Ericsson, Critical Path and VeriSign. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree with highest distinction from Babson College, where he majored in Finance, Investments and Economics and graduated in two years. He also earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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