Jeff Horing

Jeff Horing co-founded Insight Venture Partners in 1995, where he is currently a Managing Director. During this time, they have become the leading private equity firm. Their focus is on growth investments in software and internet businesses. Prior to Insight Venture Partners, Jeff Horing served as a key member of the technology investing team at E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. His experience also includes work with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Capital Markets group.

Jeff Horing earned dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering and Wharton School. He graduated with high honors and was Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds an MBA from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. His current areas of focus include; online gaming, mobile, data, infrastructure and internet software. He is a former member of the board of directors of Airborne Entertainment, CTSpace, Beechwood Data Systems, Greenfield Online, Hitwise, IAG Research, Promira Software, Xchange, and SLP Infoware. He currently serves on the board of directors of Datacore Software, GFI, SolarWinds, Teamviewer, Jagex Ltd, and Shunra Software.

Paul Offit

Paul Offit is the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. He is also the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and is dedicated to challenging the danger of infectious diseases. His research into historical epidemics has led him to investigate rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety.

Regarding rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety, Paul Offit has published more than 130 papers in medical and scientific journals. He is the author of five books including; Vaccines: What You Should Know, Breaking the Antibiotic Habit, The Cutter Incident: How America’s First Polio Vaccine Led to Today’s Growing Vaccine Crisis, Vaccinated: One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases, and his most recent book, Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure.

Paul Offit is a recipient of many awards including the J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics, a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, and the Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development from the Infectious Disease Society of America. For his dedication, he has also received the Jonas Salk Medal from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Gold Medal from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Joel Roskind

Joel Roskind is a retired plastic surgeon who served as a surgeon and teacher for 30 years. He believes that good medical care needs to be patient oriented. Patients put their trust in a doctor's ability, therefore, doctors have a responsibility to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. Joel Roskind was given the task of examining free standing ambulatory surgical facilities to assure 100% compliance with the rigid safety criteria. These regulations are now considered the gold standards in these facilities.

Since retiring, Joel Roskind has had the opportunity to use his expertise as a consultant in a field called practice management. This allows him to share his knowledge of setting up a well run medical practice. This includes hiring and training staff, setting up electronic management systems, preventing errors, and working effectively with patients. Patients should be protected by stringent standards, and most major health care insurers now insist on these facilities being 100% certified.

Vivek Kundra

Vivek Kundra is dedicated to projects that strive to revamp technology in Washington's schools, police cars, jails and health clinics. As Chief Technology Officer of his district, he begins most of his days questioning employees about the department's progress. Vivek Kundra thoroughly examines documentation in order to establish how money is being distributed. He is responsible for deciding if this money is being used wisely, or if it could be used in a more beneficial manner.

Vivek Kundra believes that citizens are "co-creators rather than subjects", and has received admiration for taking an unconventional approach to government. His approach could serve as a model for how a federal chief technology officer might operate. In an effort to give District residents access to city data such as crime reports and pothole repair schedules, he launched a contest called "Apps for Democracy" to encourage developers to create applications for the Web and cellphones. He estimates that $2.6 million was saved over what it would have cost to hire contract developers. His ideas for practical use of taxpayer money will continue to benefit us all.

Jerry Murdock: Managing Director

Since the inception of Insight Venture Partners in 1995, Jerry Murdock has played a leading role in defining the company's investment strategy. His primary responsibility has been the development of many of the firm’s portfolio investments. Prior to Insight Venture Partners, he was a founder and director of the Aspen Technology Group. The mission of the institute is to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.

Jerry Murdock graduated from San Diego University with a degree in Political Science. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of both The Santa Fe Institute and The Aspen Institute. He was a contributor to the export competitiveness project while working at the Georgetown Center for Strategic & International Studies (now known as CSIS). He has previously served as director of Click Commerce, Convergent Group, Digital Harbor, Illuminet Inc., In-Fusio, McKinley, Peace Software, Quest Software, and SeeBeyond Technology Corp. Jerry Murdock currently serves as director of Fuze Box, Inc., Dorado Software, DivX Inc., DriveCam and Beatport.