David Buck

Current

Chairman & Co-Founder at Zweave, Inc.
President at Venture Services, Inc.

Past

Founder & President at ERP2Web, Inc.
VP of Corporate Development at Primix Solutions
Founder, CEO & President at Advis, Inc.

Senior Systems Engineer at NeXT Computer
Senior Technical Sales Support Engineer at Symbolics
Senior Management Consultant at Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Sales Engineer at IBM

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Education

MIT
University of Dayton

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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David Buck’s Summary

Mr. Buck is a hands-on business executive specializing in leading the growth of software technology businesses from start-up to market leading companies. He has participated as a venture partner in over 5 businesses since 1993.

David Buck’s Specialties:

Software Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Business Models, Corporate Development, Business Infrastructure, Corporate Operations, Business Planning, Sales, Financial Modeling

David Buck’s Experience

Chairman & Co-Founder

Zweave, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

As a co-Founder of Zweave, Mr. Buck has lead the development of an advanced web 2.0 Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management ( CPLM )software suite. Zweave's software is initially designed for manufacturers of consumer products including: apparel, uniforms and protective clothing. Zweave's software provides rich functional capabilities for Global product development organizations. Zweave’s offerings significantly reduce the time and cost needed to bring new products to market. Zdesign is a SaaS software suite which is a professionally managed, turn-key, hosted service providing rapid deployment, accelerated time to benefits, and reduced capital expenses for our customers. Zweave customers include the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, the Joint Program Office for Chemical Biological Defense, Defense Logistics Agency(DLA), GAP, Inc, Nokona Sporting Goods, Farrell Sports, and ArmorSMITH. For more information please visit the company's website at: www.zweave.com
President

Venture Services, Inc.

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

Venture Services offers Business and Information Technology Services to emerging businesses and those companies experiencing rapid expansion or turn around situations. Each of these business situations calls for strategic insight coupled with rapid execution. . Our Venture Partners execute strategies, plans, and vital deliverables using our Xcelerate™ methodology and our extensive knowledge-base library of business resources.

Venture Services works with our portfolio companies to build sustainable competitive advantage and accelerate their time to exponential revenues. Venture Services Internet enabled collaboration suite accelerates communication among all participants working to mature the stage of development of our portfolio companies.
Founder & President

ERP2Web, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — April 2000 (1 year 4 months)

ERP2Web, Inc was a software company which sold and supported an innovative software development environment which allowed our customers to develop robust object oriented web applications that used ERP systems as their back-end systems of record. ERP2Web consisted of an object modeling environment, a web development environment, and adapters to major ERP systems including SAP and Peoplesoft. ERP2Web customers included Apple Computer, Bose, FannieMae, and Allied Signal. All assets of ERP2Web, Inc. were acquired by a major Fortune 500 software company in late 1999.
VP of Corporate Development

Primix Solutions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

Mr. Buck negotiated the successful merger of Advis, Inc with Primix Solutions, a publicly held technology firm. As a senior member of the Primix executive team, Mr. Buck managed the successful post-merger transition of customers, employees, and business partners. Mr. Buck developed significant additional revenue sources for the company by establishing effective strategic alliances with Sun Microsystems, Netscape Communications, Apple Computer, and Microsoft. During Mr. Buck's employment with the company the public share price increased significantly due to rapid expansion of revenues and market momentum.
Founder, CEO & President

Advis, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1993 — January 1999 (6 years 1 month)

Mr. Buck founded Advis, Inc. in 1993 after providing IT consulting services to Fortune 500 Companies for more than a decade. After founding Advis, he grew the company 1660% in 5 years to achieve the 155th ranking on the 1998 Inc. 500, and the 121st ranking on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 500. Advis was an early leader in delivering Internet solutions and created pioneering solutions for our customers in e-Commerce, CRM, SCM, employee self service, information management, and community portals. Advis developed and sold a uique software product which enabled SAP customers to create Web Applications years before native SAP web development solutions were available.

Mr. Buck lead the sales and delivery efforts for over 100 successful Internet projects to Blue Chip clients including: Fidelity Investments, Fannie Mae, Standard & Poors, Salomon Brothers, Putnam, Fleet Bank, Aetna US healthcare, Apple Computer, Adobe, AT&T, MCI, Ciena, Level3 Communications, Stratus Computer, and Akamai.
Senior Systems Engineer

NeXT Computer

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1990 — February 1993 (3 years 1 month)

While at NeXT, Mr. Buck advised hundreds of organizations on utilizing object oriented programming and artificial intelligence for their advanced application development projects. Client projects included Fidelity Investments, Salomon Brothers, Status Computer, Lehman Brothers, Boston City Hospital, Preferred Healthcare, MIT, Harvard, and dozens of other organizations seeking advanced Object Oriented solutions during the early 1990’s.
Senior Technical Sales Support Engineer

Symbolics

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1988 — January 1990 (1 year 10 months)

Mr. Buck was a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer for the largest and premier Artificial Intelligence provider in the world. Mr. Buck worked with clients to understand and implement advanced AI solutions including Expert Systems, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Advanced Visualization and Animation, and Document Management solutions. Symbolics clients included: MIT AI Lab, MIT Lab for Computer Science, Harvard, Analog Devices, BBN, Salomon Brothers, Boeing, Lincoln Labs, ARIS Pharmaceuticals, and the DoD.
Senior Management Consultant

Deloitte Haskins & Sells

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

May 1986 — June 1988 (2 years 2 months)

While at DH&S, Mr. Buck managed IT development projects for U.S. Government and commercial Manufacturing clients. Mr. Buck was in project management roles on 5 major United States Air Force technology acquisitions including Stock Control and Distribution (SC&D), Enhanced Transportation Automated Data System, Advanced Technical Order System, and the Defense Data Network. Mr. Buck was also the technology lead on the Firm's first Artificial Intelligence project. On this pioneering AI project Mr. Buck was the technology lead and he defined the solution requirements and lead the technology vendor selection for an advanced AI based product configuration system for Mack Trucks. The solution resulted in product sales cycle reductions from 9 weeks to 2 days.
Sales Engineer

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Hardware industry)

September 1983 — May 1986 (2 years 9 months)

Mr. Buck was a pre-sales engineer working in an IBM National Accounts Division. In this position, he was the lead PC application specialist and wrote and performed demonstrations for large national accounts including General Motors, Belden Cable, USAF, Universities, and Mead Data Central.

David Buck’s Education

MIT

Executive Leadership Program May 1996 — May 1998

MIT & Inc. Magazine Birthing of Giants Program

Activities and Societies:

MIT Enterprise Forum
University of Dayton

BS , Management Information Systems, Business , 1982 — 1986

Additional Information

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David Buck’s Interests:

Private Equity, Entrepreneurship, PLM, Six Sigma, Software, Investing, Scuba Diving, Skiing

David Buck’s Groups:

ASTM, NDIA, SAE, TopLinked.com

Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
Fashion & Life Style Network
University of Dayton Alumni
LION™ Worn with Pride! [Choose wisely ... ] < BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS >
IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security
Boston Plone Users Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
PLM Group
Fashion & Apparel
The CEO Leadership Program
Consumer Products PLM
CIO Decisions
Venture Capital – Private Equity – Funding – Investment
Information Security Decisions
Fashion garments production and outsourcing
Early Stage East Venture Capital Conference
Corporate Planning & Global Industry Segmentation
PI Window on Business (Blog Talk Radio Show)
The Lead Factory
NY Defense Tech Showcase
Startup Strategies
The Junto Club of Boston
PLM Boot Camp
Eat What Ya Got
Infomat.com