Tony Morris

Current

• Chairman at Alaska Food Diagnostics Ltd.
• Strategic Advisor at Diamond Wood China
• Board Observer at Insurance Technologies LLC

• Strategic Advisor at World Data Products Inc.
• Non-Executive Director at cMarket, Inc.
• Principal at Morris Company (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

• Non-Executive Director at Datanomic Ltd.
• Non-Executive Director at Nexagent Ltd. (acquired by EDS)
• Non-Executive Director at Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

• Founder, CEO at Morris Decision Systems
• Corporate & Institutional Sales at Merrill Lynch - New York
• Lending Officer-in-Training at Citibank - New York
• Commissioned Officer at US Navy

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Education

• Stanford University
• University of Pennsylvania

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Tony Morris’s Summary

Recycled American entrepreneur now strategy consultant, independent Director/Chairman, private investor working exclusively with technology-based growth companies.

Actively expanding focus to green/cleantech from IT and internet. Specifically interested in opportunities where cleantech value propositions have demonstrable IP and/or are enabled or enhanced by IT.

Tony Morris’s Specialties:

Venture development - accelerating the business building activities that deliver sustainable growth and value creation in chosen markets, both existing and new.

Specialize in customer- and market-facing issues including business direction, offering definition, positioning, go-to-market strategies and execution in dynamic market ecosystems frequently involving multiple partners, channels, and tiers of distribution.

Tony Morris’s Experience

• Chairman

  Alaska Food Diagnostics Ltd.

  (Biotechnology industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  www.alaskafooddiagnostics.com

• Strategic Advisor

  Diamond Wood China

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  www.diamondwoodchina.com

• Board Observer

  Insurance Technologies LLC

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  www.insurancetechnologies.com

• Strategic Advisor

  World Data Products Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  December 2004 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  www.wdpi.com

• Non-Executive Director

  cMarket, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

  www.cmarket.com

• Principal

  Morris Company (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  October 1988 — Present (20 years 10 months)

  Strategy consulting and venture development for emerging information technology companies.

• Non-Executive Director

  Datanomic Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2004 — December 2008 (4 years 4 months)

  Member - Audit Committee
  www.datanomic.com

• Non-Executive Director

  Nexagent Ltd. (acquired by EDS)

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

  February 2001 — March 2008 (7 years 2 months)

  Chairman - Audit Committee

• Non-Executive Director

  Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; PTEC; Computer Software industry)

  June 1993 — July 2007 (14 years 2 months)

  Lead Independent Director
  Chairman - Compensation Committee
  Member - Audit Committee

• Founder, CEO

  Morris Decision Systems

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

  May 1980 — October 1986 (6 years 6 months)

  NYC-based PC dealer and network systems integrator

• Corporate & Institutional Sales

  Merrill Lynch - New York

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MER; Financial Services industry)

  February 1976 — April 1980 (4 years 3 months)

• Lending Officer-in-Training

  Citibank - New York

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Banking industry)

  September 1975 — February 1976 (6 months)

• Commissioned Officer

  US Navy

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)

  May 1968 — August 1973 (5 years 4 months)

Tony Morris’s Education

• Stanford University

  MBA , Finance , 1973 — 1975

• University of Pennsylvania

  AB , Political Science/International Relations , 1964 — 1968

Additional Information

Tony Morris’s Honors:

Profiled as a successful early stage or 'angel' investor in:

- 'Raising Venture Capital Finance in Europe' by Keith Arundale (Kogan Page - 2007) and

- 'Winning Angels' by Howard Stevenson (Harvard Business School) and David Amis (Financial Times/Prentice Hall - 2001)

Tony Morris’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch