etrials

Board of Directors

Robert Brill
Chairman of the Board: Robert Brill has been a board member of etrials since December 2003. Dr. Brill has been founding managing partner of Newlight Associates since June 1997, and was a general partner of PolyVentures, whose principal investment focus was on early stage investments in technology companies, from August 1988 until December 2002. Dr. Brill was also a founding member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Semiconductor Research Corporation. Dr. Brill holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University and a BA and BS in Engineering Physics from Lehigh University, both with honors. Dr. Brill also holds multiple patents and invention disclosures.
Peter Collins
Director: Peter Collins has been a member of our board of directors since January 2005. Mr. Collins is a co-founder and president of Community Reinvestment Partners, LP (CRP), a private real estate investment partnership focused on acquiring and developing income-producing commercial real estate in low to moderate-income communities. Prior to CRP, Mr. Collins was a partner at Rock Creek Capital, a private equity firm. Prior to Rock Creek Capital, Mr. Collins served as a manager with the Florida State Board of Administration (Florida's Public Pension Fund and was also the chief of staff for four years for state senator Charles Williams. Mr. Collins currently serves as a director/advisor to Triad Financial Services, Timbervest, Cenetec, Atlantic American Corporate Group, and several venture capital firms. Mr. Collins received his B.S. in finance and his M.B.A. from Florida State University.
Kenneth Jennings
Director: Kenneth Jennings is the owner and Managing Director of Third River Partners, LLC (formerly called Venture Works Partners), a consulting company, where he focuses on growth strategies and developing client companies' human resources. He has held these positions since January 2000. MrJennings received a B. S. in Behavioral Science from the Air Force Academy in 1977, an M. S. in Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1981 and a Ph. D. in Organizational Development from Purdue University in 1986.
Hans Lindroth
Director: Hans Lindroth has been a board member of etrials since January 2003. Since April 1998, Mr. Lindroth serves as chief executive officer of Lingfield AB, an organization that manages a group of investment vehicles whose beneficiary owner is the Peder Sager Wallenberg Charitable Trust. Mr. Lindroth holds a political science Master of Arts from the University of Stockholm.
Donald Russell
Director: Donald Russell has been the chairman of the Investment Committee for CEA Capital Partners USA, L.P., a $150 million private equity fund, since its inception in February 1997. He also has been a member of the Investment Committee of Seaport Capital Partners II, L.P., a $250 million private equity fund, since its inception in February 2000. Both of these funds are focused on the entertainment, media, telecommunications and information services industries and are operated by CEA Capital Group, LLC through its subsidiary, CEA Capital Advisors, LLC. From July 1987 to June 1994, he was president of Communications Equity Associates' New York affiliate, CEA, Inc., and was responsible for overseeing CEA's mergers, acquisitions and corporate financing businesses in the cable television and broadcasting segments. Mr. Russell received a B.A. in economics from Colgate University. He was also elected to the Society of International Business Fellows in 2000.