[alac-comments] Nominating Commitee

["Ames Cornish" <ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'd like to nominate Sally Richards, Sally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as a delegate
to the Nominating Committee. Sally is an author and technologist who
wishes to run for the position. I feel she would do a fine job in finding
permanent members for the committee.

I own the domains montebellopartners.com, montebelloquartet.com, xmind.biz,
and cornishes.net

My bio:

J. Ames Cornish is a founder and partner of Montebello Partners, a boutique
consulting firm specializing in technology strategy, development, and
security.  Montebello Partners's clients include Fortune 500 companies,
entrepreneurial start-up companies, and venture capital firms.
(http://montebellopartners.com).

Ames founded Vividus Corporation in 1990, and was the President and CTO
until he sold it to Sunburst Communications in 1997.  As the product
visionary, Ames conceived, designed, and developed Vividus' award-winning
multimedia authoring, internet, and children's products.

Prior to founding Vividus, Ames managed the Desktop Presentations marketing
group at Apple Computer, and managed the product marketing team for Business
Graphics Software at Hewlett-Packard.  Previously, Ames worked in corporate
finance at Kidder, Peabody, where he assisted in initial public offerings
for technology companies, and invented a debt-for-debt swap in which over
$100,000,000 was invested.

Ames is a member of the executive council of the Software Development Forum
(SDForum), Silicon Valley's leading developer organization, and a founder
and co-chairman of SDForum's Internet Security special interest group.

Ames holds bachelor's and master's degrees in theoretical physics from
Harvard University, and an MBA from Stanford University.

Thanks for your attention!

-- Ames Cornish       <ames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   650-533-0835       http://www.montebellopartners.com/