The members include Tim Harvie, president and chief executive officer of Fluensee, Inc.; Blair Garrou, managing director of DFJ Mercury; and Rob Schultz, senior director of IllinoisVENTURES. "Based on proven ROI, RFID-enabled asset management is rapidly becoming an essential part of the supply chain for not only logistics and transportation, but every industry that has high-value mobile assets," said Blair Garrou, managing director of DFJ Mercury and Fluensee board member.

"Our goal last year was to stabilize and grow the core business and eventually find a larger financially viable organization which could acquire it," says Blair Garrou, Intermat's former CEO, whose title is now managing director of IHS - Intermat Solutions.Garrou also remains a principal with Genesis Park, a role in which he served while he helped guide Intermat's buyback last year.

Blair Garrou Blair Garrou Director Blair Garrou is a Director and venture investor in Podcast Ready. r. Garrou is a Managing Director of DFJ Mercury, a Texas-based seed and early stage venture capital fund.DFJ Mercury is part of the global intelligence network of Draper Fisher Jurvetson funds. Prior to DFJ Mercury, Mr. Garrou led the sale of Intermat, Inc. to IHS, Inc. (NYSE: IHS). r. Garrou joined Intermat as its CEO after leading the LBO which took the company private in January 2003. Prior to Intermat, Mr. Garrou served as a Principal of Genesis Park LP, a Houston-based venture capital and private equity firm, where he focused on the firm's software investment area. t Genesis Park, Mr. Garrou's investments included Intermat, FuelQuest, SAT Corporation and Jybe.Prior to joining Genesis Park, Mr. Garrou assisted in the launch of and was the Director of Operations for the Houston Technology Center (HTC), a non-profit business accelerator and incubator that assists in the rapid commercialization of Houston-based emerging technology companies. During Mr. Garrou's tenure with HTC, he formalized the organization of the Houston Angel Network, Houston's first angel investment organization.

Blair Garrou, Managing Director, Mercury Fund Since the late 90's, Blair Garrou has focused on funding, operating and incubating startup software companies. Blair's current investments include Alert Logic, BlackLocus, Fluensee, GameSalad, Graphicly, Infochimps, Koupon Media, ShareThis, and Wide Open Spaces. Blair's previous investments have included Phurnace Software (BMC Software), FuelQuest (Saracen Energy), Intermat (IHS) and SAT Corporation (Invensys). Blair is a co-founder and Managing Director of Mercury Fund, a seed and startup venture capital firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. With over $100 million under management, Mercury invests in compelling and novel software and science-based start-up opportunities, focusing on entrepreneurs and innovation originating in the U.S. Midcontinent. Since inception in 2005, Mercury has become one of the most active venture funds in the Midcontinent, becoming a "go-to" fund for entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of idea generation, company formation, and market execution. Mercury is an active partner and/or investor with seed accelerator programs throughout the middle of the country. Blair is a co-founder and Board Member of SURGE Accelerator (Houston, TX), a mentor-driven seed accelerator focused on entrepreneurs seeking to solve the world's energy problems using software. In addition, Blair is a mentor with seed accelerators The Brandery (Cincinnati, OH), Excelerate Labs (Chicago, IL), and Tech Wildcatters (Dallas, TX). Prior to co-founding Mercury, Blair was the CEO of Intermat (NYSE: IHS), a leader inproduct information management software; a Principal with Genesis Park, a Houston-based private equity firm; helped launch and was the Director of Operations for the Houston Technology Center, the largest tech incubator in the Southwest, where he led the formation of the Houston Angel Network, one of the largest angel investment organizations in the U.S.; was an investment banker with BMO Nesbitt Burns; and began his career with Deloitte & Touche. Blair received a B.S. in Management from Washington & Lee University. Outside of DFJ Mercury, Blair serves in board and advisory roles for the Houston Technology Center, the Post Oak School, Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship, and UTHealth. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Management at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University where he teaches a course on venture capital. Blair is an active member of YPO - Gulf States Chapter, and was named by the Houston Business Journal as one of its inaugural "40 under 40," a recognition of outstanding business and community leaders under the age of 40.