Mr. Stephen S. Beitler This is Me

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1. 1. Software Piracy - Business Advisory Board - Arxan Technologies

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   Published on: 2/29/2008   Last Visited: 2/29/2008

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   Mr. Beitler is the Senior Managing Director at Dunrath Capital. Prior to 2001, Mr. Beitler has been a Managing Director and General Partner of Trident Capital, Inc., a private equity investment firm established in 1993, that invests in information technology and business services companies. The firm focuses on information-based companies in a range of markets, including financial services, healthcare, general business, and select consumer markets. Mr. Beitler joined the firm during Trident's third fund of $120 million, participated in the fourth fund of $350 million, which closed in October 1999, and the fifth fund of $750 million, which closed in February 2001. He is a director of the following private companies affiliated with Trident Capital: DealerSource, Inc., Questra, Inc. and Salon 123, Inc., and is a former director of ZoneTrader, Inc.
   
   From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Beitler was Assistant Corporate Controller, National Manager of Operational Planning and Information, and Senior Director of Financial Processes and Systems at Sears, Roebuck and Co., where he played a key role in its 'turn-around'. He planned and implemented business re-engineering measures that contributed directly to a 200% increase in share price, revenue growth 2.5 times the retail industry average and improved expense leverage by 170 basis points. He also initiated and managed the first multi-dimensional multi-terabyte data warehouse, the world's largest PeopleSoft project, and one of the first terabyte relational data warehouses.
   
   In 1993, Mr. Beitler completed his tenure, which began in 1989, at Helene Curtis, Inc., now a subsidiary of Unilever. As the Director of Strategy and Development, he was responsible for all facets of strategy, development, planning, and its enabling technology. His leadership assisted in tripling net sales and gaining a 20% market share in three of the personal care company's top six brands. He also managed a successful business refocusing that provided the basis for reconstructing the entire organization design.
   
   Upon graduation from college, Mr. Beitler served in the United States Army as a Green Beret, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. For three years at the end of his military career, Mr. Beitler served as Military Assistant ('chief of staff') to the Under Secretary of Defense, where he managed ongoing operations of 850 professionals and a $179 billion budget.
   
   Mr. Beitler is Secretary and a Director of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, a fellow and former director of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, a fellow of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, and a director of the United Way of Highland Park/Highwood. He was the founding chairman of the Conference Board Council on Competitive Analysis.
   
   Mr. Beitler received his MS in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military Intelligence College, and holds a BA in International Relations and a Certificate of Asian Study from the School of International Service at The American University.

2. 2. Dunrath Capital, Inc. - About Dunrath: Our Team (Stephen S. Beitler)

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   Published on: 2/24/2008   Last Visited: 2/24/2008

   Stephen S. Beitler Dunrath Capital, Inc. - About Dunrath: Our Team (Stephen S. Beitler)
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   Mr. Beitler is a founder and managing director of Dunrath Capital. In addition to his financial and venture capital experience, Mr. Beitler has extensive expertise managing, developing and implementing leading edge technologies in corporations and government.
   
   Mr. Beitler has held executive positions in venture capital and public companies and government. Most recently, he was a managing director and general partner at Trident Capital, where he established that firm's information security practice. Previously, he held executive and management positions at Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Helene Curtis, Inc., now a subsidiary of Unilever. At those companies, he was responsible for all facets of planning, strategy and budgeting, technology, productivity programs and acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he served as chief of staff to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition), who was responsible for the business activities of the Department of Defense. Mr. Beitler also served as a Special Forces (Green Beret) officer in various intelligence and information operations command and staff positions.
   
   Mr. Beitler currently serves on several corporate boards and on the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board. He was the founding chairman of the Conference Board Council on Competitive Analysis and is a former chairman of the Illinois Venture Capital Association. He is also a board member of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides college scholarships and counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel killed in action or training. Mr. Beitler did his graduate work at the University of Chicago and the Defense Intelligence College, and was an undergraduate at the School of International Service, the American University.

3. 3. Illinois Venture Capital Association

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   Published on: 5/5/2008   Last Visited: 5/5/2008

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