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Diane serves as a Partner with Voyager and focuses on software and digital media investments in the Pacific Northwest. With over 30 years of technology company experience, Diane works with startups in the enterprise software, Internet/mobile/social, and security software industries. Diane was previously Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Sanctum, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Informix Software, Vice President of Marketing for Tektronix and a marketing executive with Sequent Computer. Diane also spent 16 years in global sales and marketing roles at Digital Equipment Corporation. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in Biomedical Engineering, and received an Executive MBA from Insead.

Janis founded Paladin Partners in 1996. Her firm is involved in business strategy, fundraising (angel, venture, and corporate capital), team development, customer development, board development, business planning and strategic partnerships. Prior to Paladin Partners Janis was the CEO of Pinnacle Publishing, a company in the development tools and technical newsletter publishing businesses. As CEO she led the company to profitability after 7 years of losses. She worked in various fields of tech, product management, market development at Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Wang Laboratories. Janis holds an MBA from the University of Iowa. She received her BA with a double major in psychology and English from Augustana College.

CEO of Outlines Venture Group and General Partner of the gender-lens Venture Capital Fund – The Sybilla Masters Fund, Gillian is the cofounder of Moz (the world’s most popular search marketing software) and brettapproved (the fastest growing booking site for travelers with disabilities and mobility challenges). She has spoken worldwide on gender-lens investing and success factors in tech entrepreneurship and investing. Her weekly radio podcast, CEOcoach has been heard on streaming services for 10 years. A board member at companies on four continents, Gillian has helped over one thousand companies around the world to launch, grow, pivot and thrive.

Staging & Design Network has developed proprietary technology that drives the first member-based shared rental pool for home furnishings targeted at the real estate community for home staging. Members can interchangeably buy, rent and sell their inventory - allowing them to grow their business, sell homes faster and earn additional income from product rentals and sales. SDN is now located in 3 markets with plans to scale internationally.