MANAGEMENT TEAM

Matthew Greeley, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Matthew Greeley is Founder and CEO of BrightIdea.com, the global leader in On-Demand Innovation Pipeline Management (IPM) software. Prior to founding BrightIdea.com, Matthew consulted for Wrenchead.com, helping them raise over $100 million in venture funding from investors including: CBS Corporation, Polaris Ventures, and Goldman Sachs. Before joining Wrenchead.com, Matthew co-founded Silicon Valley enterprise software provider Alyanza Software, which was acquired by Niku eight months after founding, yielding triple digit returns to early investors. Matthew began his career at FMK Advisors, an east coast hedge fund, where he focused on marketing and fund raising. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and studied Creativity and Marketing at Stanford University. In addition to his role at BrightIdea.com, Matthew sits on the board of directors of ClearDay Technologies.

Vincent Carbone, Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Vincent Carbone co-founded BrightIdea.com with Matthew Greeley. Bringing strong business and technological leadership to the organization, he is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the company as well as contributing to its strategic growth. In addition, Vincent oversees the implementation and overall success of the company’s largest customers and projects. Prior to BrightIdea, Vincent was an account manager at McCaffrey, Ratner, Gottlieb and Lane where he successfully managed projects for the Warner-Lambert family of companies and Olympus of America. Vincent holds an MBA in International Business from Clemson University’s CIMBA program (http://www.cimba.it).

Luis Ostdiek, Vice President of Technology

Luis Ostdiek currently leads the Advanced Technology and Infrastructure groups at BrightIdea.com as well as assists the company with key clients on the role of Innovation software in their Web 2.0 roadmaps. Luis joined BrightIdea.com from IBM where he was the youngest-ever technologist to be named a Distinguished Engineer. While at IBM, he served as chairman of the Architecture Board and worked closely with eBay and Linden Labs, the creators of Second Life. As part of this role, he advised IBM executives and clients on the impact of Web 2.0 technologies in the workplace. In addition, as IBM’s chief architect to eBay, he developed solutions that allowed the online auction site to scale from 20 million to over 200 million users. Luis has also filed five patents on his work on highly-scalable systems.

Kenneth Maier, Vice President Alliances and Business Development

As Vice President of Alliances and Business Development, Kenneth Maier is responsible for the development of BrightIdea.com’s global network of partnerships including technology, services, and channel partnerships. Kenneth has more than 20 years of experience in the sales, marketing, and business development of information technology solutions at leading companies including Sterling Software and Oracle Corporation. Prior to joining BrightIdea.com, Kenneth served as vice president of alliances at Telelogic where he was directly responsible for the development and launch of the company’s Customer Needs Management strategy and subsequent global technology & services partnerships.