Board of Directors

Frank Wilde, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Wilde has over 21 years experience in the information technology marketplace and has led multiple technology startup companies from initial funding through dramatic growth and successful exit. He is currently the Chairman of Starlight Technology Partners, which invests in technology development companies dedicated to the embedded systems and networking space. Prior to joining DigitalStream, Mr. Wilde was President and CEO of Ravisent Technologies Inc. where he led a team that commercialized digital video software for PC and consumer electronics markets. Under Wilde's direction, RAVISENT grew from a small team of software developers delivering their first product in September 1996 to 275-person organization supplying the industry's leading software components for digital multimedia, datacasting processing and internet browsing. In addition, the company was selected as a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 award winner 3 years in a row, Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and won 3 successive PC Magazine Editor's Choice awards for its software products. During this time, he raised over 160 million dollars of equity capital from public and private markets, transitioned the company from a hardware company to a software and Intellectual Property licensing company, and later successfully sold 3 divisions of the company. Earlier he has held a number of senior management positions with P&L responsibilities in high technology companies, including IBM, Dell, Wicat Systems and Academic Systems. Mr. Wilde has a BS in business administration from Seton Hall University and a retired Major from the US Army Reserves.

Sam Takagi, Director

Mr. Takagi is a co-founder and board member of DigitalStream. A seasoned high-tech veteran with over 25 years of industry experience, he has extensive network skills in developing international business between companies in the US and Japan. Earlier he was a board member of Ravisent Technologies, which at one time captured 70% of world's PC DVD market. During that time he also served as the General Manager for Ravisent Japan. Earlier Mr. Takagi was CEO of THEOS Japan, and before that was CEO of WordPerfect Corp. Japan. Mr. Takagi graduated from University Utah, Graduate School.