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Board of Directors

Board Member
John Burton
Managing General Partner
Updata Partners

John Burton is co-founder and Managing General Partner of Updata Partners. His experience in information technology spans three decades as a senior executive of high-growth private and public companies.

Prior to Updata, from 1989-1995, Mr. Burton was with Legent Corporation, one of the largest software firms in the world, as President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. During his tenure, Legent grew from $126 million to over $500 million in revenue. Prior to Legent, Mr. Burton co-founded Business Software Technology, Inc. (BST) and served as Chief Operating Officer and Director. Profitable from inception, BST became the leader in software configuration management and grew at a compound growth rate of greater than 50% until its sale to Legent Corporation in 1989.

Mr. Burton has served on the boards of several publicly held companies, including Banyan Worldwide (BNYN), ePresence (EPRE), MapInfo (MAPS), OTG Software (OTGS) and SAGA Software (SAGA). He has been recognized by the technology community in the mid-Atlantic with the 2001 Financier of the Year Award from The Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC Technology Councils and the 2002 Earle C. Williams Award for significant contributions to the Northern Virginia technology community. Mr. Burton was a founding member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and is currently a board member of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) and the Wolf Trap Foundation. He graduated with honors from Boston College.

Mr. Burton serves on the boards of the following Updata Partners portfolio companies: CoreStreet, Everest Software, ObjectVideo, Secure Software and Softek.