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Ron Bienvenu has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of HALO Technology Holdings Inc. since August 4 2004. Since his arrival he has guided the company through the acquisition of seven companies and has raised over $75 million in funding. He is also a founder and Managing Partner of ISIS Capital Management LLC ('ISIS') an investment firm specializing in active investment strategies and strategic transactions in information technology and other sectors. Prior to ISIS Mr. Bienvenu founded Strategic Software Holdings LLC (‘SSH’) a successful investment vehicle that initiated a takeover attempt of Mercator Software Inc. and invested in other public and private enterprise software companies. Prior to SSH Mr. Bienvenu served as President of Software at divine Inc. ('divine') a publicly traded software company. During his tenure at divine Mr. Bienvenu led the planning acquisition and consolidation of over thirty companies including five public companies. Prior to divine Mr. Bienvenu served as Chief Executive Officer and President of SageMaker Inc. ('SageMaker') a provider of digital asset management solutions for Global 2000 companies that he founded in 1992. Under his guidance SageMaker raised more than $33 million in venture capital funding and acquired several technology companies in the U.S. and Europe. SageMaker was sold to divine Inc. in early 2001. Mr. Bienvenu's previous industry experience includes the founding of a successful electronic publishing company and sale to a major publisher in 1991. | 