Board of Directors

In 2005, CGP hired Ron as President/COO of a new technology-driven investment, eInstruction Corporation. At eInstruction, the leading provider of testing and assessment software to K-12 and postsecondary education institutions, Ron oversaw the Company's sales, marketing, technology and subsidiary operations. In less than two years, Ron led a number of key initiatives that contributed significantly to eInstruction's impressive revenue and earnings growth.

Prior to joining eInstruction, Ron was a partner at Fort Dearborn Partners, a management consulting and merchant banking operation, where he successfully managed several middle market businesses and consistently delivered superior rates of return to his clients and investors.

Ron is currently supporting growth initiatives and profit optimization efforts at several of CGP portfolio companies. Ron holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

While at Chicago Public Schools Ron instituted major reforms including assessment of all students. From 2007 to 2009 Ron was president of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), the second largest transit agency in the nation. At the CTA, Ron instituted a company-wide turnaround plan based on performance management principles. During his tenure at the CTA, ridership grew 5.4 percent in 2008, its highest level since 1992.

From 2005 to 2007, Ron served as Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard M. Daley. As Chief of Staff, he directed the operations of the City of Chicago's 49 departments and 39,000 employees, and oversaw an annual budget of $5.7 billion. Ron created and implemented a citywide performance management system that ensured a focus on priorities and improved service delivery.

From 2004 to 2005, Ron served as Executive Director of the City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). While at OEMC, he greatly expanded the number and types of technologies used to reduce crime and increase public safety. He also created the state-of-the-art Operations Center, Chicago's "nerve center," which provides real-time intelligence to public safety and homeland security officials.

Prior to his appointment as Executive Director of OEMC, Ron served for nine years at the Chicago Police Department, rising from a beat cop to Assistant Deputy Superintendent. In that role, he created and implemented the most advanced policing technology system in the country, as well as managed and developed innovative community-based strategies that utilized this cutting-edge technology to achieve significant decreases in crime.

Ron holds a bachelor's degree in English and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and master's degrees in Business Administration and Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago, where he was both a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and an Albert Schweitzer Fellow.

Prior to launching Emerson Street Partners, Glenn spent over 20 years in key operating roles of several successful software Companies. As CEO of Scalix, a leading linux email and collaboration software vendor, he led it from a handful of customers upon joining to over 600 customers when Xandros Corp. acquired it 3 years later in 2007.

Prior to that, he was Chief Operating Officer of NetIQ, a leading supplier of security and system management and web analytics software, where he was responsible for all revenue, customer and partner related activities. As part of the co-founding team at NetIQ, he played an instrumental role in leading the company through an extended period of rapid growth from initial product launch in 1996 to IPO in 1999 (NTIQ) and ultimately $300 million in annual revenues in 2003.

Prior to NetIQ, Winokur has held executive positions in sales and business development at several enterprise software companies, including Frame Technology (now Adobe), Documentum (now EMC) and Ingres.

Winokur received a BS in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and is a frequent guest lecturer, mentor and advisor at both the University of Illinois and Stanford University.

Sanford comes most recently from eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) where he held various executive roles including interim general manager, head of strategy and business development, head of strategic planning & analytics and CFO for one of eBay's businesses.

Prior to eBay, Sanford served as a vice president of Ensim Corporation, a leading provider of SaaS platform and virtualization software products where he led operations, finance and technology and also drove corporate strategy and global expansion efforts.

Prior to Ensim, Sanford held various executive roles in multiple Silicon Valley start-ups and also spent a number of years in consulting in the areas of strategy, finance and technology.