Howard L. Morgan
Encyclopedia
Howard Lee Morgan is an American
venture capitalist, philanthropist
, socialite
, angel investor
, author
and contributing writer for Business Insider
. He also serves as the Chairman, CEO, Director, Board member or advisor for an assortment of companies including Franklin Electronic Publishers
, Arca Group, Idealab
, Math for America
and managing partner for First Round Capital
with partners Josh Kopelman
, Chris Fralic, and Rob Hayes.
According to Business Week Morgan is said to be "connected to 31 board members in 31 organizations across 32 different industries". He has been listed on the Forbes 2009 list of Executives and Directors, currently ranked #12 on CouldAve’s Top 30 Most Respected Venture Capitalist for 2011 and rank #1 in Philadelphia.
in physics
. He then received a Ph.D.
in Operations Research
from Cornell University
in 1968. Morgan was also awarded an honorary
Master of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of Pennsylvania
.
of the University of Pennsylvania
and also Professor of Computer Science at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania
. During his academic career Morgan also served as an editor of Communications of the ACM
, Management Science, Transactions on Office Information Systems and Transactions on Database Systems. His research on user interface technology, and on optimization of computer networks led to his bringing the ARPAnet
to Philadelphia in 1974. As a result of this early participation in the internet, he advised many corporate and government agencies on the uses of electronic and voice mail, implementing it throughout the Wharton School in the mid 1970s. Morgan continued to work as a professor from 1972 through 1985.
he was published continuously in a number of their publications from the mid 70s to the early 80s. The notice from his work in the early stages of the internet prompted Morgan to began authoring a number of his own books on the subject. Since the early 70s to the present he has published many books ranging from computer science, business investment, and marketing.
Books
of the time saw small startups like Microsoft
make billions and potential for other revolutions in the industry were just as possible.
In 1982 he co-founded Renaissance Technologies Corp.
in New York with James Simons. And from 1983 to 1989 served as President where he supervised venture capital investments in high technology companies. He was also a founding board member and technical advisor of Franklin Electronic Publishers
, one of the first manufacturers of personal computers, which he now chairs. He has been an active consultant and speaker to users and vendors in the information systems
area for more than 30 years, and has worked with many of the Fortune 100 companies and numerous government agencies.
), which provides search products and services on the internet and MyPoints.com, Inc.(now part of United AirLines
New ventures) – the leading direct e-mail provider.
He has been involved in more than three dozen startups and was a lead investor in the formation of Bill Gross
’s Idealab
, a Pasadena
based incubator for internet companies. Idealab also founded Internet Brands
which operates many media, community and e-commerce websites including Wikitravel
. Howard Morgan served as a board member on Internet Brands until the media company was acquired in December 2010 by Hellman & Friedman
for a reported $640 million.
In 2004 Morgan partnered
with Josh Kopelman
, Chris Fralic, and Rob Hayes to form the venture capital firm First Round Capital
. The group specialized in providing seed-stage funds to technology companies. The Philadelphia-based firm is reported to provide seed-stage investments that have ranged between $250,000 to $500,000. In addition, the company has backed more than 70 companies, including VideoEgg
, Outright
, Infogate
, Yummly
, ScanScout, myYearbook
, Knewton
, Wikia
, Weatherbill
, Yieldex Jingle Networks, Odeo
, LinkedIn
, Eventful
, Krugle
, Ambient Devices
, del.icio.us
, IronPort
, RockYou!, KidZui
, SkillSlate
and several other firms. In an interview for This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis
, he mentions that they look for passionate people with million dollar ideas and a vision to get there.
Morgan has accomplished so much in the area of startup investment that he was ranked #12 in the 2011’s Top 30 Most Respected Venture Capitalist. The list included Morgan among other such as John Doerr
of Google
, Ben Horowitz
of Opsware
and Michael Moritz
. However, First Round Capital was the only company to receive 3 positions on the list.
Current Positions
Other Advisory Roles
Former Roles
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
, the Public Radio station WNYC
and many more over the years. They also helped to fund the 90-minute television program in 2002 entitled 'New York in Song' which featured great songs and obscure songs about New York to raise funds to provide college scholarships for children of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
venture capitalist, philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
, socialite
Socialite
A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events....
, angel investor
Angel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and contributing writer for Business Insider
Business Insider
Business Insider is a U.S. business/entertainment news website launched in February 2009. Founded by DoubleClick Founder and former C.E.O. Kevin P. Ryan it is the overarching brand beneath which fall the Silicon Alley Insider and Clusterstock verticals...
. He also serves as the Chairman, CEO, Director, Board member or advisor for an assortment of companies including Franklin Electronic Publishers
Franklin Electronic Publishers
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated is an American consumer electronics manufacturer based in Burlington, New Jersey, founded in 1981. Since the mid-1980s it has primarily created and sold hand-held electronic references, such as spelling correctors, dictionaries, translation devices,...
, Arca Group, Idealab
Idealab
Idealab is a business incubator based in Pasadena, California.-History:Idealab was founded by Bill Gross in March 1996...
, Math for America
Math for America
Math for America is a nonprofit organization, founded in January 2004 by mathematician Jim Simons with a mission to improve mathematics education in United States public schools by recruiting, training, and retaining highly qualified secondary school mathematics teachers.-Background:MƒA created...
and managing partner for First Round Capital
First Round Capital
First Round Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies. Managed by Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic, Rob Hayes and Howard L. Morgan, the Philadelphia-based company typically provides seed-stage investment that ranges from $250,000 to $500,000...
with partners Josh Kopelman
Josh Kopelman
Joshua Kopelman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist.Kopelman is best known as the founder of Half.com, a fixed price marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of used books, movies and music products. In 2000, Kopelman sold Half.com to EBay for US $350...
, Chris Fralic, and Rob Hayes.
According to Business Week Morgan is said to be "connected to 31 board members in 31 organizations across 32 different industries". He has been listed on the Forbes 2009 list of Executives and Directors, currently ranked #12 on CouldAve’s Top 30 Most Respected Venture Capitalist for 2011 and rank #1 in Philadelphia.
Background and Education
Howard Morgan attended the City College of the City University of New York in 1965 where he earned a Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
. He then received a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in Operations Research
Operations research
Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...
from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1968. Morgan was also awarded an honorary
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
Master of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
.
Academic Career (1968–1985)
After earning his Ph.D from Cornell University Dr. Morgan was granted a faculty position with their Department of Computer Science in September 1968. He went on to work as Professor of Decision Sciences at the Wharton SchoolWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and also Professor of Computer Science at the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. During his academic career Morgan also served as an editor of Communications of the ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
, Management Science, Transactions on Office Information Systems and Transactions on Database Systems. His research on user interface technology, and on optimization of computer networks led to his bringing the ARPAnet
ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network , was the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet...
to Philadelphia in 1974. As a result of this early participation in the internet, he advised many corporate and government agencies on the uses of electronic and voice mail, implementing it throughout the Wharton School in the mid 1970s. Morgan continued to work as a professor from 1972 through 1985.
Authorship
After working with the Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
he was published continuously in a number of their publications from the mid 70s to the early 80s. The notice from his work in the early stages of the internet prompted Morgan to began authoring a number of his own books on the subject. Since the early 70s to the present he has published many books ranging from computer science, business investment, and marketing.
Books
Early Entrepreneurship
Howard Morgan’s decision to transition from class to corporate capital was based on the technological expansions of the 1980s. The private sectorPrivate sector
In economics, the private sector is that part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is run by private individuals or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the state...
of the time saw small startups like Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
make billions and potential for other revolutions in the industry were just as possible.
In 1982 he co-founded Renaissance Technologies Corp.
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund management company of about 275 employees and more than $ billion in assets under management in three funds...
in New York with James Simons. And from 1983 to 1989 served as President where he supervised venture capital investments in high technology companies. He was also a founding board member and technical advisor of Franklin Electronic Publishers
Franklin Electronic Publishers
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated is an American consumer electronics manufacturer based in Burlington, New Jersey, founded in 1981. Since the mid-1980s it has primarily created and sold hand-held electronic references, such as spelling correctors, dictionaries, translation devices,...
, one of the first manufacturers of personal computers, which he now chairs. He has been an active consultant and speaker to users and vendors in the information systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
area for more than 30 years, and has worked with many of the Fortune 100 companies and numerous government agencies.
Venture Capital and Investments
Since 1989, he has been President of the Arca Group, Inc., a consulting and venture capital investment management firm specializing in the area of computer and communications technologies. Arca Group nurtures ventures and has taken them from seed stage through initial public offerings, including MetaCreations Corporation (now Viewpoint Corporation), a computer graphics software company, Infonautics Corporation( now TucowsTucows
Tucows was formed in Flint, Michigan, USA in 1993. It incorporated in Pennsylvania and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
), which provides search products and services on the internet and MyPoints.com, Inc.(now part of United AirLines
United Airlines
United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental...
New ventures) – the leading direct e-mail provider.
He has been involved in more than three dozen startups and was a lead investor in the formation of Bill Gross
Bill Gross
Bill Gross is an American businessman. Born in 1958, he grew up in Encino, California. He founded GNP Loudspeakers , an audio equipment manufacturer; GNP Development Inc., acquired by Lotus Software; and Knowledge Adventure, an educational software company, later acquired by Cendant...
’s Idealab
Idealab
Idealab is a business incubator based in Pasadena, California.-History:Idealab was founded by Bill Gross in March 1996...
, a Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
based incubator for internet companies. Idealab also founded Internet Brands
Internet Brands
Internet Brands is a new media company based in El Segundo, California that operates online media, community, and e-commerce sites in vertical markets. The company also develops and licenses internet software and social media applications....
which operates many media, community and e-commerce websites including Wikitravel
Wikitravel
-External links:* *...
. Howard Morgan served as a board member on Internet Brands until the media company was acquired in December 2010 by Hellman & Friedman
Hellman & Friedman
Hellman & Friedman is a private equity firm, founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman, that makes investments primarily through leveraged buyouts and minority growth capital investments....
for a reported $640 million.
In 2004 Morgan partnered
Partner (business rank)
A partner in a law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, or financial firm is a highly ranked position. Originally, these businesses were set up as legal partnerships in which the partners were entitled to a share of the profits of the enterprise. The name has remained even though many of these...
with Josh Kopelman
Josh Kopelman
Joshua Kopelman is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist.Kopelman is best known as the founder of Half.com, a fixed price marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of used books, movies and music products. In 2000, Kopelman sold Half.com to EBay for US $350...
, Chris Fralic, and Rob Hayes to form the venture capital firm First Round Capital
First Round Capital
First Round Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies. Managed by Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic, Rob Hayes and Howard L. Morgan, the Philadelphia-based company typically provides seed-stage investment that ranges from $250,000 to $500,000...
. The group specialized in providing seed-stage funds to technology companies. The Philadelphia-based firm is reported to provide seed-stage investments that have ranged between $250,000 to $500,000. In addition, the company has backed more than 70 companies, including VideoEgg
VideoEgg
VideoEgg was a privately held advertising network, which re-branded itself in September 2010 as SAY Media. Their network is composed of over 100 million users across more than 500 sites, blogs, gaming and mobile environments.- History :...
, Outright
Outright
Outright is an accounting and bookkeeping application that assists small businesses and sole proprietors with managing their business income and expenses. It also provides them with a means to organize and categorize expenses for filing a Schedule C....
, Infogate
PointCast (dotcom)
PointCast was a company founded in 1992 by Christopher R. Hassett in Sunnyvale, California.-PointCast Network:The company's initial product amounted to a screensaver that displayed news and other information, delivered live over the Internet...
, Yummly
Yummly
Yummly is a semantic web search engine for food, cooking and recipes. It ‘understands’ food on a variety of levels, allows users to search by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, price, cuisine, time, taste, meal courses and sources, and ‘learns’ about users based on their likes and dislikes....
, ScanScout, myYearbook
MyYearbook
-History:myYearbook was initially created by two high school students, David and Catherine Cook, and their older brother Geoff, during Spring Break of 2005. Catherine persuaded Geoff, who founded EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com from a dorm in 1997, to invest in their project...
, Knewton
Knewton
Knewton is an adaptive learning company that has developed a platform to personalize educational content. The Knewton platform allows schools, publishers, and developers to provide adaptive learning for any student. Knewton recently announced a partnership with Pearson Education to power the...
, Wikia
Wikia
Wikia is a free web hosting service for wikis . It is normally free of charge for readers and editors, deriving most of its income from advertising, and publishes all user-provided text under copyleft licenses. Wikia hosts several hundred thousand wikis using the open-source wiki software MediaWiki...
, Weatherbill
Weatherbill
WeatherBill is an online service, launched in January 2007, that helps people and businesses adapt to climate change. The company’s technology platform enables the real-time pricing and purchasing of customizable weather insurance using proprietary global weather simulation modeling and local...
, Yieldex Jingle Networks, Odeo
Odeo
Odeo was a directory and search destination website for RSS syndicated audio & video. It employed tools that enabled users to create, record, and share podcasts with a simple Adobe Flash-based interface....
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,...
, Eventful
Eventful
Eventful is a web service which aims to help users search for, track, and share information about events. Eventful is a service of Eventful, Inc. from San Diego, California...
, Krugle
Krugle
Krugle is a search engine that allows computer programmers and other developers to search Open Source repositories in order to locate open source code, and quickly share the code with other programmers on the internet. It finished its beta phase and went live on June 14th, 2006.The engine...
, Ambient Devices
Ambient Devices
Ambient Devices, Inc. is a privately held company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA that designs and markets various ambient devices for display of information ranging from weather to traffic reports to stock quotes. The company was founded by David L. Rose, Ben Resner, and Pritesh Gandhi,...
, del.icio.us
Del.icio.us
Delicious is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. The site was founded by Joshua Schachter in 2003 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005, and by the end of 2008, the service claimed more than 5.3 million users and 180 million unique bookmarked URLs...
, IronPort
IronPort
IronPort Systems, Inc., headquartered in San Bruno, California, was a company that designed and sold products and services that protect enterprises against Internet threats. It was best known for IronPort AntiSpam, the SenderBase email reputation service, and email security appliances...
, RockYou!, KidZui
KidZui
KidZui is a web browser designed for children developed by KidZui, Inc. The KidZui browser uses a Zooming User Interface paradigm to make browsing easier for children. Search results appear as scaled down images of websites, videos, and pictures that children click on to zoom in and see content. ...
, SkillSlate
SkillSlate
SkillSlate or SkillSlate.com is a New York City-based start–up firm with the purpose of matching up individual service providers with customers via the Internet. The firm raised $1.1 million in capital in October 2010 with investments from Canaan Partners and First Round Capital...
and several other firms. In an interview for This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis
Jason McCabe Calacanis is an American Internet entrepreneur and blogger. His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York, and his second venture, Weblogs, Inc., capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL....
, he mentions that they look for passionate people with million dollar ideas and a vision to get there.
Morgan has accomplished so much in the area of startup investment that he was ranked #12 in the 2011’s Top 30 Most Respected Venture Capitalist. The list included Morgan among other such as John Doerr
John Doerr
L. John Doerr is an American venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, California, in Silicon Valley. In February 2009, Doerr was appointed as a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the president and his administration with advice and...
of Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz is a high technology entrepreneur and investor. He is best known for co-founding and running the enterprise software company Opsware. In July 2007, Horowitz sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in cash...
of Opsware
Opsware
Opsware, Inc. was a software company based in Sunnyvale, California that offered products for server and network device provisioning, configuration, and management targeted toward enterprise customers...
and Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz is a Welsh-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google Inc.-Life and career:...
. However, First Round Capital was the only company to receive 3 positions on the list.
Board of Directors Memberships
Past and Present positions held by Howard Morgan::Current Positions
- 33Across(observer) Taking ad targeting to the next level
- Altruik(observer), Innovation in SEO Technology
- Ambient DevicesAmbient DevicesAmbient Devices, Inc. is a privately held company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA that designs and markets various ambient devices for display of information ranging from weather to traffic reports to stock quotes. The company was founded by David L. Rose, Ben Resner, and Pritesh Gandhi,...
, Glanceable Infocasts - Algo Engineering, Trading technology for the future
- Axial Market, Discover, manage and close private transactions
- CE Interactive(observer), Information to make buying and installing consumer electronics easier
- Energy Innovations, Alternative energy
- First Round CapitalFirst Round CapitalFirst Round Capital is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing seed-stage funding to technology companies. Managed by Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic, Rob Hayes and Howard L. Morgan, the Philadelphia-based company typically provides seed-stage investment that ranges from $250,000 to $500,000...
, Seed stage funding helping talented entrepreneurs build remarkable companies - Franklin Electronic PublishersFranklin Electronic PublishersFranklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated is an American consumer electronics manufacturer based in Burlington, New Jersey, founded in 1981. Since the mid-1980s it has primarily created and sold hand-held electronic references, such as spelling correctors, dictionaries, translation devices,...
, A world of knowledge in your pocket - GumGum, intelligent licensing of content for the internet
- HealthVillage, More to come
- IdealabIdealabIdealab is a business incubator based in Pasadena, California.-History:Idealab was founded by Bill Gross in March 1996...
, Turning innovative ideas into successful businesses - Intelligize, Better ways to create complex documents
- Kinetic Trading (observer), Systematic Alpha Generation in new interesting ways
- LuxologyLuxologyLuxology, LLC is a software company having as its main product the 3D art software modo....
, The Art and Science of 3D, check out our new modo software - Magic Works LLC, Quantitative Financial Models
- Partsearch TechnologiesPartsearch TechnologiesPartsearch Technologies, a Manhattan-based company, started in 2001, had compiled an online catalog of more than eight million spare parts for electronics, appliances and other items...
, for appliance, computer, electronics or cellphone parts and supplies - Single Platform, Digital Presence for restaurants
- Sticky Bits, Tag Your World,attach digital content to objects
- TechForwardTechForwardTechForward is an electronics recycling startup business founded in 2006 and backed by venture capital, which insures electronics against upgrade. Based in California, it sells "upgrade policies" that guarantee it will buy back working electronics within two years of purchase. It offers policies on...
, Guaranteed buyback for your electronics - Transpera(observer), Making Video truly MOBILE at last
- Snap.com, Better search productivity – get to the right answer sooner
Other Advisory Roles
- ApteraApteraAptera is an obsolete taxonomic category, which included the Apterygota along with various other wingless arthropods.Aptera may also refer to:* Aptera, Greece, the city in Crete* Aptera Motors, an automobile company producing the Aptera 2e...
, Safe efficient exciting electric car (Advisory Board) - CE Technologies, Continuing education solutions for the nation's workforce
- Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor LaboratoryThe Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. The Laboratory has a broad educational mission, including the recently established Watson School of Biological Sciences. It...
(Trustee), Research and Education in molecular biology and genetics - CVT Ventures, Venture-development group dedicated to helping entrepreneurs create and accelerate information technology businesses.
- Math for AmericaMath for AmericaMath for America is a nonprofit organization, founded in January 2004 by mathematician Jim Simons with a mission to improve mathematics education in United States public schools by recruiting, training, and retaining highly qualified secondary school mathematics teachers.-Background:MƒA created...
, Dedicated to improving math education in the US - Founding Member and Vice Chairman of the Board: New York AngelsNew York AngelsNew York Angels is an organization of business angel investors based in New York, New York, US that provides equity capital for early stage companies, primarily in the field of technology and new media...
, Capital and mentoring for early stage companies. - PandoraPandoraIn Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. As Hesiod related it, each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts...
, a better way to find music you'll like - SayMedia, A media company for a social age
- WineAccess.com, The largest online wine shopping community
- Unitronix Corp., (NASDBB:UTRX.PK), Geosleuth mining technology
- Zero-G Corporation, Commercial weightlessness, space tourism starts here (see me hanging around in space)
Former Roles
- Director: Evolution Robotics Inc.Evolution roboticsEvolution Robotics is an American company specializing in robotics technologies from Pasadena, California. The product range covers computer vision, localization and autonomous navigation....
- Director: MyPoints.com, Inc.
- Director: Organic, Inc.Organic, Inc.Organic, Inc. is a digital advertising agency headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Detroit, New York, London, and Los Angeles. It was founded in 1993 with less than $5,000 by Jonathan Nelson, Matthew Nelson, Brian Behlendorf and Cliff Skolnick primarily to design and build commercial web...
- Former Director: Quarterdeck CorporationQuarterdeckThe quarterdeck is that part of a warship designated by the commanding officer for official and ceremonial functions. In port, the quarterdeck is the most important place on the ship, and is the central control point for all its major activities. Underway, its importance diminishes as control of...
- Director, Chairman of Audit Committee, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating Committee: Segue Software Inc. 1993-2007
- Former Director: X1 Technologies, Inc.
Family
Howard Morgan is married to Eleanor Morgan, an interior designer in Villanova and New York. They have three daughters Kimberly Dara Morgan, Elizabeth Stacy Morgan, Danielle Ann Morgan.- Kimberly Morgan (Blank): graduated summa cum laude from Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and also received a law degree from Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. She worked as a management consultant at Mckinsey & CompanyMcKinsey & CompanyMcKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
and then as an associate at the venture capital firm of Warburg PincusWarburg PincusWarburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1966...
. She married David Blank in May 1998 and after having three children transitioned to charitable work. She and David established the David and Kimberly Blank Charitable Trust. She also is a board member for both the Greenwich Chapter of the American Red CrossAmerican Red CrossThe American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...
and the Putnam Indian Field School.
- Elizabeth Morgan (Hammack): was co-president of the student government at Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. After graduating she was hired as a traderTrader (finance)A trader is someone in finance who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, commodities and derivatives. A broker who simply fills buy or sell orders is not a trader, as they are merely executing instructions given to them. According to the Wall Street Journal in 2004, a managing...
for Goldman Sachs & CompanyGoldman SachsThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
and was later promoted to managing director. She married Peter Hammack in February 2000 and had two children. She and Peter had made charitable contributions to the Temple Israel of the City of New YorkTemple Israel of the City of New York-References:*Dunlap, David W. From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship, Columbia University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-231-12542-0...
and Komen FoundationSusan G. Komen for the CureSusan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
. In 2011 Goldman Sachs announced that Mrs. Hammack had earned a partner's positionPartner (business rank)A partner in a law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, or financial firm is a highly ranked position. Originally, these businesses were set up as legal partnerships in which the partners were entitled to a share of the profits of the enterprise. The name has remained even though many of these...
with the company.
- Danielle Morgan (Koplin): graduated with a B.S.Bachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree from the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
in 1997 and later became a private investigatorPrivate investigatorA private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...
for the Legal Service of Waldman & Associates. She then in November 2005 married Kevin Koplin, a former assistant district attorney and current lawyerLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
with McCabe, Flynn & Arangio. Afterward was hired to work as an investigator for Kern Informative Resources, Inc and has done so for the last 6 years.
Philanthropy
After receiving the Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1997, Howard Morgan and his wife Eleanor decided to establish the Eleanor and Howard Morgan Foundation. Their foundation has since made many contributions to a host of other charities including but not limited to the Chabad on Campus International Foundation, Math for AmericaMath for America
Math for America is a nonprofit organization, founded in January 2004 by mathematician Jim Simons with a mission to improve mathematics education in United States public schools by recruiting, training, and retaining highly qualified secondary school mathematics teachers.-Background:MƒA created...
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. The Laboratory has a broad educational mission, including the recently established Watson School of Biological Sciences. It...
, the Public Radio station WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
and many more over the years. They also helped to fund the 90-minute television program in 2002 entitled 'New York in Song' which featured great songs and obscure songs about New York to raise funds to provide college scholarships for children of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
External links
- First Round Capital (company website)