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Mr. Shields brings over ten years of experience in software development and Internet technology to the team. Prior to joining Woodside, he was an investor and advisor to startup technology companies, working closely with entrepreneurs on technology assessment, market positioning, and recruiting.

In 1995, Mr. Shields co-founded NetGravity which became the leading provider of application software for Internet advertising. As VP of Engineering, then CTO, Mr. Shields was responsible for NetGravity's development team and architecture, producing mission-critical real-time enterprise software that was successfully deployed at over 300 customer network operations centers. NetGravity went public in 1998, and was then acquired by rival DoubleClick. During this period, Mr. Shields chaired Internet advertising industry standards committees and authored several technical standards.

Prior to NetGravity, Mr. Shields was a development manager at Oracle for nearly four years, and was a member of two technology startups. He received a BA in Computer Science with honors from Harvard College.

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