Executive Profile

Alan G. Spoon J.D. General Partner, Polaris Partners

Age	Total Calculated Compensation	This person is connected to 12 Board Members in 12 different organizations across 23 different industries. See Board Relationships
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Background

Mr. Alan G. Spoon is a General Partner at Polaris Partners since 2000. Mr. Spoon joined Polaris in May 2000 and has been part of its team since 1996 as an early Advisor and initial investor. He focuses on investments in Information Technology, with emphasis on revenue-stage companies, digital media, distance learning, financial services and e-commerce. Mr. Spoon has more than 20 years of operating, strategy and investment experience. He came to the firm from The Washington ... Post Company and worked from May 1991 to May 2000 for 18 years, and as the President and Chief Operating Officer. During his career with The Washington Post, Mr. Spoon served as the Director, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Newspaper Marketing, President of Newsweek, Head of Corporate Business Development and supervising executive for Kaplan. He joined the company in 1982 and was responsible for early stage technology investments in cellular, distance learning and educational software, and information and e-commerce services. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Spoon was the President of Newsweek, Inc. Prior to The Washington Post, he was a Partner at The Boston Consulting Group and General Partner at Capital Investors. He joined LegalZoom.com, Inc. Board on March 21, 2007. Mr. Spoon serves as a Director of Aria Retirement Solutions, Art.com, Focus Financial Partners, LegalZoom, Phreesia, The HealthCentral Network, Choice Media, LRN, AudioAudit, ReadyForZero, Remedy Health Media, Silicon Optix, Inc., and Ice.com, Inc. He serves as a Director at The Legal Knowledge Company since May 2006. Mr. Spoon’s also serves as a Director at Danaher Corporation, and InterActiveCorp. Mr. Spoon is a Member of Global Advisory Board at JER Partners L.L.C. He was a Director of ARPU, Getty Images, Paratek Adaptive RF, Cushcraft Corporation, Earth Networks (Weatherbug), Internet Brands, LRN, Ticketmaster, Sockeye Networks, Ucentric Systems, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., International Data Group, Silicon Optix, AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc., and American Management Systems, Inc. and was a Member of the Advisory Board at Polaris. Mr. Spoon was a Director of Matrics, Inc. and TechTarget, Inc. Mr. Spoon’s prior business board service included Getty Images, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., International Data Group (IDG) and American Management Systems, Inc. He holds a J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School, an M.S. from M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management, and a B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Corporate Headquarters 1000 Winter Street Waltham, Massachusetts 02451 United States Phone: 855-787-3500 Fax: 781-290-0880 Board Members Memberships Director CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. Director Cushcraft Corporation Member of The Board of Directors Paratek Microwave, Inc. Former Director Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC Former President and Chief Operating Officer The Washington Post Company Former Director Ucentric Systems, Inc. Former Director Earth Networks, Inc. Director Ice.com, Inc. Director International Data Group, Inc. Director Smithsonian Institution Former Director Interactive Network, Inc. Former Director Silicon Optix, Inc. Director Matrics, Inc. Director Art.com, Inc. Director Sockeye Networks Director AudioAudit Inc. Director Greater Washington Education Telecommunications Association Director The HealthCentral Network, Inc. Director WeatherBug, Inc. Director Phreesia, Inc. 1998-2003 Former Director Human Genome Sciences Inc. 1999-Present Director and Member of Compensation Committee Danaher Corp. 2001-2008 Former Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee TechTarget, Inc. 2003-Present Independent Director and Chairman of Audit Committee IAC/InterActiveCorp 2006-N/A Former Director and Chairman of Compensation Committee Getty Images, Inc. 2006-N/A Former Director LRN Corporation 2007-Present Director LegalZoom.com, Inc. Education Unknown/Other Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology JD Harvard Law School MS MIT Sloan School of Management Other Affiliations Capital Investors CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. Cushcraft Corporation Human Genome Sciences Inc. Paratek Microwave, Inc. Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC The Washington Post Company Ucentric Systems, Inc. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Getty Images, Inc. Earth Networks, Inc. Ice.com, Inc. International Data Group, Inc. Smithsonian Institution Danaher Corp. Interactive Network, Inc. IAC/InterActiveCorp LRN Corporation Silicon Optix, Inc. TechTarget, Inc. Harman Newsweek LLC Matrics, Inc. Art.com, Inc. JER Partners L.L.C. Sockeye Networks AudioAudit Inc. Capital Investors II, L.P. Polaris Venture Partners IV, L.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Law School MIT Sloan School of Management Greater Washington Education Telecommunications Association Norwood School Inc The HealthCentral Network, Inc. WeatherBug, Inc. LegalZoom.com, Inc. Polaris Venture Partners V, L.P. Phreesia, Inc.

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