Mr. Birer brings to Auspice a strategic blend of financial and high technology industry knowledge. His experience ranges from independent consulting to managing research practices at Wall Street's fastest-growing investment banks. As Managing Director of Robertson Stephens' Information Technology Group, he built a $50 million practice and was recognized by Institutional Investor and Reuters as one of the top technology analysts in America. Prior to that, he was one of the founding members of Hambrecht & Quist's Internet Practice — one of the earliest on Wall Street. His research and company coverage at Hambrecht & Quist served as the foundation of the company's Business and IT Services practice.

Mr. Birer has more than 60 initial public offerings, secondary offerings and private company transactions to his credit. Earlier, he held various senior auditor, policy analysis and loan officer positions at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and KPMG Peat Marwick (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.). Mr. Birer has a BS in Business Administration (with emphasis on finance and accounting) from the University of California, Berkeley and is a CPA.

Mr. Remy brings over 20 years of technology management and leadership experience to Auspice Corporation. Recent positions include Chief Operating Officer of Cuesol and BioMed 20/20 Technologies, as well as Founder & CEO of PinPoint Corp.


Mr. Remy earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Mr. Fortier has more than 22 years experience in software engineering and engineering management - from design through testing with a wide range of programming languages on UNIX and Windows development environments.

Mr. Fortier gained significant experience in software development for management of network equipment and networked systems while at 3Com Corporation and Chipcom Corporation - premier vendors in the networking field throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.  His positions there included Manager of Software Development, Principal Software Engineer and Senior Project Manager.  He was Manager of Software Infrastructure Development at Courion Corporation, a maker of enterprise identity management products. He has held senior software engineering and supervisory posts at Genrad Corporation, Adage, Inc. and Accutest, Inc.

Mr. Fortier graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology degree from the University of Lowell in Massachusetts.

Mr. Legmann is a seasoned business and marketing strategist and joined Auspice from Reef Point Systems (formerly Quarry Technologies). He played a key role in the founding of Quarry Technologies/Reef Point, where he managed new investment initiatives, developed worldwide strategic relationships, opened new markets and helped focus and position the company into the growing security market.

Prior to joining Quarry Technologies, Mr. Legmann was vice president and partner at Beacon Telco, a venture capital firm, where he focused on investments in telecommunications, and was vice president of Business Development and Marketing at Elron TeleSoft. Mr. Legmann was also the Director of Strategic Alliances at BBN/GTE Internetworking, where he led business development for the systems and technologies networking unit.

Mr. Legmann received an MBA from Boston University and a BSc in Engineering from Technion Israel.

Mr. Leslie has over 13 years of sales and marketing experience in the telecommunications and software industries. Mr. Leslie joined Auspice from NMS Communication, a leading provider of mobile application and enabling technologies, where he held several senior Sales and Business Development positions, most recently serving as the Worldwide Vice President of Sales Operations.

Prior to NMS, Mr. Leslie was instrumental in starting several new businesses, including Lumapath, a contextual search engine company, ThingWorld.com, a leading provider of Digital Rights Management software, and Digital Equipment Corporation’s AltaVista Search Engine.

Mr. Leslie holds a BA from Princeton University.

Mr. Cunha has more than 18 years of software engineering & architecture experience, and is responsible for setting the technical direction of the company.

His background includes the creation of large-scale service provisioning & assurance solutions for the cable industry, product strategy & architecture, partner integration, and technical evangilization. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cunha was responsible for the design and implementation of communication & control solutions for NASA’s International Space Station and for Navy autonomous & carrier-class vehicles.

Mr. Cunha earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Northeastern University.

Mr. Beattie brings more than 20 years of software product management experience to Auspice. As Director of Product Management, Mr. Beattie is responsible for all product management activities for the complete solutions suite of the Auspice network service assurance software line.

Mr. Beattie joins Auspice from GeoTrust/VeriSign, where he was the Director of Product Management. He defined and delivered innovative SSL products, and managed PKI products and services for the global retail, enterprise and the reseller markets. 

Mr. Beattie has his Bachelors in Mathematics and Physics from Gettysburg College and his Masters in Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Mr. Poon has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, corporate communications, and advertising for a variety of Fortune 500 firms and smaller organizations. As Director of Marketing, Mr. Poon is responsible for all Auspice marketing initiatives, including strategic planning, analyst and media relations, marketing programs and events, advertising, and e-marketing activities.

Prior to joining Auspice, Mr. Poon directed marketing communications at Ascential Software, a leading enterprise data integration company. Previously, Mr. Poon was president of Poon and Giannini, a full service marketing and advertising agency.

Mr. Poon holds a BA from Wesleyan University.