Ian Edmundson, Managing Director

Ian Edmundson manages Hidden River’s CFO Services practice and has over 18 years experience in the public and private capital markets. Since joining Hidden River in 2007, he has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Transera Communications, Inc.; Host Analytics, Inc.; readMedia, Inc.; Mobile Cannon, Inc.; and VHT, Inc.

In the role of CFO, Ian provides oversight for the financial management of his client’s business, directs the corporate treasury function, establishes the protocols and standards for internal reporting, oversees the budget process, develops the capital strategy, and manages shareholder communication and risk management. During his time at Hidden River, he has assisted his clients in raising over $35 million of equity capital from firms that have included Advanced Technology Ventures, Trident Capital, Hopewell Ventures, Lauder Partners, Origin Ventures, and StarVest Partners.

Before coming to Hidden River, Ian worked in Corporate Development at Openwave Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPWV) where he managed the 2005 divestiture of Mobile Device Management (sold to Innopath Software, Inc.) and the 2006 acquisition of SoloMio, Inc. (call completion and real-time messaging).

Ian was previously CFO of Into Networks, Inc., a broadband technology provider, where he led the successful raise of $41.6 million in Series D equity (co-led by Cox Communications and NTL) and $6 million in convertible note financing. Prior to Into Networks, Ian was a manager in NBC’s Cable and Business Development group in New York, focused on digital media and enhanced television. At NBC, he helped source investments for GE Capital and was responsible for a private placement in CareerBuilder, which completed a successful IPO in 1999. Ian began his career at Media General Inc., a cable MSO, and was part of a team that built one of the industry’s first digital cable interconnects, linking multiple systems from TCI, Jones Intercable and SBC.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bates College and was awarded a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Stern School of Business at New York University.