Ross Seider
Senior Partner

Ross Seider is a 35 year veteran in New England's high technology engineering community, and a well known industry executive and entrepreneur.

Ross founded On-Fire Associates in December 2001. His previous role was with Akamai Technology Inc. where he served as their Vice President Development and Network Operations. At Akamai, Ross was responsible for the development and operational integrity of a dozen revenue services that fueled Akamai's growth from $4.5 million in 1999 to over $160 million.

Prior to Akamai, Ross held a variety of engineering and management leadership positions with Motorola Inc., most notably the Vice President and General Manager of the Transmission Products Business Unit.

Other positions held by Ross include;

VP Engineering, Motorola's Networking Products Group
VP Engineering and Co-founder, Concord Communications Inc.
VP Engineering and Co-fonder, Concord Data Systems

Ross Holds a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Steve Bielagus
Senior Partner

Steve Bielagus has over 30 years experience in high technology product development with 15 years as a senior executive. He has managed teams in data, voice, and fax networking, as well as personal computing and consumer electronics. He was an early participant in the IP routing and personal computer industries, and his teams have filed more than 35 patents.

Steve has managed software, hardware, and test teams in startups, turn-around situations, and established companies, with focus on simplifying process, improving productivity, and building stronger development teams, with products ranging from consumer oriented electronic pens to carrier-grade terabit IP routers.

Steve was Vice President of Engineering at Brooktrout Technology from 2003 through its merger with Excel Switching in 2005, and subsequently led the combined companies as VP of Engineering. Other positions held by Steve include:

Sr. VP of Engineering and Operations, IronBridge Networks
VP of Engineering, Proteon
VP of Engineering, Sockeye Networks

Steve holds a S.B.E.E from MIT.

Matthew Von- Maszewski
Senior Partner

Matthew Von Maszewski is a senior software development manager whose background includes system design and process engineering leadership in all modern development environments.

Matthew joined Akamai Technology in 1999 and became the lead designer of the Windows and Linux streaming server development team. In 2000, he was appointed Director of Process and Quality Engineering with a multi-sited team of over 30 people. Matthew drove the creation and deployment of automated procedures to enhance the productivity and quality of Akamai's software staff.

Prior to Akamai, Matthew was a software developer and project manager for Systemsoft Crop. in Natick MA and Intuit Corporation in Menlo Park CA. His most widely recognized work is Quicken's™ graphical charts and PocketQuicken™ for HP-Palmtop.

Matthew holds an MBA from USC and a BA from Texas A & M. He is also a CPIM through the American Production and Inventory Control society.