Alan J. Cook

Alan J. Cook is the Founder of 726 Ventures. He is a dynamic leader with a demonstrated ability to develop innovative products and services, establish partnerships and build organizations. Mr. Cook is highly respected in venture capital and technology communities, and is lauded as a charismatic yet disciplined manager, fostering creativity and strategic execution in hyper-growth environments.

Previously, Alan founded ActivityOne, which published an interactive directory and registration service and sold a database and accounting ASP software application. Mr. Cook raised more than $1 million from private investors and led a development partnership with Veripark in the country of Turkey to launch initial service within 60 days. He was also responsible for creating marketing partnerships with Knight-Ridder, Gymboree, and Unisys and the sales of online registration and credit card payment systems to more than 50 clients.

Prior to launching ActivityOne, Mr. Cook was Vice President, Business Development, Prima Facie, Inc., where he created a new business unit to develop Internet devices and web-centric video surveillance services. Alan developed the eWitness business concept and implementation strategy; secured external capital; created and deployed working prototypes; negotiated partnerships with ADT, EMC, Micron and Sprint, and lead pilot customer applications in the self-storage industry. SafetyVision acquired
Prima Facie in March 2001.

Mr. Cook served as the Manager Strategic Projects, Infonautics Corporation, a publicly traded Internet pioneer, reporting to the
CEO and Board of Directors. Previously, he was an Analyst at the strategy-consulting firm Marakon Associates.

Alan graduated from the Management & Technology Dual-Degree Program of the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Strategy and a BSE with a major of Mechanical Engineering.