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Bob Keith

CEO and Co-Founder TL Ventures

Bob is Co-Founder and CEO of TL Ventures, a venture capital firm with over $1.5 billion under management since 1988. Prior to TL Ventures, Bob had a 22-year career at Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia, a leading regional commercial financial institution. He left the bank in the late 80’s to become a venture capitalist, at which time he was Vice Chairman responsible for most of the bank’s commercial lending and non-banking subsidiaries. He oversaw significant growth and market expansion during his tenure as well as entry into new service markets such as investment banking. He’s been recognized as a distinguished alumnus by Temple University School of Law in 2004. Bob served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association from 2000 to 2004. He served as Chairman of the Board of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. for 10 years. He also was on the board of Internet Capital Group, Inc. where he served as its Chairman. Was chairman of Ben Franklin Technology Partners, a Pennsylvania seed stage fund for several years and is now an advisor, was Chairman of Reinvestment Fund, a CDFI. Acts as an advisor to a family office with respect to its impact investing. After TL Ventures wound down Bob has continued to be an active investor in early stage businesses, having invested in 40 plus over the last 5 years.

In Memoriam

KEN DALY

Retired, President and CEO of NACD

WHEREAS, the Powerlytics, Inc., Board of Directors and its employees were deeply saddened by the passing of Ken Daly on June 14, 2021; and

WHEREAS, Ken joined the Powerlytics Board with a group of its first independent Directors on January 24, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Ken brought to the Board his astute business judgement and broad range of experiences garnered from a long and distinguished career that served as a guidepost to the strategy and business decisions of this early-stage company; and

WHEREAS, Ken blessed the Board with his passion for the success of the business, his quick wit and his never-ending library of jokes; and

WHEREAS, Ken shared his considerable list of senior executive level contacts and leveraged his impeccable reputation to provide Powerlytics entry into leading Fortune 500 Companies; and

WHEREAS, Ken served as a lifelong mentor and trusted advisor to the CEO of Powerlytics; and WHEREAS, Ken at all times acted with unparalleled integrity; and

WHEREAS, Ken gave selflessly of his time to help ensure Powerlytics’ success; and

WHEREAS, Ken’s passing leaves a void that will be difficult to fill;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board celebrates the life and accomplishments of Ken Daly and expresses its admiration for a life well lived.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board is grateful for the leadership, guidance and impact Ken has made on Powerlytics.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board expresses our sincere condolences to Ken’s beloved wife Donna, his sons, Matt and Andy, and their family and friends. Signed on this Twenty-fourth Day of August, Two-Thousand and Twenty-One

Kevin Sheetz, Chairman and CEO Powerlytics, Inc.

Ken Daly

Retired, President and CEO of NACD

Ken served as Senior Advisor to the KPMG Board Leadership Center. Ken was the president and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), from May 2007 until January 2017. As the former head of the nation’s largest member-based organization for board directors, Daly was a recognized expert on corporate governance and board transformation. Under his leadership, NACD grew in size and in scope, more than quadrupling its revenue and increasing membership by nearly 100 percent. Prior to joining the organization, Daly was an audit partner at KPMG, where he also served as the partner-in-charge of the national risk management practice. Retiring in 2005 from the firm, he assumed the role of executive director of KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute. He had extensive experience as an auditor and consultant with companies in the banking and insurance industries. He was especially knowledgeable about the financial services industry. Daly was a frequent speaker and writer on many timely issues confronting corporate boards, including executive compensation. He regularly appeared in media and was quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Reuters, AP Radio and Fox News Radio, among others. He was on the board of Lutheran Services of America a $25 billion not for profit serving the broad community.

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