Sean Doherty
Sean founded Odyssey in 2002 with the goal of acquiring technology, telecom and media businesses that most investors viewed as “out of favor.” At Odyssey, he has senior responsibility for the firm’s strategic investments and joint ventures.
Sean is probably best known for his role as founding COO of @Home — the giant broadband services company. While with @Home, Sean had senior oversight responsibility for the company’s day-to-day operations. Later, Sean became president of the company’s business services division — @Work. In 1997, @Home completed one of the year’s most successful IPOs.
Sean was the Chairman of Progress Telecom before its sale to Level3. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Wurl, Inc.
Joe Stockwell
Joe is a principal at Odyssey, which he joined in 2002. Joe has oversight responsibility for Odyssey operating companies focused on high bandwidth infrastructure and services. He has served as a Board member and President of Epik Communications (lit fiber services), Board member and Vice Chairman of Progress Telecom (lit fiber services, sold to Level3 in 2006) and is currently the Chairman and President of PT Holding Company (wireless tower services). Together with his Odyssey partners, Joe co-founded Tower Cloud, a broadband tower backhaul services provider.
Before joining Odyssey, Joe served as CEO of the reorganized Exodus Communications after the closing of the sale of the majority of Exodus’ assets to Cable & Wireless. Joe lead the execution of that transaction and as CEO managed more than $500M in assets, guiding his team in identifying strategic buyers for various parts of the company’s hosting operations in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Joe served as Exodus’ Senior Vice President for Corporate Development. At Exodus, Joe completed 9 acquisitions with a total value exceeding $7B. Before joining Exodus, Joe was vice president of business development at Secure Computing and senior director of corporate development at Apple Computer Inc. Stockwell received a B.S degree in Marketing from Cleveland State University and a J.D. from Boston College.
Richard A. Saffir
After serving as lead counsel in connection with the acquisition of EPIK Communications, Inc., Rich joined the Odyssey team full time, helping to successfully restructure Epik, and lead it through its merger with Progress Telecommunications. Most recently, Rich served as lead in-house counsel with respect to the sale of Progress Telecom’s fiber optic transport network to Level 3 Communications, and as the founding General Counsel of Tower Cloud (a start up focusing on fiber based backhaul services).
Prior to joining the Odyssey team, Rich served as Special Counsel to Handspring, working on the launch of the Treo PDA, and before that, as the Associate General Counsel of Imagine Media, Inc., a publisher of business and technology related magazines such as Mac Addict and Business 2.0. Before Imagine Media, Rich was a General Partner at Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, LLP (a San Francisco based full service law firm with over 150 attorneys), where he served as the head of Bronson’s Business/Tax Department, and as the California representative to the U.S. Law Firm Group’s State and Local Tax Committee. While in private practice, Rich worked primarily for closely held start ups, emerging growth companies, and their owners/founders. His practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities laws matters, as well as intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on tax planning, compliance and controversy matters.
Prior to law school, Rich received Bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and Technical Theatre/Stage Lighting and Design from Harpur College/SUNY Binghamton, a Juris Doctor degree from Albany Law School, and a Master of Laws degree (LLM in taxation) from New York University. Although the law consumes most of his time, Rich is still actively “practicing” the art of theatrical lighting design.
Mike Hakimi
Mike joined Odyssey in 2003. He is primarily responsible for corporate development and execution of strategic transactions on behalf of both Odyssey and its portfolio companies. Mike managed the sale of Progress Telecom to Level3 Communications in 2006 and the sale of PTH tower assets to Global Tower Partners in 2007 and the sale of a large tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge in 2014. Mike has also served as a senior executive for various Odyssey portfolio companies including Progress Telecom, PT Holding Company, Tower Cloud, and Peak Tower.