Ali Shadman is a telecommunications industry executive. Immediately prior to becoming a general partner of JK&B, a venture capital firm focused on software, Mr. Shadman was president of Ameritech New Media, which provided competitive broadband cable services to over 250,000 subscribers. Mr. Shadman was also Ameritech's designee on the board of Americast, a joint venture between Ameritech, Walt Disney, GTE, Bell South, and SNET.