Integrated Solutions for Project-Driven Businesses

Massood serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Dapt, having been recruited to the role by the company’s investor, Activate Venture Partners, bringing more than 35 years of technology industry leadership, enterprise software expertise, and a track record of building successful, growing, and profitable software companies. Known for his ability to develop leaders from within and align teams around a shared vision, Massood has spent his career partnering with premier venture capital firms to consistently transform early-stage and turnaround technology companies into highly profitable market leaders.

Prior to Dapt, Massood was recruited by .406 Ventures to serve as CEO of Trilio. In this role, he balanced high-level strategic vision with disciplined operational execution, scaling the business while driving measurable growth and long-term profitability.

Before Trilio, as CEO and Chairman of BA Insight, he developed a new vision for the company in the enterprise search market alongside the BA Insight team, turning BA Insight into a growing, highly profitable software company with investors Activate Venture Partners, Osage Partners, and Paladin Capital Group prior to its successful acquisition by Upland Software.

Before that, as President and CEO of OutStart, he partnered with Sigma Partners, General Catalyst, and GrandBanks , and the OutStart team to scale the newly funded startup into a highly profitable entity, achieving 7 consecutive years in Gartner's Magic Quadrant as a Visionary before its successful acquisition by Kenexa

His earlier executive leadership includes his tenure at Servicesoft, where he initially joined as Executive VP of Product Operations and was subsequently promoted to CEO. In this leadership role, he and the Servicesoft team  rtnered with Sigma Partners, General Catalyst, and GrandBanks to build a growing and highly profitable company through organic growth and acquisition, leading it through a highly successful merger with Broadbase Software.

He also held senior executive roles at Cayenne Software, Lewtan Technologies, and Computervision. Massood holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Jim founded Dapt in 2020 to solve a problem he saw repeatedly in project-based businesses: payroll, time tracking, and accounting systems that don't talk to each other, leaving owners without a clear picture of what each job actually costs. He brings more than 30 years of experience implementing technology to elevate businesses, including over 15 years building cloud solutions.

Since founding the company, Jim has grown Dapt from its first customer, a Pacific Northwest fire sprinkler contractor, into a platform serving hundreds of project-based businesses across construction and the trades, with solutions available on ADP Marketplace and integrations spanning ADP, Paychex, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, and JobTread.

Before Dapt, Jim's career spanned industries: he served as a technology lead at MissionSquare Retirement (formerly ICMA-RC), led technology for grassroots mobilization at the Edison Electric Institute, and worked as a Digital Strategy Consultant at Navigation Arts. He is the author of Dapt's Payroll Accounting Guide and writes and speaks regularly on payroll accounting, job costing, and labor cost visibility. Jim holds a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MS in Management for Organizational Effectiveness from Marymount University.

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Jarred began his career as an orthopaedic surgeon working in the trenches of healthcare, where he developed a deep understanding of how technology and innovation can maximize positive impact on the healthcare system. 

He invented a novel joint replacement system and has been named lead inventor on multiple approved and pending patents regarding orthopaedic surgery implants and surgical instruments. He has also co-developed surgical devices with established industry companies and received grant funding from such sources as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) as a clinician scientist. Jarred has authored dozens of peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, book chapters, and abstracts.

He has been a speaker on healthcare technology podcasts, conferences and events, and as Grand Rounds speaker at multiple hospitals across the country. His interest in entrepreneurship started as a teenager, when he authored a business plan for aircraft retrofits in the general aviation industry and presented it to the CEO of a publicly-traded aerospace company. More recently, he co-founded Unbreakable Nutrition, a venture that developed protein bars geared towards comprehensive musculoskeletal health.

Jarred completed his engineering undergraduate education at the Johns Hopkins University, graduating first in class from his engineering department. He earned his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition to maintaining a clinical position in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Hopkins, he was involved in parallel with the Clinical Innovation Program and held a dual appointment in the School of Engineering. Jarred is licensed to practice medicine in the State of Connecticut.

Jeff is a Venture Partner at Activate. His current investment portfolio includes Cypris and HighQA. He is actively involved with other companies at the firm, including Benefix, ScaleMatters and Bonsai.

His previous investments include College Avenue Student Loans (acquired by Thrivent), Premise Development Corporation (acquired by Eclypsis), SkillSurvey (acquired by Primus Capital), Current Analysis (acquired by Global Data Plc), Microtouch Systems (IPO), Multilink (acquired by PictureTel), MDI Instruments (acquired by Becton Dickinson), CareGain (acquired by Fiserv), Visual Networks (IPO), Millitech Corporation (IPO) and Intranets.com (acquired by WebEx).

Jeff is a generalist with wide-ranging investment interests and has been an advisor or a director of over 50 information technology and healthcare companies. He has been a senior partner and co-founder of three venture capital funds focused on the Mid-Atlantic region, including Leading Edge Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures, and Triad Investors Corporation.

Jeff began his investment career at Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation. He comes from an entrepreneurial family, having previously worked in several family businesses. He was instrumental in the turnaround and sale of Gitman Brothers, a leading men’s apparel manufacturer.

Jeff holds a BA in Philosophy from Hampshire College and a graduate degree in Urban Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Since joining the Board in 2023, Lisa McCarthy has provided invaluable guidance on Dapt's product-market alignment. A veteran of the accounting software industry, she co-founded Out of the Box Technology in 1999 and continues to lead strategic growth initiatives for the firm. Lisa is a sought-after speaker at national accounting conferences and holds extensive certifications in the QuickBooks ecosystem. Her unique ability to translate complex technical requirements into actionable business solutions helps ensure that Dapt's platform remains the gold standard for project-based financial integration.