- Steve Ballmer
Steven A. Ballmer is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates . Since then, Ballmer's leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company.
- Roelof Botha
Roelof Botha is a venture capitalist. He began his career as an actuary. He was the CFO of PayPal. Now he works for Sequoia Capital and sat on the board of directors of YouTube before its acquisition by Google. Botha sits on the board of Insider Pages, Meebo, and Xoom. Botha graduated from Stanford Business School in 2000. He also attended the University of Cape Town where he did a BSc in Actuarial Science, Economics, and Statistics.
- Jim Jorgensen
Future Inc - a sports agency (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the CEO). An early entry in female sports representation, Future Inc.’s clients included; Billie Jean, Chris Evert, Rosie Casals and golfers Sandra Palmer and Janie Blalock. It was eventually sold to Mark McCormack’s IMG (Hoffman 2006) King Enterprises – an international sports company. (Jorgensen was a co-founder and the CEO).
- Bob Kagle
With over 20 years of venture capital investment experience, Bob is a veteran of the venture industry. Prior to Benchmark, Bob spent 12 years as a General Partner with Technology Venture Investors. Before TVI, Bob worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he focused on issues of corporate strategy in industries ranging from retail distribution to high technology manufacturing.
- David Sze
David joined Greylock in 2000. His areas of focus include: consumer internet, wireless data, broadband, systems management, security, and technology-assisted marketing services. Before coming to Greylock, David was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. As an early employee at Excite, David also held roles as GM of Excite.com and VP of Content and Programming for the Excite Network. Before Excite, he was in product marketing and development at Electronic Arts and Crystal . . .
- Howard H. Leach
Howard H. Leach was United States Ambassador to France from 2001 to 2005. Born in Salinas, California, on June 19, 1930, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University in 1952. Ambassador Leach studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1953 and at Stanford Advanced Management College in 1968.
- Charles R. Schwab
Charles R. Schwab , 71, started his San Francisco-based firm in 1971 as a traditional brokerage company and in 1974 became a pioneer in the discount brokerage business. Mr. Schwab took an early lead, offering a combination of low prices with fast, efficient order executions, and soon became the nation's largest discount broker. Today, the company is one of the nation's leading financial services firms with approximately $1.2 trillion in client assets.
- Kevin Efrusy
Kevin joined Accel in 2003. His background is primarily as an entrepreneur and operating executive. He served two stints as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers where he started Corio, an ASP/SaaS pioneer which went public on Nasdaq and was acquired by IBM in 2005. Later he served as the first CEO of IronPlanet , an online marketplace for heavy equipment with current annual gross sales over $200M.
- Robin Richards Donohoe
Robin Richards Donohoe Robin Richards Donohoe has over fourteen years of experience in international venture capital as the General Partner of Draper International and Draper Richards venture funds. She and her partner, Bill Draper, gave a three year grant to Room to Read during its critical start up phase through the Draper Richards Foundation. She has personally funded libraries, computer labs and girls scholarships in Nepal and India.
- Jeffrey Pfeffer
Dr. Pfeffer has served on the faculties of the business schools at the University of Illinois and the University of California at Berkeley. During the academic year 1981-1982 he was the Thomas Henry Carroll-Ford Foundation Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
- Larry Buchalter
Larry Buchalter, Series A Investor & Chairman of the Board Larry Buchalter retired as a Partner from Goldman Sachs in early 2001. At Goldman, he worked with Fortune 500 companies on financing strategies and financial risk management. He also led the firm's high yield bond underwriting unit and co-led the firm's electronic commerce initiatives, served on the firm's technology committee and chaired its internet strategy committee.
- William Thorndike
William Thorndike more info » Board Member Alta Colleges, Inc. Executive Team
- Tod Sacerdoti
Tod M. Sacerdoti is the Chief Executive Officer of BrightRoll and co-founded the business in July, 2006. Under Sacerdoti's direction, BrightRoll has grown from conception into the premier video advertising network, having served billions of ads on behalf of the world's leading agencies and their clients and executed campaigns on more than two-thirds of the top 100 online media properties in the United States.
- Larry Kubal
Mr. Kubal has invested in seed and early stage information technology companies for the last 18 years. He is a founder of Labrador Ventures and serves as a managing partner of Labrador Ventures III, IV and V. Mr. Kubal is the Labrador representative with portfolio companies Aperto Networks, MeeVee, Pandora, Teraburst Networks and Veeker.
- Bill Elmore
In creating Foundation Capital in 1995, Bill was merely continuing his long history of building strong organizations from the inside. In addition to Venafi, Bill is currently serving on the board of directors for Onyx Software (ONXS), Wind River Systems (WIND), Atheros Communications, MarkMonitor, Packet Design, TeaLeaf Technology, Vernier Networks, Wherenet, Biz360, UxComm, SOLARFLARE Communications, SpringCM™, Quartics and Ambient Software.
- Andy Rachleff
Andy served as a Benchmark general partner from 1995 until 2004. Since the raising of our latest US fund, he has reduced his role to focusing on his existing portfolio companies and no longer evaluates new investments. With his free time, Andy serves as a lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and as an overseer for its School of Engineering and Applied Science.
- David Feinleib
David invests in Internet-enabled companies at MDV. Prior to MDV, David ran a profitable online advertising business. He founded Centeris, a venture funded company providing interoperability software for mixed Windows and Linux environments. Before Centeris, David was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Ignition Partners. David holds a B.A. from Cornell University, and an MBA from the Stanford.
- Sameer Gandhi
SAMEER GANDHI focuses on services and software investments. He is currently a Director of Aceva Technologies, Conformia, Elemental Security, Gracenote, Market Wire, Mirra, MarketLive and Trados. He is also responsible for Sequoia Capital's investments in eHarmony, Pacific Edge, and Sourcefire. Previously, Sameer was involved with eGroups (acquired by Yahoo) and MP3.com (acquired by Vivendi Universal).
- Bruce Dunlevie
Bruce is a seasoned veteran of venture capital with more than 18 years experience in high-tech investing. Prior to Benchmark, Bruce spent six years as a general partner with Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre (MPAE). Before MPAE, Bruce served as general manager of the Personal Computer Division of Everex Systems, which he founded and grew to a multi-hundred million-dollar business unit.
- Stephen T. McGrath
Stephen T. McGrath Director Since September 2004, Mr. McGrath has been the Chief Executive Officer of Spencer Trask Emerging Technologies Group, LLC where he is responsible for identifying, mentoring and realizing value in early stage companies in the communications, networking, information technology and Internet sectors in Silicon Valley, California.
- Ira Ehrenpreis
Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners Ira Ehrenpreis is a General Partner with Technology Partners, leading its Cleantech investment practice. Technology Partners is a 23 year old venture capital firm that has managed more than $750 million of investment capital investing in more than 100 companies. The majority of investments are in early stage companies.
- Fern Mandelbaum
Fern Mandelbaum Fern Mandelbaum is a Partner with Monitor Ventures. Fern is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO who specializes in creating and growing technology focused businesses. She was has worked with CEOs helping them develop and refine their business concepts, recruit management teams, key advisors and board members, implement fund raising strategies and establish strategic alliances.
- Jeff Brody
Jeff Brody is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in innovative technologies. Prior to Redpoint, Jeff was a general partner with Brentwood Venture Capital, a firm he joined in 1994. Before Brentwood, Jeff spent several years with Comdisco Ventures and Crosspoint Venture Partners.
- Sharon Wienbar
Sharon Wienbar Director, Scale Venture Partners Sharon invests in mobile, internet, and enterprise software companies at Scale Venture Partners, which she joined in 2001. Sharon sits on the boards of Bellamax, Biz360, Facetime Communications, Glu Mobile, Merchant Circle, and Reply.com . Prior to Scale VP, Sharon spent 15 years at Critical Path, Amplitude Software, Adobe Systems and Bain & Company.
- Allen Beasley
Allen Beasley Allen Beasley is a partner with Redpoint Ventures. Allen focuses on infrastructure and consumer media investments and currently serves on the Boards of Directors of several technology companies in addition to AirPlay. Prior to joining Redpoint, Allen was an associate with IVP, a firm he joined in 1998.
- Trae Vassallo
Trae Vassallo is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Since joining the firm in 2002, Trae has put her technical and entrepreneurial background to work with companies in two main areas of focus: Greentech and Consumer Internet.
- Jim Lussier
Jim, who joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2000, focuses on investments in software, services and consumer/Internet companies. He is a member of the board of directors of CollabNet, G2Switchworks, Hedgestreet, Mercora and OnVantage and is actively involved with Amberpoint. Jim was formerly a member of the board of directors of Acta Technology (acquired by Business Objects) and Escalate (acquired by GERS)and was actively involved in Arbortext (acquired by PTC) and Annuncio (acquired by . . .
- John Walecka
John Walecka , General Partner, Redpoint Ventures Mr. Walecka is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to founding Redpoint, Mr. Walecka was a general partner with Brentwood Venture Capital, a firm he joined in 1984. Mr. Walecka currently focuses on software infrastructure and security products in the enterprise as well as enabling products for the cable, consumer and broadband markets.
- Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Matt Murphy is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; he joined in 1999. His focus areas of investment include mobile applications and communications/computing infrastructure. Matt is either a Director or works closely with the management teams of Autonavi, Dash, Pelago, M2Z, IPUnity, Kodiak Networks, RGB Networks, Stoke, Ocarina, Xsigo, and eASIC.
- Samuel Colella
Samuel Colella has served as a director of Genomic Health since January 2001. In 1999, Mr. Colella co-founded Versant Ventures, a healthcare and biotechnology venture capital firm. From 1984 to 1999, Mr. Colella was a general partner of Institutional Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Mr. Colella currently serves as a director of Symyx Technologies, Inc. and a number of privately held technology and biotechnology companies.
- Robin Bellas
Robin has been a Partner at Morgenthaler since 1984 after working for ten years in general management in emerging growth companies. He was General Manager of the Electronics division of Harshaw before joining Morgenthaler. Earlier, Robin held marketing roles at Acurex, a venture-backed startup in Mountain View, California. After business school, Robin began his career at SHM Nuclear, a startup in Sunnyvale, California that was acquired by EMI Medical.
- George Snelling
George Snelling joined Microsoft in 1992 as a software designer for Microsoft Access. He held various design and management roles at Microsoft including Group Program Manager, Office. With Matt Bellew and Mark Igra he co-founded Westside in 1999, chaired by Paul Maritz, where he was CEO. After BEA acquired Westside he served as Director, Engineering and Product Management, WebLogic Workshop. At LabKey George manages the business.
- Jonathan S. Leff
Jonathan S. Leff Mr. Leff has served as a director since November 2000. Since January 2000, Mr. Leff has served as a General Partner of Warburg, Pincus & Co., which is the Managing Partner of Warburg Pincus LLC, and as a Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity investment firm. From January 1999 to December 1999, Mr. Leff served as a Vice President of Warburg Pincus LLC and as an Associate from July 1996 to December 1998.
- Christopher Schaepe
Chris Schaepe Chris is a founding partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with $2.3 billion under management. He has 11 years of venture capital experience and focuses on investments in the areas of networking, storage and semiconductors. Prior to joining Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners in 1991, Chris worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in corporate finance and capital markets roles. Previously, he was a software engineer at IBM.
- Allan Platt
Allan L. Platt Mr. Platt is a business strategist with over 20 years of experience in management consulting, corporate finance, and new venture development. He is a co-founder of Clareo Partners and has led new businesses, both for start-up companies as well as for established corporations. Mr. Platt worked at Accenture for six years where he was a consulting manager in the financial services group.
- Barry Eggers
Barry Eggers Co-Founder & General Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners Barry is a founding partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners, and focuses primarily on enterprise infrastructure, digital media, networking, and semiconductor investments. He has nine years of venture capital experience and ten years of operating experience.
- Heather Corcoran
Heather's recent projects include developing a comprehensive learning and development plan for a division of a Fortune 100 company, creating and running executive coaching programs for leaders in a rapidly growing consulting business, devising executive offsites and new training programs for a mid-stage technology company, and helping a fast-growing professional services firm develop strategies to move to the next level.
- Claire Wadlington
Claire joined FA Technology Ventures after a series of operating roles at venture-backed companies, most recently as VP of Finance & CFO of Cayman Systems, Inc. (telecommunications equipment). Claire was a member of the management team that sold Cayman to Netopia, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTPA). Prior to joining Cayman, Claire was CFO of a publishing and an Internet company. She had a primary role in the sale of the publishing company to United News & Media PLC (UNMPC).
- A. George Battle
A. George Battle Skip Battle is a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute and former CEO of Ask Jeeves Online Business Services. He is also a seminar moderator for the Aspen Institute, and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School and American University. Mr. Battle retired from Andersen Consulting in 1995, having joined the firm in 1968 and serving as a partner since 1978.
- Mike Bosworth
Mike Bosworth , Founding Partner, CustomerCentric Systems Mike Bosworth is a founding partner of CustomerCentric Systems, LLC. CustomerCentric Systems helps organizations shape their customer experience and build predictable revenue engines by integrating sales process with sales-ready marketing. Bosworth is the author of Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets (McGraw-Hill, 1993) and co-author of CustomerCentric Selling (McGraw-Hill, 2003).