Bob Abbott
Since joining Norwest Venture Partners in 1998, Bob has focused primarily on infrastructure, systems and components. Bob sits on the board of Brand.net, ClariPhy, KACE, mBlox, Mozes, Occam Networks, Stream Processors and Zenverge. He has also worked with such companies as Embark, Escalate (acquired by GERS), mPower (acquired by Morningstar), Quantum Effect Devices (acquired by PMC-Sierra), and Summit Microelectronics. Bob was formerly a member of the board of directors of Covigo (acquired by Symbol Technologies), Resonext Communications (acquired by RF Micro Devices), and SideStep (acquired by Kayak).
Bob has nine years of operational experience in various roles, from engineering to marketing and product management. Before joining NVP, Bob was at Silicon Graphics. Prior to Silicon Graphics, Bob worked at IBM-ROLM Systems.
He holds a bachelor of science and a master of science in electrical engineering and an MBA, all from Stanford University.
Michael Brown
Michael is the Chairman of Line 6, one of the top 20 largest musical instrument companies and the largest worldwide supplier of guitar amplifiers. He currently serves on three public-company boards: Quantum Corporation, Symantec Corporation, and Nektar Therapeutics. Michael also serves on the president's advisory committee at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He was Chairman of EqualLogic, a networked storage business until Dell purchased the company for $1.4 billion in the largest all cash venture deal on record. From 1984 to 2003, Michael worked for Quantum Corporation, a leader in computer storage products. He served as Quantum's CEO from 1995-2002, and Chairman from 1998-2003. Earlier in his career with Quantum, he held numerous senior executive positions in general management and marketing. Michael's leadership created a work environment recognized in Fortune magazine's "100 Best Places to Work" two years in a row. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a BA in Economics from Harvard.
Jonathan Fram
Jonathan Fram joined Maveron in April 2006 as a General Partner, bringing more than 20 years of experience in digital media and telecommunications. He has held senior management positions with both startups and multinational corporations and startups. Most recently, Fram was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Doll Capital Management in Menlo Park, California. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Envivio, France Telecom's MPEG-4 mobile video and IPTV systems subsidiary. Prior to Envivio, Fram served as Chief Executive Officer of eVoice, a voice messaging company that was acquired by AOL Time Warner. Before joining eVoice, he was the President of Net2Phone which he took public and grew to $100 million in revenue before AT&T acquired a controlling interest in the company. Earlier in his career, Fram spent eight years at Bloomberg L.P. where he was General Manager of consumer media and responsible for Bloomberg's television, radio and internet media unit and reported directly to Michael Bloomberg. Prior to Bloomberg, Fram was the Chief Executive Officer of the Satellite Division of the Financial News Network and spent eight years as a technology securities and industry analyst at Bear Stearns &Co., Paine Webber, and Gartner Group, Inc. He began his professional career as a computer design engineer at IBM, after graduating from Princeton with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Fram currently serves on the boards of iBloks, Renkoo, VideoEgg, Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) and Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA).
Dorrian Porter
Dorrian is the founder and CEO of Mozes. He is an entrepreneur who co-founded HigherMarkets, an on-demand software company in March 2000. He later became CEO and led it to its acquisition by a Nasdaq listed company in 2002. Dorrian worked with the combined company until July 2005, where he helped significantly grow the business and shape the company's product offerings. Previously, Dorrian practiced law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, California where he represented a wide range of tech companies. Prior to joining WSGR, he worked in Canada as an associate at McCarthy Tetrault, an analyst at Harrowston, Inc. (now TD Capital) and at the Canadian Parliament, including the Prime Minister's Office. Dorrian received his law degree and MBA from the University of Toronto and a bachelor's degree in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Ottawa.
Paul Santinelli
Paul Santinelli joined the team at North Bridge Venture Partners in 2005, focusing on investments in Open Source, software, security, internet applications and infrastructure and communications. Previously, he served as director of Red Hat Network and was responsible for product definition, strategy, engineering, product management, marketing and lifecycle management for the company's flagship software services offering. Paul also served as the director of global information systems and technology during his tenure at Red Hat.
Prior to Red Hat, Paul was founder and CEO of NOCpulse, Inc., a Silicon Valley software startup focused on delivering the next generation enterprise systems management platform. NOCpulse was acquired by Red Hat in October 2002. While at NOCpulse, Paul was nominated for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002. Before founding NOCpulse, Paul was chief technology officer of Global Center and VP of technology for Global Crossing, a telecommunications company that built and operated the world's first independent global fiber optic network. During the past twelve years, Paul has held various engineering, product management and marketing positions in companies including Red Hat, IBM, Lotus Development and Compuware.
Prior to North Bridge, Paul served on the advisory boards of Arrowpoint Communications (acquired by Cisco), Inflow, Kiva Software (acquired by Netscape), Mobility.net (acquired by Software.com) and One Secure (acquired by Netscreen).
Paul received a B.S. from Emerson College in Boston.