Mr. Wright Steenrod is a Partner at Chrysalis Ventures, Inc since September 20, 2012. Mr. Steenrod leads the Technology Group and focuses on the media, technology and communications sectors. He was a previously a Principal at Chrysalis Ventures till September 20, 2012 and has entrepreneurial management experience. Mr. Steenrod joined as an Associate in 2001 and has been an 11 year veteran with the firm. He has also worked with management teams at Advanced Academics, Genscape and Appriss. Mr. Steenrod previously worked in investment banking and as a Senior Business Development Executive at a rapidly growing company preparing to go public and served as the Chief Financial Officer of a start-up technology transfer company, where he set strategic plans and raised equity and debt capital. Prior to this he was a Vice President of Business Development at Darwin Networks, Inc. He has also worked as an Investment Banker. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Steenrod worked at SunTrust Bank, Inc. as an Associate in mergers and acquisitions. Prior to SunTrust, he was a U.S. Marine Captain and served for five years in the United States Marine Corps., from where Mr. Steenrod was honorably discharged as a Captain. He is a Director of XLerant, Inc. since January 24, 2012 and Digitalsmiths Corporation since June 2007. Mr. Steenrod serves as a Director of Intervention Insights, Lucina Health, GoNoodle, New Life Solution, LLC (also known as meQuilibrium), CST, Straighterline, TechSkills, Ygnition Networks, Inc., CST (dba iSqFt), Regent Education, Inc., Continuum 700 LLC, CWK Network, Information Outfitters Inc. and SinglePipe. Mr. Steenrod also serves as a Member of the Entrepreneurship Council at the University of Louisville's College of Business and Public Affairs. Mr. Steenrod served as a Director of The Council for Entrepreneurial Development. He served as Director of SinglePipe Communications, Inc., bCatalyst Inc. and bCatalyst Advisors LLC. He served as a Director of Cybera, Inc., until September 16, 2015. He is active with investment groups throughout Middle America. Mr. Steenrod holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University.