Crosspoint Venture Partners Культура компании

Mr. James A. Dorrian, also known as Jim, serves as Western States Director at Ringwood Software Limited. Mr. Dorrian is a General Partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners. He focuses on investments in the e-business services sector. He was a Co-Founded Arbor Software Corp. in 1991 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1991 to January 1998. He also served as the President at Arbor Software Corp. until January 1997. He served as the President at Solutions Technology, Inc. He was the Western Region Director of Packaged Application Software at Thorn EMI computer software. He also served as an Area Sales Manager at Timesharing at Tymshare. He served as a District Sales Representative of Computer Hardware at NCR Financial Systems Division. He serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of 4DS Memory Limited and has been its Non-executive Director since December 07, 2015. He serves as the Chairman of 4D-S Limited. He served as Chairman of the Board and Director of Fitzroy Resources Ltd. since October 23, 2015. He served as the Chairman of the Board and Directors of Arbor Software Corp. He has been a Director of @pos.com, Inc. since October 2001. He serves as a Director of Vital Link Business Systems, Inc. and 4DS, Inc. He serves as a Director of Iteration. He served as a Director of Crossvue, Inc., ePropose, Inc. and Istante Software, Inc. He served as a Director of DemandTec, Inc. until February 2007. Mr. Dorrian also served as a Director of Infinity Financial Technology Inc., since July 1996. He was also the Founding Member of OLAP Standards Council. Mr. Dorrian holds a B.A. in Economics and Communication from Indiana University.

Ms. Dede Barsotti is the Chief Administrative Partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners. Previously, Ms. Barsotti was a Vice President and Controller at Raychem Corporation. She was also the Controller at BRAE Corporation and an Audit Senior at Arthur Andersen. Ms. Barsotti is a qualified C.P.A. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business with an emphasis in Finance and Accounting from University of California.

Mr. Richard W. Shapero, Rich, is a Managing Partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners. Mr. Shapero focuses on investments in broadband infrastructure and e-business services sector and is based in Crosspoint's Woodside office. Previously, Mr. Shapero served as Crosspoint's General Partner since 1983. He is also the Founder of three companies. From January to June 1992, Mr. Shapero was the Chief Operating Officer at Shiva Corporation. Earlier, he was a Vice President at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Shapero was also the President at TOPS and Senior Director of Marketing at AST Research, Inc. He also held marketing and sales positions at Informatics General Corporation and UNIVAC's Communications Divisionand Sagent since May 1995. Mr. Shapero serves as a Director of Digital Island, Inc., Diamond Lane Communications Corporation, NetBoost Corporation, Fabrik Communications, Inc., ObjectSwitch Corp., and Jetstream Communications, Inc. He served as a Director of Kabira Technologies, Inc. since its inception in 1996. Mr. Shapero served as a Director of iBEAM Broadcasting Corp. since 1998, Director of Covad Communications Group, Inc. since July 1997, and Bluestar Communications Group Inc., since March 1999. He served as a Director of Web.com Group, Inc. He was also a Director of Powerwave Technologies Inc and AristaSoft Corporation. Mr. Shapero received a B.A. degree in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley.

Mr. Robert A. Hoff, also known as Bob, has been a General Partner of Crosspoint Venture Partners since 1983. In 1983, Mr. Hoff established the Southern California Office for CrossPoint and extended coverage to the Southwest. Previously, Mr. Hoff served as the President at Marwit Capital Corporation. He served as an Executive at General Electric Co. He is a Director of Positron Access Solutions, Timeline Vista Inc., CoreLogic Dorado, LLC, and Tropian, Inc. Mr. Hoff serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Solis Capital Partners, LLC, NBX, Inc. and Miramar Venture Partners. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Encore Housing Opportunity Fund. He has been a Director of Sonoma Systems, Inc. since January 1998. He has been a Director of USWeb Corporation since February 1996. Mr. Hoff is involved as a first round investor and a Board Member in a number of companies, including Com21, iPivot and STAC. He served as a Director of Siemens Subscriber Networks LLC since July 1993 and PairGain Technologies Inc. since February 1989. He served as a Director of Electron Economy Inc., Tarari Inc., and Onyx Acceptance Corporation. He served as the President at Southern Pacific Regional Association of Small Business Investment Companies. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Hoff was a Director of National Venture Capital Association. He holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Bucknell University.