• Mahendran Balachandran
• India
• Investments
• LinkedIn

M ahendran is a Partner at Accel. He has been venture investing in India since 2005. He is responsible for investments in Dovetail, EnterpriseNube, Inbiopro(acquired by Strides Arcolab), Mitra Biotech, Position2(acquired by Thismoment), Sconce, Trivoneand Vinculum. Prior to venture investing, Mahendran was Country General Manager of Apple, India, Chief Operating Officer of CoSystems (Telecom & Datacom Company), and General Manager of Tektronix India. He won the Leadership award and Best Country Award in Apple and several top achiever sales awards in Tektronix. He is an avid golfer and a wild life enthusiast. Africa is his favourite holiday destination. Mahendran holds a MBA degree from IIM Bangalore and a B.Tech degree from REC Warangal. He was a merit scholarship holder at IIM Bangalore and REC Warangal.

• Jonathan Biggs
• London
• Operations

A s Accel London’s CFO since 2001, Jonathan Biggs is responsible for London’s operational activities. Prior to joining Accel, Jonathan held a strategic role at AXA Investment Managers, and before that worked at Deutsche Bank and Mirabaud & Cie in London. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant from PWC having focused on asset management. Jonathan currently chairs the BVCA PR and Communications Committee and is a member of WEF’s Risk Response Unit. Jonathan holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Bristol.

• Philippe Botteri
• London
• Investments
• @pbotteri
• LinkedIn

P hilippe joined Accel in 2010 after working in the technology industry for the past 15 years, including close to ten years in Silicon Valley. He is responsible for the firm’s investment in Blablacar, the leading European ridesharing community, Docusign, the global SaaS leader in electronic signature and Hailo the global cab e-hailing mobile network. He also co-led Accel's investment in HouseTrip, the next generation holiday rental booking website. Prior to joining Accel, Philippe worked five years in the Menlo Park office of Bessemer Venture Partners, a global venture firm, where he led or supported investments in early and late stage companies in the US and Europe, including: Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), EloquaNASDAQ: ELOQ), Criteo, Bizo, Intacct and Retail Solutions. Before joining Bessemer, Philippe spent eight years with the high-tech practice of McKinsey&Co. in Silicon Valley and Europe, specializing in the software and Internet industries. During that time, Philippe led the development of Internet start-ups, was a key contributor to the firm's work with "on-demand" software, and advised clients on sales, marketing, and growth strategies. Philippe began his career as a business manager with the Danone Group. He also served in the French Navy. In addition to his native French, he is fluent in Italian and loves Italian food. Philippe lives in London with his wife Helene and likes surfing, snowboarding and martial arts. A frequent speaker at cloud-computing events, Philippe has authored several articles on SaaS and cloud computing that can be found on his blog "Cracking the code" - http://bit.ly/ZnSaBg. Philippe holds an MS in Science from the Ecole Polytechnique and an MS in Applied Engineering from the Ecole des Mines.

• Kirk Bowman
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

K irk Bowman joined Accel in 2011. Prior to Accel, Kirk's most recent operational experience was as the Sales Executive at Equallogic, a leading storage system company, which was acquired by Dell Inc. in 2008 for $1.4 billion. In the 20 years prior to Equallogic, Kirk held sales executive and general management positions at several category defining companies: VMware, Inktomi, Model N, Object Design, and Parametric Technology Corporation. This diverse background has allowed Kirk to develop industry experience with multiple technologies and sales strategies. Kirk currently serves on the board of various private companies, including Atlassian (software development and collaboration solutions), Code 42 (enterprise, SMB and consumer data backup solutions), Nimble Storage (next generation storage technology), Coverity (software integrity), Datameer (Hadoop solutions), and Delphix (database virtualization). Kirk also advises several other private companies in sales strategy. Kirk is a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches a course in building and managing professional sales organizations. He lives in Saratoga, California with his wife and two children. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.

• Andrew Braccia
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn

A ndrew Braccia joined Accel in 2007, bringing with him a decade of operational and leadership experience. Andrew currently sits on the board of Cloudera, the distributor of the popular Apache Hadoop open source software package; OpenX, the world's leading open source ad server; High Gear Media, a next generation automotive content and advertising network; Vox Media, a global Internet media company that currently has two major editorial brands, SB Nation and The Verge; TRUSTe, the leading internet privacy services provider; Tiny Speck, a technology company with a mission to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant and more productive; Squarespace, a premier web publishing platform; 99designs, an online marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design; Kekanto, a Brazilian online marketplace for user reviews and recommendations; Prezi, a cloud-based presentation and collaboration service; and CardSpring, an application platform for payment cards. Andrew also was part of the team that led Accel’s investment in Ozforex, an online foreign exchange payments platform. Prior to Accel, Andrew held a variety of executive positions in business development, general management, and operations over nearly a decade-long career at Yahoo! Prior to his departure, he was responsible for running the Search and Marketplace group which included Web Search, Flickr, Yahoo! Answers, and Yahoo!’s commerce properties (Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Real Estate, and Yahoo! Autos). Andrew also played a significant role in the acquisition and integration of several companies, including Del.icio.us, Inktomi, Overture, Alta Vista, and FAST. Andrew currently serves on the National Board of Advisors for DonorsChoose.org, an online charity connecting donors to teachers and students in need.

• Jim Breyer
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @jimihendrixlive

J im is passionate about social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy, contemporary and modern art, photography, film, wine, and music. He actively supports numerous educational and environmental non-profit initiatives.Jim is a Partner at Accel and is the President of Accel Management Company. Jim has been an investor in over 30 consumer Internet, media, and technology companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. Several of these investments returned over 100 times their initial cost and many of these investments have returned over 25 times their cost to investors. In 2012 and 2011, Forbes ranked Jim #1 in its Midas List of top technology investors. Fortune Magazine also named Jim the #1 smartest investor in technology, and one of the 10 smartest people in all of technology. In October, 2012, Jim was named to the Vanity Fair New Establishment Hall of Fame, and in June, 2012, he received the Silicon Valley Lifetime Visionary Award. In December, 2012, he was named AlwaysOn Venture Capitalist of the Year. In February, 2013, Jim was elected a fellow of the Harvard Corporation, Harvard University's senior governing board. Jim led Accel's investment in Facebook (FB) in April, 2005, and has served on the Board of Directors since that time. He is the founding Chairman of the Facebook Compensation Committee. Jim is also currently on the board of directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (WMT) and Dell Inc (DELL). In October, 2011, Jim was elected to the board of News Corporation (NWS) where his focus is on the 20th Century Fox film studios and digital/Internet strategies. Effective upon the completion of the separation in 2013 of News Corporation, Jim will be a member of the board of 21st Century Fox. Previously, Jim served on the board of Brightcove (BCOV), where he invested in the Series A round in 2005, as well as Model N (MODN). Jim also served on the board of Marvel Entertainment (MVL) up until their acquisition by Disney (DIS), and he was founding Chairman of Marvel’s Strategic Planning Committee.Jim is currently the lead/co-lead Investor/Director in several privately-held companies such as Etsy (since 2007), Legendary Pictures, and several others.Jim is co-founder, and on the Strategic Investment Committee/Board of IDG-Accel China Funds and Accel-KKR, and was a Founding Insight Partner of Technology Crossover Investors (TCV).Earlier, Jim worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, and in product marketing and management at Apple, Inc. and Hewlett Packard.Jim is a former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, and a former President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. He is a member of the Harvard University Global Advisory Council, and on the Board of the Dean's Advisors of the Harvard Business School. He also serves on the board of Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Epicenter, the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation, Technet and is a Trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and of The Menlo School. Jim is Chairman of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund and former Chairman of the Harvard Business School California Research Center. In December 2005, Jim was appointed an Honorary Professor at the 1,000 year-old Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China.Jim graduated with Distinction from Stanford University with a BS and from Harvard University with an MBA, where he was named a Baker Scholar (top 5% of class).

• Mike Chan
• Silicon Valley
• Venture
• LinkedIn

M ike joined Accel as an Entrepreneur in Residence in November of 2012. Previously, Mike led all platform development at Three Laws Mobility Inc. (3LM), a start-up focused on providing enterprise security and device management for mobile devices. 3LM was acquired in 2010 by Motorola Mobility Inc., which was later acquired by Google Inc. At 3LM, Mike led all client-side development, including both Android operating-system level software development as well as Java application development. The system software that Mike developed at 3LM was integrated into and pre-installed onto tens of millions of Android devices worldwide distributed by a dozen different original device manufacturers, greatly enhancing the enterprise functionality of these devices. Prior to 3LM, Mike worked as a systems engineer on the Android team for several years. During this time, Mike worked on different areas of the Android operating system, including security, application management, and power management. Mike served as tech lead for Power Management for Android from 2008 to 2010. Prior to his work on the Android team, Mike worked on the platforms team in Google, the team responsible for Google's internal infrastructure. While at Google, Mike was also the recipient of a Founders Award, the highest employee award at Google, given for extraordinary entrepreneurial achievement by a team at Google (in this case, the Android team). Mike received a baccalaureate of science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington.

• Meera Chandrasekhar
• India
• Operations

M eera is the Financial Controller at Accel India. She brings more than 15 years of experience in the financial operations of private equity and venture capital. Prior to joining Accel, Meera was with Sequoia Capital as their Finance Manager, and she also worked for Actis Private Equity for eight years. Meera holds a Bachelor's of Commerce degree from Osmania University and is also a graduate of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.

• Abhinav Chaturvedi
• India
• Investments
• @AbhinavC
• LinkedIn

A bhinav is a Senior Associate at Accel India. Before joining Accel, Abhinav held engineering, product and program management positions at Amazon.com where he worked on building online payment systems. Abhinav holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

• Peter Clarke
• Silicon Valley
• Venture
• @clarkematter
• LinkedIn

P eter joined Accel in 2013 as the firm’s Talent Partner. He is focused on cultivating relationships with talented people and bringing them together with the great entrepreneurs of Accel’s portfolio to build world-changing companies. Prior to Accel, Peter was Vice President of Talent at Greylock Partners. He joined Greylock from True, a boutique retained executive search firm, where he was a founding partner. He began his executive search career as a consultant with a leading national boutique before becoming a part of the venture capital practice at Heidrick & Struggles. During his tenure in executive search, Peter placed senior executives across a range of industries and roles with top-tier venture backed start-ups as well as public companies. Before his career paradigm shift into executive talent, he was a lead integration architect for Boeing where he helped define the framework for the comprehensive services system that would support Boeing's newest airplane. He joined Boeing as a part of a selective career development program, where he completed assignments in six different functional areas of the information technology organization. Not wanting to be easily categorized, he started his professional career in graphic design at an agency that specialized in branding, corporate identity, and consumer packaging. Peter holds a Masters degree in Software Development and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelors degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Brockport.

• Bud Colligan
• Silicon Valley
• Venture
• LinkedIn

B ud Colligan focuses on software, digital media, education, and cloud computing investments at Accel Partners, which he joined in 1998. Bud sits on the board of directors of Yodlee and lynda.com and is an investor in and adviser to Days of Wonder, Wheelhouse and NextSpace. Bud was an Investor and Board Member at CNET Networks, acquired by CBS (NYSE: CBS); Brightmail, acquired by Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC); and S3 Corporation, acquired by Via Technologies (TSE: 2388.tw). 

• Kevin Comolli
• London
• Investments
• @kevincomolli

K evin joined Accel in 2000, and has been active in international start-ups, general management, and venture capital investing for 26 years. Kevin is responsible for Accel London's investments in Alfresco, Atlassian, Etsy, Getjar, Knewton, Lot18, Simplivity, Supercell, and Varonis. Kevin led Accel's investment in Playfish (acquired by Electronic Arts), Diligent (acquired by IBM), Icera (acquired by Nvidia), and Cape Clear (acquired by Workday). Prior to joining Accel, Kevin spent four years as a London-based Partner at Doughty Hanson & Co. Before joining Doughty Hanson & Co., Kevin spent two years as Executive Director at Goldman Sachs International. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Kevin spent 14 years with Fanuc, the world-leader in robotics and numerical controls. Fanuc develops and deploys full automation systems incorporating advanced hardware, software and communications technology. Over his 14-year career with Fanuc, he held various board, general management, sales, marketing, and engineering positions in EMEA and the U.S. Kevin is an active member of the World Economic Forum and is on the Selection Committee of the WEF Technology Pioneers Programme. In 1982, Kevin graduated with highest distinction from Northwestern University with a BS degree in Engineering. In 1987 he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

• Anand Daniel
• India
• Investments
• @adanie2
• LinkedIn

A nand focuses on investments in healthcare, education and information technology. Before joining Accel, Anand was with Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston, where he focused on early stage investments across a range of industries. He represented Flybridge as an observer on the boards of CHiL Semiconductor (acquired by International Rectifier), Digital Lumens, and Sciformix. Previously, Anand spent several years in key engineering and product management positions at Intel Corporation, working on cutting-edge microprocessor products. He also worked for Intel Capital, where he helped formulate the strategy for investments in the Terascale computing ecosystem. Outside of work, Anand enjoys cricket, squash, running, and playing the guitar. Anand holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and a BE in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras.

• Alexis de Belloy
• London
• Investments
• LinkedIn

A lexis has over a decade of experience building internet companies in Europe. Before joining Accel Partners, Alexis was one of the first European employees for HomeAway (Nasdaq: AWAY), the world's leading online marketplace for the vacation rental industry. He helped guide the company to IPO, first as head of all European businesses, then as SVP for North America. Before HomeAway, Alexis helped launch eBay’s European operation and ran Match.com in France and Benelux. He also founded, built and served as CEO of Fotango.com, a European online photo company that he sold to Canon. Alexis started his career in manufacturing, working for Alcatel’s optical fiber cable division in France and China. He holds mechanical and industrial engineering degree from ICAM in France and an MBA from Stanford University.

• Sonali De Rycker
• London
• Investments
• @sonalidr
• LinkedIn

S onali has been active in the European venture business for 12 years focusing on investments in the consumer internet and digital media sectors. Sonali is responsible for investments in KupiVIP, Wonga, Seatwave.com, StylistPick, Spotify, and Top10. Sonali is also an independent director on the board of IAC. Prior to Accel, Sonali was a Partner at Atlas Venture in London where she invested primarily in internet and software as a service businesses. While at Atlas Venture she led investments in Moo, Globoforce, Skinstore (acquired by Drugstore.com) and Seatwave. She was also a board member at Magicalia (acquired by Exponent Private Equity) and Moreover (acquired by Verisign). Sonali started her career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in New York City where she was actively involved in M&A and financings for a number of clients including many high-growth technology businesses. While at Goldman Sachs, Sonali co-founded the Business Development Group, a new business unit within the investment banking division successfully set up to exclusively source and execute on acquisitions of smaller, fast-growing businesses for the Fortune 50. Sonali was born and raised in Bombay, India and speaks fluent Hindi and some Punjabi. She attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania where she received a full merit-based scholarship and graduated magna cum laude in Economics with Honours. Sonali holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

• Mariana Donangelo
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn

M ariana joined Accel in 2011 and focuses on investments in software, internet, technology-enabled services, and digital media companies. She is also actively involved with Accel’s efforts in Brazil/Latin America. Mariana was a part of the team that led Accel’s investment in Despegar, Latin America’s leading online travel agency, and Baby.com.br, a Brazilian online retailer of baby products. Prior to joining Accel, Mariana was an Associate with Brazil-based Pátria Investimentos – a partner of Blackstone - in their Private Equity unit. At Pátria, she worked with portfolio companies in acquisitions, capital markets deals, and strategic planning. Before Pátria, Mariana worked in the risk management unit of BBM Bank in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mariana holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

• Alex Duncan
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @ahduncan
• LinkedIn

A lex joined Accel in 2012 and focuses on investments in software/SaaS, consumer Internet, and digital media. Prior to joining Accel, Alex worked at Goldman Sachs in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group in the Investment Banking Division. At Goldman Sachs, Alex worked on M&A and financings with companies in software, Internet, networking, and cloud computing. He previously founded a clean-technology company focused on increasing fuel economy and lowering emissions. Additionally, Alex worked at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels, Belgium developing strategic defense initiatives. Alex is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was a catcher for the Army baseball team, and graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in Accounting and Political Science.

• Kevin Efrusy
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn

K evin Efrusy's background is primarily as an entrepreneur and operating executive. Kevin joined Accel in 2003. He served two stints as an entrepreneur when he started Corio, an ASP/SaaS pioneer that went public on Nasdaq and was acquired by IBM in 2005. Later, he built and served as the first CEO of IronPlanet, an online marketplace for heavy equipment with current annual gross sales over $500 million. Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Kevin worked at Zip2 and Bain & Company. Kevin focuses primarily on consumer Internet services and next generation business software, and he also is responsible for much of the firm’s efforts in Brazil and Latin America. Within consumer services, he serves on the boards of BranchOut, Medio Systems, and Capital Access Networks. He formerly served on the board of Groupon. Kevin also sourced Accel’s investment in Facebook. Within next-generation business software he serves on the board of Couchbase. In Brazil/Latin America, Kevin led the firm’s investments in Despegar, Mind Lab, Shoes4You and Elo7. Prior boards and investments include Terracotta (acquired by Software AG), Xensource (acquired by Citrix for $500 million), SpringSource (acquired by VMWare for $420 million) and BBN Technologies (acquired by Raytheon). In 2011, Kevin was listed at #6 of the Forbes Midas List of Top 100 Tech Investors. Kevin has an MSEE, BSEE, and BA in Economics all from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller scholar.

• Jim Flach
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

J im Flach held a wide range of positions in the communications and software industries, in which he worked for over 30 years. A Partner with Accel for 10 years, he was formerly Chairman of Agile Networks (Lucent), Netlink (Cabletron), Sentient Networks (Cisco), Teleos Communications (Madge Networks), and Vivo Software. Jim has served as CEO of Terraspring, Teleos, Bandwidth9, Hybrid Networks, Redback Networks, and Sentient Networks. He also serves on the board of Bandwidth9, CenterBeam, GoDigital Telecommunications, Hybrid Networks, P-Cube, Primarion, Vertical Networks, and Terraspring. Previously, Jim was Vice President of Intel where he was General Manager of the Personal Computer Enhancement Division. He came to Intel in 1989 when Intel acquired his communications company, Jupiter Technology, where he had been CEO since 1986. Prior to joining Intel, Jim held numerous business and technical positions during a 17-year career at Xerox Corporation, including Vice President of Systems Engineering, and Vice President and General Manager of the Network Systems Business Unit, and was responsible for the worldwide P&L of the Xerox Network business. Jim holds a BS in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MS in Applied Mathematics from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

• Jake Flomenberg
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn
• Email

J ake joined Accel in 2012. He has over a decade of experience building innovative software products. He focuses on early stage investments in next generation infrasture and data-driven services and is part of the team responsible for Accel's Big Data Fund. Jake currently sits on the board of Origami Logic, provider of a visual Big Data analytics platform for marketers, Trifacta, creator of radical productivity software for data preparation and analysis, and Sumo Logic, a cloud-based log management and analytics solution. Prior to Accel, Jake was Director of Product Management at Splunk where he was responsible for Splunk's user interface and Big Data strategy. Previously, he worked at Cloudera where he helped the founding team tackle a broad array of sales, marketing, and product issues. Earlier in his career, Jake was a member of Lockheed Martin's Engineering Leadership Development Program and held several roles ranging from software development to business strategy and M&A. Jake holds a B.S.E. in Computer Science, Electrical Computer Engineering, and Economics from Duke University, an M.S.E in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

• Sameer Gandhi
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn
• Email

S ameer joined Accel in 2008. Prior to joining Accel, Sameer was a Partner with Sequoia Capital, where he led investments such as Barracuda Networks, Dropbox, eHarmony, Gracenote (acquired by Sony), Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE), and Trulia (NYSE: TRLA). Sameer previously worked at Broadview, an investment banking firm specializing in technology mergers and acquisitions, and at Oracle. Sameer is the former President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and has been named to the Forbes Midas List for Top Tech Investors. Sameer has a BSEE and MSEE from M.I.T. and an MBA from Stanford.

• Martin Gibson
• London
• Venture
• @martincgibson
• LinkedIn

M artin has been active in international technology start-ups and venture capital since 1991 and focuses primarily on mobile technologies. He sits on the boards of Cambridge Broadband Networks, CarrierIQ, Dragonplay, Discretix, Mippin, MyThings, Pontis, Telepo, Ubiquisys, and watAgame. He was also a board member at The Cloud (acquired by BSkyB). Prior to Accel, Martin was a Partner at Atlas Venture in London where he invested primarily in communications and semiconductor businesses for 9 years. Whilst at Atlas Venture, he sat on the boards of DisplayLink, Phyworks (acquired by Maxim), Azea Networks (acquired by Xtera), and Zinwave. Martin also supported numerous investments including Orthogon Systems (acquired by Motorola) and Icera Semiconductor (acquired by nVidia). Previously he was a general manager and consultant at Scientific Generics (now Sagentia), a business & technology consulting firm, focused on new technology-enabled products and services. Earlier in his career, while at start-ups Cellstack and Madge Networks, he was responsible for leading development of video and data communications products for enterprise markets. Martin has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, a BA in Electrical & Information Science from Cambridge University, and is qualified as a Chartered Engineer.

• Rob Glaser
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

R ob has been active in the software industry as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor for nearly 30 years. At Accel, he focuses on digital media technology, social media, and mobile services. Rob is currently Chairman of RealNetworks, which he founded in 1994. In addition to his role as Chairman, Rob served as Real’s CEO from February 1994 until January 2010, leading the company from scratch to over $500 million in revenue. In 1995, Real introduced the groundbreaking RealAudio which created the market for real-time streaming of audio. Over the succeeding 15 years, Real has continued to innovate in Internet digital entertainment. Real (Nasdaq: RNWK) was funded by Accel Partners in 1995 and went public in 1997. Prior to founding RealNetworks, Rob worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems. Before joining Microsoft, Rob founded his first company, Ivy Research, in 1981 to make games for the newly launched IBM PC. Rob has also been an early stage investor in several successful technology companies including TellMe, PlanetOut, and SmileBox. In addition to his commercial activities, Rob has been active in community and civic work. In 1993, Rob founded The Glaser Progress Foundation, focused on four program areas: Measuring Progress, Animal Advocacy, Independent Media, and Treatment and Prevention of Global HIV/AIDS. Rob has also served on several non-profit boards and committees, including his appointment by President Clinton to the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters. He currently serves on the Yale University Council, and is President of the RealNetworks Foundation. Rob lives in Seattle with his wife and their twins. Rob is a 1983 graduate of Yale University, with a BA and MA in Economics and a BS in Computer Science.

• Bruce Golden
• London
• Investments
• @BruceGolden
• LinkedIn

B ruce joined Accel Partners in 1997 and primarily focuses on investments in enterprise software and internet companies. Bruce is passionate about working with entrepreneurs in the earliest phases of company formation and has helped develop several companies from first venture investment to NASDAQ IPO, including comScore (SCOR), Responsys (MKTG), and Support.com (SPRT). In 2004, Bruce led Accel’s investment in Qliktech, and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors. Qliktech went public on NASDAQ in July 2010, and Accel’s investment is one of the largest venture returns of any European-originated company in history. Bruce was named by Forbes in their 2011 and 2012 Midas list of the top 100 venture investors. Bruce has been an active investor in both the U.S. and Europe and has a deep appreciation for helping companies create category-defining businesses that span multiple countries. Bruce is also actively involved in investing Accel’s Big Data Fund. Bruce currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at several private and public companies, including Causata, Correlsense, Forgerock, MindCandy, MyHeritage, OpenGamma, Qliktech (QLIK - NASDAQ), Responsys (MKTG-NASDAQ) and Streambase. Bruce was also responsible for Accel's investment in Amobee (acquired by SingTel), Ajuba Solutions (acquired by Interwoven, Inc.), comScore (SCOR), Dapper (acquired by Yahoo), eCommerce Industries Inc. (acquired by Insight Venture Partners), Exchange.com (acquired by Amazon.com), Itemfield (acquired by Informatica), Moneyline-Telerate (acquired by Reuters), Offermatica (acquired by Omniture), and Support.com (SPRT - NASDAQ). Prior to Accel, Bruce held executive marketing and sales positions at Illustra Information Technologies, a pioneer in the area of object-relational databases. In 1996 Illustra merged with Informix Software, where Bruce became General Manager of the Data Warehouse Business Development Unit. Prior to Illustra, Bruce spent eight years at Sun Microsystems in a variety of leadership roles, including launching Sun's efforts into the financial services market, moving to Hong Kong to help establish the Sun Asia subsidiary, and managing the market development organization. Bruce is an active member of the World Economic Forum and is on the Selection Committee of the WEF Technology Pioneers Programme. Bruce holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Columbia University.

• Theresia Gouw
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @tgr
• LinkedIn

T heresia was responsible for several of Accel's investments which have had successful acquisitions or IPO exits, including AdECN (MSFT), CRS Retail Systems (EPIC), Interlace Systems (ORCL), Imperva (IMPV), Kosmix (WMT), PeopleSupport (PSPT), Trulia (TRLA), Xoopit (YHOO) and Zimbra (YHOO). Theresia was part of the Walmart.com (WMT) investment team, and she currently serves on the board of directors of several private & public companies in both the consumer Internet (Birchbox, Glam Media, Hotel Tonight, LearnVest, ModCloth, Trulia) and security sectors (Imperva, TRUSTe). Prior to joining Accel, Theresia was founding Vice President of Business Development & Sales at Release Software, a venture-backed company that developed products to enable digital rights management and payment technologies for the software industry. Earlier, she worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company and a product manager at Silicon Graphics. Theresia serves as a Fellow on Brown University's Corporation Board, on the board of directors of DonorsChoose.org and as a member of The Stanford GSB Advisory Council and DAPER Investment Fund. Theresia has contributed to Fortune.com, The NYTimes, The Wall Street Journal, appeared on CNBC’s Women in Power series, Bloomberg TV, and Fox TV. Theresia holds an ScB in Engineering from Brown University, magna cum laude, and an MBA from Stanford University.

• Stephanie Ichinose
• Silicon Valley
• Venture
• LinkedIn

S tephanie has more than 17 years of experience in driving communications for some of the most well regarded consumer tech companies including Yelp, Yahoo! and Sony Computer Entertainment America. As Marketing Partner, Stephanie will be responsible for managing the Accel Partners brand and advising entrepreneurs in the Accel portfolio on their strategic positioning and communications strategies. Most recently Stephanie served as Yelp’s Senior Director of Communications overseeing a crackerjack team of six. She was hired as their first communications strategist in 2006 and was an integral part of the company in it’s growth from Series A to IPO, and on to the public markets. As the company grew from 17 employees to more than 1,300 employees, she scaled the communications team to support the rapidly expanding business both domestically and internationally. Stephanie drove strategic positioning, brand messaging, media training for Yelp’s massive community management team, and product releases (dotcom, mobile apps, mobile web and country launches). Prior to Yelp, Stephanie oversaw communications for Yahoo!’s Search and Marketplace business unit, and also worked closely with entrepreneurs on acquisition announcements such as Flickr, Upcoming.org and del.icio.us. Before that, she lived the glamorous pr life while at Sony Computer Entertainment America launching game titles and arguably the biggest consumer product launch of 2000, the PlayStation2; and cut her teeth quickly learning all the basics of public relations during her time at Hill & Knowlton. Stephanie holds a B.S. in Communications from California State Polytechnic University of California

• Dilip James
• India
• Venture

D ilip has 26 years of strategic and operational experience in retail, consumer, and Internet-enabled businesses. For the past two years, Dilip has been an Independent Strategic Advisor to various firms. Previously as EVP at Reliance Retail, he was responsible for marketing and operations of the wholesale and distribution business. At the RPG group, he was part of the founding team at that set up various organized retail formats in India. Dilip was also an entrepreneur for seven years as Promoter Director at Network Solutions Pvt Ltd, acquired by IBM in 2005. At ICIM, he held various marketing roles in India and Europe. Dilip is a frequent contributor to leading business publications. Dilip holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering.

• Christian Jensen
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @CMcJensen
• LinkedIn

C hristian is a Vice President at Accel and focuses on investments in SaaS, enterprise, and mobile; and helps lead the firm’s efforts in Brazil and Latin America. Christian helped lead Accel’s investments in and ongoing work with Airwatch, Code42, HasOffers, and Plex Systems. Prior to Accel, Christian was an Associate at AEA Investors in New York, where he evaluated and executed investments in technology-enabled services, distribution, consumer, healthcare, defense, and industrial companies. Christian was previously worked at Aetos Capital and Merrill Lynch, both in New York. Christian holds an MBA from Stanford where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and a BA from Yale, where he was captain of the hockey team and a member of the lacrosse team.

• Dinesh Katiyar
• India
• Venture
• LinkedIn

B efore joining Accel India, Dinesh was Vice President at Citrix, where he managed a suite of cloud and virtualization products. At Accel, he focuses on early stage cross-border (U.S./India) companies, in such areas as technology, Internet, and mobile. Dinesh has been a successful serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. He was a Founder at iLeverage (acquired by E.piphany) and SayNow (acquired by Google), and CEO at Small Device (acquired by Digital Chocolate). He also held positions with Sun and Motorola. Dinesh holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur, India.

• Shekhar Kirani
• India
• Investments
• @skirani
• LinkedIn

S hekhar has been an active angel investor in Bangalore since 2007 and has advised several early stage startups in and around Bangalore. Before joining Accel, Shekhar headed VeriSign India as Country Manager. Shekhar serves on the boards of FreshDesk, HotelLogix, Mobstac and SureWaves. Before VeriSign India, Shekhar worked as Vice President at VeriSign in Mountain View in their mobile division. Before VeriSign, Shekhar worked closely with Philippe Kahn in creating LightSurf Technologies, which was acquired by VeriSign in 2005. Before LightSurf, Shekhar worked as part of the management team at Starfish Software, which was acquired by Motorola in 1998. Shekhar started his career at Texas Instruments in Bangalore and then worked for Wipro Technologies. Post his studies, he worked at Qwest (U.S. West Technologies) in Boulder, Colorado. Shekhar holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, an ME from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and a BE in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India.

• Michiel Kotting
• London
• Investments
• @mkotting
• LinkedIn

M ichiel started working in technology as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley in 1999, when he founded Digital Jones, an online shopping assistant. He successfully sold the company to Shopping.com, a company he then helped manage from New York and Israel. Before joining Accel Partners he was based in Amsterdam helping start-up companies with strategy and funding. Previously he managed the local operations of a global healthcare company in Latin America after spending time at their US headquarters as assistant to the CEO. He started his career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Michiel has an MSc in Applied Physics from Delft University of Technology, and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School.

• Gagan Kumar
• India
• Venture
• LinkedIn

B efore joining Accel India, Gagan was a Partner at Erasmic Venture Fund. At Accel, he focuses on SaaS and education investments. Previously, Gagan was VP Operations at Mu Sigma and helped scale their delivery center in Bangalore. He serves on the boards of TooStep and CommonFloor. Prior to Mu Sigma, Gagan was at Accenture at their India Development Center. He contributed to the development of capabilities and delivery frameworks around Project Management Maturity. Prior to Accenture, Gagan was with Trigyn Technologies U.S., an IT services firm where he managed their large accounts and set up Trigyn's operations in Singapore. Gagan worked with NIIT, Wipro Systems, and GE Medical in various capacities, across Asia-Pacific. Gagan graduated from IIT Kanpur and completed his MBA at IIM Bangalore.

• Vinod Kumar Menon
• India
• Operations
• LinkedIn

V inod is the General Counsel at Accel India. He is a corporate and commercial legal professional with over 14 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions, cross-border investments, private equity, and venture capital fund transactions. Vinod formerly worked as Vice President – Legal for ICICI Venture, where he was involved in a wide range of corporate and commercial law assignments. Prior to joining ICICI Venture, Vinod was associated with Dr. Kainth & Associates, a corporate law firm in Bangalore for six years. Vinod holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Kerala University, and Bachelor's degree in Law from Bangalore University, India.

• Sara Lannin
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @slannin
• LinkedIn
• Email

S ara has focused on early stage investments at Accel Partners since 2011. Prior to joining Accel, Sara earned an M.A. in Digital Media Studies from the Stanford University Communication department, which allowed her to study social media and consumer Internet trends from an academic perspective. Sara’s graduate thesis focused on the potential benefits of social media for social good. Outside of Stanford, Sara honed her interest in technology through work experience in product management, corporate communications, marketing, and social media at OpenTable, Facebook, and Yahoo! News. Originally from Edina, Minnesota, Sara now lives in San Francisco.

• Cynthia Leung
• Silicon Valley
• Operations

C ynthia joined Accel in 2001. As Controller, Cynthia is responsible for financial reporting, tax planning/reporting as well as the day-to-day management of operations, and accounting matters. Prior to joining Accel, Cynthia was a Senior Financial Analyst in the Professional Services division at Lucent Technologies, where she was responsible for various finance functions including budgeting, planning, and reporting. Prior to that, Cynthia was a key member in the finance team for two start-up companies in the Bay Area and a marketing and design firm in Maryland. Cynthia graduated from University of Maryland with a BS in Accounting.

• Ping Li
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @ping_accel
• LinkedIn
• Email

P ing has been with Accel Partners since 2004. He focuses on early stage and growth software and digital media investments. He is also responsible for Accel's Big Data Fund.Within software, Ping is currently a board member of Cloudera, Code 42, Lookout, Nimble Storage, RelateIQ, Tenable Network Security and Trifacta. Within digital media, he currently serves on the boards of, Blue Jeans Network, Raptr, and YuMe. Ping was also responsible for several Accel investments which have had successful exits including Fusion-io (NASDAQ: FIO), Renren (NASDAQ: RENN), Ludic Labs (Groupon), Mochi Media (Shanda), and Reactivity (Cisco).Ping has over two decades of experience as a technology investor and operating executive in helping build market leading technology companies and product lines. Prior to Accel, Ping worked at Juniper Networks as a Senior Product Line Manager for their flagship M-series router products, as well as Director of Corporate Development. He also served as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company, advising technology clients in their growth strategies.Ping has extensive international experience as well. At Singapore Telecom, he served directly for the executive management team in operating and investing in Asian growth opportunities. Prior to SingTel, Ping worked at Goldman Sachs Asia, transacting technology IPOs and M&A. Currently, Ping works closely with Stanford University in leading their Accel Innovation Scholars Program. Ping has been named to the Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors and Business Insider’s 50 Most Powerful People In Enterprise Tech. Ping has appeared on CNBC’s Investing in the Cloud and Tech Titans vs. Start-ups, as well as Bloomberg TV. He has contributed to All Things Digital and GigaOM. Ping holds an AB from Harvard University, with honors, and an MBA from Stanford University.

• Luciana Lixandru
• London
• Investments

L uciana joined Accel in 2012 and focuses on early and growth stage investments. Before joining Accel, Luciana worked at Summit Partners in London, where she focused on sourcing and executing investments in the technology and healthcare sectors. She worked on Summit's investment in AVAST, a security software business. Prior to that, Luciana worked for Morgan Stanley in New York and London, advising clients in the technology space. In addition to her native Romanian, Luciana also speaks Italian. She enjoys travelling, languages, and hiking. Luciana graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, with a double major in Economics and Mathematics.

• John Locke
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn

J ohn is a Vice President at Accel and focuses on investments in financial technology, enterprise software, and consumer internet companies. John helped lead Accel’s investments and ongoing work with Angry Birds (Rovio), a mobile gaming company; Braintree, a disruptive payments software company for online and mobile merchants and consumers; Capital Access Network, the largest non-bank lender to small and medium-sized businesses in the US; LightSpeed, creator of the leading Apple/Mac-centric retail management platform; OzForex, an Australia-based online foreign exchange payments platform; and Tenable, the most widely deployed security platform for enterprise network scanning. Prior to Accel, John was a Senior Associate at Housatonic Partners, and he began his career as an Associate at Summit Partners. John was recently named to Forbes 30 under 30 list for 2012. John graduated magna cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where he played on the golf team.

• Subrata Mitra
• India
• Investments
• LinkedIn

S ubrata focuses on technology and Internet investing. Subrata served on the boards of Small-device (now a part of Digital Chocolate) and Mu Sigma, and is currently on the boards of Perfint, Flipkart, Myntra, and enStage. Before joining Accel India in 2008, Subrata was a Partner at Erasmic Venture Fund. Prior to Erasmic, Subrata was MD, India, for Tavant Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based mortgage solutions company, which was acquired by privately held Ameriquest Mortgage Capital in 2004 (Ameriquest has since merged into CitiCapital). Previously, Subrata was the Founder of Firewhite, Inc., which was acquired by Ubiquio, Inc., and later merged into Mobile Planet. Subrata started his career at IBM's prestigious T.J. Watson and Santa Teresa Labs, working in the Software R&D groups. Subrata holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Delaware, and a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT, Kanpur, India.

• Tom Moss
• Silicon Valley
• Venture
• LinkedIn

T om joined Accel as an Entrepreneur in Residence in November of 2012. Previously, Tom was co-founder and CEO of Three Laws Mobility Inc. (3LM), a start-up focused on providing enterprise security and device management for mobile devices. 3LM was acquired in 2010 by Motorola Mobility Inc., which was later acquired by Google Inc. Tom continued his role as CEO of 3LM through both acquisitions, and led 3LM to revenues exceeding a million dollars per employee. Tom was also directly responsible for all major partnerships at 3LM, including with a dozen different original device manufacturers (OEMs) who pre-installed 3LM's software on tens of millions of mobile devices worldwide. Prior to 3LM, Tom was an executive on the Android team at Google. At Google, Tom served as Worldwide Head of Business Development and Partnerships for Android. In this role, Tom was in charge of Android's wireless carrier and OEM deals/relationships, and served as an internal advocate on behalf of external Android stakeholders worldwide, helping to foster a robust ecosystem of wireless carriers, OEMs, semiconductor companies and software developers . To help kick-start Android adoption in the Asia-Pacific region, Tom spent 10 months in Japan as General Manager of Android Japan and Asia-Pacific, where he led Android activities and negotiated all carrier and OEM deals in the region. While at Google, Tom was also the recipient of a Founders Award, the highest employee award at Google, given for extraordinary entrepreneurial achievement by a team at Google (in this case, the Android team). Prior to Google, Tom was an attorney specializing in intellectual property transactions, and represented a diverse set of clients including LinkedIn, SAP, Intuit, ICANN, SunPower, Hitachi, Sequoia Capital, AT&T, Walt Disney and JP Morgan. Tom received a Juris Doctorate from the UCLA School of Law, and a baccalaureate degree (with honors) from the University of Oregon. While at UCLA School of Law, Tom served as Editor-in-Chief of the Pacific Basin Law Journal, was a finalist in the Roscoe Pound competition, and represented UCLA at the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition.

• Vas Natarajan
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @vas
• LinkedIn
• Email

V as helps to lead early and growth stage investments in the B2B, Big Data, SaaS, developer services, and creative media/online gaming sectors at Accel. He also helps to lead initiatives with the firm’s Big Data Fund. Vas is actively involved with Accel’s investments in 99designs, a crowdsourcing design services marketplace; Atlassian, a developer-focused project management and collaboration tools provider; LightSpeed, creator of the leading Apple/Mac-centric retail management platform; lynda.com, the leading provider of subscription software and business training videos; and Qualtrics, an enterprise research and analytics software platform. Prior to joining Accel, Vas was with Insight Venture Partners in New York where he invested in a variety of growth-stage investments in the infrastructure, data services, and consumer internet spaces. Vas graduated with high honors from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, where he was a Dean's Award recipient. He is originally from Princeton, NJ.

• Harry Nelis
• London
• Investments
• @hnelis
• LinkedIn

H arry joined Accel in 2004 and invests in both early and late-stage Internet and software companies. He led Accel’s investments in, among others, Check24, an online price comparison service for consumer financial products in Germany; Gameforge, a developer and publisher of MMOGs; Kayak, an online search service for consumer travel; and Showroomprive, an online private sales club. Before joining Accel, Harry was at Perry Capital, a $10 billion hedge fund, where he invested in public communications, media and technology companies. Prior to this, he was at Goldman Sachs, where he advised businesses on corporate finance and M&A transactions. Harry spent the first decade of his career in Silicon Valley, where he founded E-motion, a venture-backed software company. He started his career at Hewlett-Packard, where he held various engineering positions. Harry is an active member of the World Economic Forum and serves on the Selection Committee of the WEF Technology Pioneers Programme. Harry holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

• Nate Niparko
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @niparko
• LinkedIn

N ate joined Accel in 2011 and focuses on growth investments. He is actively involved with Accel’s investments in Tenable Network Security, a vulnerability assessment and network monitoring software provider; Plex Systems, the leading cloud-based ERP software provider for the manufacturing industry; and Dealer.com, a provider of SaaS-based Internet marketing solutions for auto dealers. Prior to joining Accel, Nate was an Analyst at Audax Group in Boston. At Audax, Nate worked with the firm’s investments in middle-market companies, primarily focusing on the financial technology and technology-enabled services spaces. Nate previously worked with the growth equity team at North Bridge in Waltham, MA. Nate is originally from Baltimore, MD. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering

• Arthur Patterson
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• Email

A rthur enjoys working with start-up entrepreneurial teams in software and services. As the lead investor, he has helped management teams develop their companies into market-defining leaders. IPOs of such companies include: Actuate (Reporting), AMCC (Applied Micro Circuits Corporation), MetroPCS (Cellular Carrier), Portal Software (Internet Billing), UUnet/MCI-WorldCom (ISP), and Veritas (Storage). He has also been a Director/Investor in many other information technology companies which became public companies. He is currently on the boards of several private companies including Centrify (AD Based Identity Management), Integral Development (FX Trading Network), Iron Planet (Industrial Equipment Online MarketPlace – in Registration), Krux Digital (Audience Data Monetization), NewlineNoosh (SaaS for Marketing Services), and NextG (Network Densification Solutions for Cellular Carriers). Recent private exits include Arcot Systems (SaaS Authentication) sold to CA, Coremetrics (SaaS Marketing Spend Optimization) sold to IBM, Counterpane (Security Monitoring and Response) sold to BT, Rapt (Media Inventory Optimization) sold to Microsoft, and Savi Technology (RFID based Supply Chain Management) sold to Lockheed Martin. Prior to co-founding Accel Partners, Arthur was General Partner of Adler & Company. He started in venture capital at Citicorp Venture Capital. At Citicorp, he also managed a fund of publicly traded equities. Previously, Arthur worked in Washington for the International office of the U.S. Treasury Department - International Monetary, Trade and Development Policy. Arthur served as the President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and as Director of the National Venture Capital Association. Arthur lives in San Francisco with his wife, Louise Muhlfeld, and their four randomly perfect children.

• Seth Pierrepont
• London
• Investments
• @slpierre
• LinkedIn

S eth joined Accel in 2013. Prior to Accel, Seth worked at Vision Capital, an international Private Equity firm, where he focused on assessing new investment opportunities and overseeing the performance of existing portfolio companies. Seth began his career as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman, working in both the San Francisco and London offices and focusing on the media, technology, and retail sectors. Having grown up in the Chicago area, he has also lived in China, India, and Europe. Seth completed his Masters degree in Engineering Management at Dartmouth College. He also holds undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences and graduated magna cum laude.

• Prashanth Prakash
• India
• Investments
• @prashanthp
• LinkedIn

P rashanth serves on boards of BookMyShow, HolidayIQ, PropTiger, BlueStone, QwikCilver/GiftBig, Healthcare Magic, Deeksha, and other early stage companies. Before joining Accel India, Prashanth was a Partner at Erasmic Venture Fund. Before Erasmic, Prashanth founded NetKraft and established it as one of the leading offshore solutions companies focusing on the retail and healthcare verticals. NetKraft was acquired by Texas-based Adea Systems. Previously, Prashanth founded VisualReality, a multimedia publishing company. Prashanth started his career at S3 Technologies USA, a division of GSE systems, building Case Tools for real-time simulations (GemCase). Prashanth holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Delaware (Maryland), and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Bangalore Institute of Technology, India.

• Sally Roberts
• London
• Operations
• LinkedIn

S ally joined Accel in 2009 and is Legal Counsel in London. She provides guidance to the Accel London team on the negotiation and execution of investments and general corporate matters. Prior to joining Accel, Sally was a Senior Associate working in the London office of SJ Berwin where she focused on venture capital transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Sally is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales. Sally received a BA in History from University College London and subsequently completed her legal training at the College of Law in London.

• Anne Rockhold
• Silicon Valley
• Operations

A nne Rockhold joined Accel in 2010 and currently serves as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer. Anne has over twenty-five years of finance and administrative experience, with venture experience as Chief Financial Officer at both SVB Capital and Vanguard Ventures. Anne is the past Chairman and a past Board Member of VCBC, an association of over 350 venture capital CFOs, and is currently on the board of the NVCA and a member of the NVCA’s CFO task force. Previously, Anne served as Chief Financial Officer for Pacific Specialty Insurance Company and the American Basketball League. She also held senior financial positions at Ross Systems and Interlink Computer Sciences where she was actively involved in their initial public offerings, as well as several private financings and acquisitions. Anne taught graduate accounting courses at the University of California, Berkeley Extension program and she earned her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation (currently inactive) while at Ernst & Young where she worked in both the audit and tax departments. Anne graduated cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics.

• Jeff Rothschild
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

J eff Rothschild was VP of Infrastructure Engineering at Facebook from 2005 to 2010. Jeff joined Facebook shortly after the Accel investment and focused on scaling, availability, and performance of the site. Jeff was the first VP Engineering at Facebook and established a number of functional organizations within the company including User Operations, Site Integrity, Data Analytics, and Infrastructure Engineering, which has been his primary focus. Jeff continues to work at Facebook in an advisory role. Jeff was the cofounder of Veritas Software, which became the leading storage management software company with annual sales of over $1.5B. Jeff’s role at Veritas included engineering, product management, sales, and strategy. In 2004, Veritas was acquired by Symantec for $13.5B. Jeff also cofounded the online gaming company Mpath/Hearme, and has contributed to the development of Accel portfolio companies including Walmart.com and Rhapsody Networks. Jeff started his career at Honeywell and Intel, where worked on the development of the Intel 3805 mainframe storage system. After leaving Intel, he developed a consultancy focused on network storage technologies, and worked with Locus Computing on the development of AT&T’s DOS-Merge and Sun’s PC-NFS redirector. In the mid-80’s Jeff spent three years living in the Netherlands consulting with Philips Data Systems. Jeff has a BS in Psychology and a MS in Computer Science, both from Vanderbilt University.

• Sven Schmidt
• London
• Investments

S ven joined Accel in 2010 as a Venture Partner. He has sourced the firm’s investments in Prezi, a cloud-based presentation and collaboration service, and Fiverr, a marketplace for services. He is responsible for the firm´s investments in GoCardless, a next generation direct debt payment solution, and Abe's Market, a marketplace for natural products and organic goods. Previously, Sven was a Venture Partner with Earlybird Venture Capital where he led their investment in Carpooling.com. Sven co-founded venture-backed Verwandt, which was sold to Accel portfolio company MyHeritage. He also was the co-founder of Getgo, a venture backed e-commerce ticketing company that was sold to CTS Eventim, where he was head of the New Media division. Sven started his career at McKinsey in Düsseldorf. He studied business administration in Germany and in the U.S. where he graduated with a Diplom-Kaufmann degree as well as an MBA.

• Joe Schoendorf
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

J oe Schoendorf has been active in high-technology industries for 45 years. Joe is a member of the World Economic Forum. He has recently been elected to its Foundation Board of Directors for a second term. The Forum is based in Geneva, Switzerland. Joe has also been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Forum and serves as well as on its U.S. Board. Joe has been with Accel Partners for over 20 years. Today he assists our portfolio management in establishing significant strategic global relationships in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Previously, Joe was the VP of Marketing for Apple Computer. Before that, he was EVP for Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Ungermann-Bass and a member of the Office of the President. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Industrial Networking, a joint venture of Ungermann-Bass and General Electric. He spent his first 18 years in the Valley at Hewlett-Packard, where he held many senior marketing and sales positions in the computer business, including General Manager of Global Accounts and General Manager for Computer Business Development. Joe was an early investor and served on the Board of Macromedia, Veritas and other Accel portfolio companies. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and serves on the Dean's Advisory Board School of Engineering.

• Tracy Sedlock
• Silicon Valley
• Operations

A s Chief Operating Partner, Tracy Sedlock is responsible for Accel's finance, investor relations, information technology, facilities, and human resources functions and has oversight on Accel's global fund operations. Tracy started with Accel in 1995. Prior to joining Accel, Tracy was a Manager of Investment Administration at Princeton University, where she worked on the administration of Princeton’s alternative assets. Prior to her time at Princeton, Tracy worked as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche, where she focused on clients in the financial services sector. Tracy graduated from Rutgers University with a BS in Accounting and a BA in Spanish.

• Barath Shankar Subramanian
• India
• Investments
• @barathshankar
• LinkedIn

B arath Shankar joined Accel India in January 2012 as a Senior Analyst. Before joining Accel, Barath Shankar was a Senior Consultant at Frost & Sullivan where he worked on market research and strategy consulting projects in the healthcare and life-sciences industries for over seven years across Asia, North America, and Europe. Barath Shankar holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani (BITS, Pilani).

• Rob Solomon
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

R ob Solomon has been an executive and investor for the past twenty years. With a focus on consumer technology, Rob has held product management and executive roles at Electronic Arts, Yahoo, Groupon and Sidestep/Kayak. Most recently, he was the President and COO at Groupon, where he led operations through their hyper-growth phase and helped scale Groupon into one of the fastest growing companies ever. As a Venture Partner, Rob will focus on early stage and growth opportunities with a focus on e-commerce, digital media, mobile and online advertising businesses. Previous roles include Venture Partner at TCV; President and CEO of SIDESTEP, the web's first real-time vertical search engine in the travel category. Leading a successful turnaround and merger with KAYAK; Multiple executive management roles at YAHOO including Senior Vice President, Commerce and Vice President/General Manager of the Yahoo Shopping Group responsible for Yahoo's Shopping, Travel, Auctions, Classifieds, Real Estate, E-Commerce Hosting and Vertical Product Search businesses. Rob received a BA, History at UC Berkeley where he also competed at a high level in water polo earning All-America honors and was a member of two NCAA national championship teams.

• Tyler Sosin
• London
• Investments
• LinkedIn

T yler joined Accel in 2010. Prior to joining Accel, Tyler was a Senior Investment Analyst at Menlo Ventures, where he sourced investments in EdgeCast Networks, DataXu, ReadyForce, and Media6 Degrees. Previously he lived in Beijing, China, where he worked for the Office of New Advertising. Tyler graduated from Stanford University with a BA in International Relations.

• Prayank Swaroop
• India
• Investments
• @prayanks
• LinkedIn

P rayank is a Senior Associate at Accel India. At Accel, Prayank focuses on Internet and digital media investments. Before joining Accel, Prayank was a Product Manager at Standard Chartered Bank where he worked on mobile banking and trading products. Previously, Prayank had spent several years in key engineering, evangelism, and sales positions at Adobe Systems. Prayank holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business, and an Integrated Masters in Mathematics and Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

• Jim Swartz
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• Email

J im Swartz has been active in venture capital for four decades and particularly enjoys working with start-up teams that are defining new industries. He has served as a Director for over fifty successful companies and has been closely involved as lead investor with the emergence of numerous industry-pioneering firms including Avici Systems, BroadBand Technologies, Daisy Systems, FastForward/Inktomi, FVC.com, Illustra/Informix, Medical Care America, Netopia/Motorola, PictureTel, Polycom, Remedy Corporation/BMC Software, Riverbed Technology (current lead director) and Ungermann-Bass. Current private company directorships include Gen3 Partners, Ingenuity Systems, MetraTech, RGB Networks and Transera Communications. In addition, Jim works with the Accel London team as a founder/mentor of Accel's European business. Before founding Accel Partners, Jim was founding General Partner of Adler & Company, which he started with Fred Adler in 1978 after his tenure as a Vice President of Citicorp Venture Capital. Early in his career Jim worked as a management consultant, entering the venture capital industry in 1972. Active in industry affairs, Jim is former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and a 2007 recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. Outside interests include serving as Chairman of the Swartz Foundation and the Christian Center of Park City, Director Emeritus of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation, Trustee of the Sundance Institute and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and the Board of Advisors of Tepper School of Business, and Pacific Community Ventures. Jim also led the establishment of the Deer Valley Music Festival as a Founder and the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard as Co-Chairman of the Major Gifts Committee. From 1999 to 2002, he served on the Management Committee of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics of 2002 (SLOC). He is the recipient of a Merit Award from Carnegie Mellon University and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Western Governors University. Jim is also an accomplished Grand Prix sailboat racer. As skipper of the yacht Moneypenny, he won the 2006 Swan World Cup, the 2006 US IRC National Championship and the 2005 and 2007 Swan North American Championships. With the TP52 yacht Vesper he won both the 2011 and 2012 Rolex Big Boat Series, the 2011 International Rolex Regatta, the 2011 Queen’s Cup and Astor Cup of the New York Yacht Club, the 2011 IRC East Coast Championship, and the 2012 US IRC National Championship. Jim and Susan Swartz reside in Park City, Utah. Susan Swartz is an accomplished painter with a particular love for landscapes and nature. Together they founded Impact Partners, a financing and advisory firm advancing independent cinema that addresses pressing social needs including Academy Award Winners Born Into Brothels (2005) and The Cove (2010), and numerous Academy Award Nominees. Jim is a graduate of Harvard University with a concentration in Engineering Sciences and Applied Physics (he mostly remembers something about playing football) and holds an M.S. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.

• Ryan Sweeney
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @ryanjsweeney
• LinkedIn
• Email

R yan was part of the teams that led Accel’s investments in Groupon, a global marketplace linking consumers with local merchants, and lynda.com, the leading provider of online videos and instructional training. Ryan is also active with the boards of 99designs, the premier marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design; Atlassian, the leader in software tools for streamlining product development; Braintree, a leading software platform powering online and mobile commerce; LightSpeed, the creator of the leading Apple/Mac-centric retail management platform; OzForex, a global online foreign exchange payments platform; Qualtrics, the leading real-time enterprise research and analytics software platform; and Squarespace, a premier web and mobile publishing platform. Prior to joining Accel, Ryan spent nearly a decade in the Boston area at Summit Partners leading technology growth investments. He started his career at William Blair & Company in Chicago, where he was actively involved in M&A and equity financings for high-growth, middle-market companies. Ryan resides in the Bay Area with his wife and two sons, yet maintains a strong allegiance to the four major professional sports teams in Philadelphia (as will both of his boys). He also serves on the board of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Entrepreneurship. Ryan received a BBA from the University of Notre Dame, graduating magna cum laude in Economics and Finance, and remains actively involved with the University as an alumnus. He also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

• Michael Treskow
• London
• Investments

M ichael joined Accel in 2013, after close to a decade of finance and investment experience in the technology sector. Prior to Accel, Michael spent five years as part of Warburg Pincus' technology investment team in New York and San Francisco, focusing on enterprise, internet and information companies. Previously, he invested in publicly traded technology companies at Highside Capital and was a member of Morgan Stanley's technology investment banking team. Michael is an avid traveller and enjoys good food and outdoor exercise (ideally not at the same time). Originally from Russia, he lived for 10 years in Berlin and is fluent in German. Michael holds a BA in Economics and Philosophy from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University.

• Greg Waldorf
• Silicon Valley
• Venture
• @gregwaldorf
• LinkedIn

G reg Waldorf has had a passion for both technology and business ever since he started a software development company at age thirteen. Through his many years of experience as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor, he has a strong understanding of the growth company lifecycle from the founding of a business all the way through the leadership challenges of building a high scale company. Greg spent more than eleven years working with eHarmony where he became the company’s founding investor in 2000. Through the early years of the company’s growth, he was a very active advisor and board member working closely with the company’s founders, culminating in his appointment as CEO in 2006. During the last five years, Waldorf drove a global expansion of the company into new markets both domestically and in fifteen countries worldwide. In addition to operating a highly profitable business with more than $1 billion of revenue during his tenure, eHarmony has made a very positive impact in the lives of its subscribers. According to research from Harris Interactive, 542 Americans marry on an average day after meeting through eHarmony, nearly 5% of new marriages in the United States. Greg is on the Boards of Directors of Trulia, Beachmint, and VivaReal. Greg was a founding member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Management Board, is currently on the Board of Overseers of Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and serves on the Board of the John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. He is also on the Business Advisory Council of ProPublica. Greg holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from the University of California at Los Angeles.

• Richard Wolpert
• Silicon Valley
• Venture

R ichard has been a pioneer in the fields of consumer digital media and entertainment for the last 20 years. Richard is the Founder of Chance Technologies, Inc., a technology development and investment portfolio focused on technologically driven entertainment ventures including GameSpy, GameFly, Smilebox, LookOut, Mob.ly, AdECN, Universal Audio, Zetta Systems, Digital Map Products, Intent.com, and AudioMill. Chance Technologies, Inc. was formed in 1994. In addition to managing Chance Technologies, Richard serves as a Venture Advisor to Accel Partners, helping them expand their portfolio in the area of consumer digital media. Richard also serves as an Executive Strategic Advisor to RealNetworks. In this capacity, Richard helps RealNetworks to continue the vision he helped pioneer while he was an executive with the company. Richard served as the Chief Strategy Officer of RealNetworks from 2000-05. During this time, Richard led RealNetworks’ transition from a technology company to a consumer services/digital media company by operating the RealNetworks’ Consumer businesses and growing those businesses from a run rate of under $100 million to profitable businesses with run rates of more than $250 million in under two years. In addition to his executive responsibilities at RealNetworks, Richard was the key deal person on RealNetworks’ largest transactions, including the $761 million settlement with Microsoft, a joint venture with three of the world’s largest music labels, and the acquisition of Listen.com/Rhapsody. Richard served as President of Disney Online from 1996-98, where he was responsible for the business and creative strategy for the company. During his tenure, Richard oversaw all aspects of Disney Online’s internet initiatives, including the Web’s most popular family website, Disney.com, as well as the development and successful operation of The Disney Store Online, Disney’s prosperous e-commerce business, and Disney’s Daily Blast. From 1984-94, Richard founded and developed several thriving technology companies, including After Hours Software, Bit Jugglers, and Mind Over Technology, among others. Many of these companies have since successfully merged with, or were acquired by, industry giants such as Adobe Systems, Compaq/HP and RealNetworks. Richard began his career at Apple Computer in 1984, where he was involved in the early development of the Macintosh. Richard has taught classes at both Stanford and UCLA, and he is a Board Member for the Las Angeles Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, where he is the Founder of CCFA’s camps. Richard also serves on the board of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television and on the Board of Governors for Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Richard earned his degree in Math and Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Rich Wong
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• @rwong
• LinkedIn

R ichard joined Accel in 2006. He invests in early and growth-stage companies across mobile, software, and internet sectors. Rich led Accel’s investment in Angry Birds (Rovio) and serves on the boards of Atlassian, the leader in software for streamlining product development; HasOffers, the leading mobile advertising attribution company; SunRun, the leading provider of residential solar power; MoPub, the mobile advertising leader in RTB; Dealer.com, a leading vertical SaaS company in automotive, MobileSpaces, a mobile enterprise security company, Qwilt, a provider of video optimization technology, and Parature, a leader in SaaS based customer support. Rich previously led Accel’s investment and served on the Board of Admob (acquired by Google), as well as 3LM – Three Laws of Mobility, an Android enterprise startup (acquired by Motorola Mobility).Prior to Accel, Rich was SVP/GM of Products at Openwave. While at Openwave, Rich founded and chaired the Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group, a consortium of ISPs and technology providers working together to combat internet abuse. Previously Rich was the Chief Marketing Officer at Covad Communications, the DSL provider. Rich started his career as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company and Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble.Rich sits on the Board of Directors of the MIT – Stanford Venture Lab, the MIT CNC Entrepreneurship Program, and the CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus. Rich holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his Masters in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

• Cook Wylly
• Silicon Valley
• Investments
• LinkedIn
• Email

C ook joined Accel in 2012 and focuses on growth stage investments. Prior to joining Accel, Cook led education technology investments at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy firm that funds and supports entrepreneurs innovating K-12 public education. Before NewSchools, Cook was a Senior Associate at Thoma Bravo in San Francisco, where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing investments in enterprise software businesses and worked closely with portfolio company management teams. While at Thoma Bravo, Cook helped lead investments in PLATO Learning (now Edmentum), a leading provider of online solutions for the education space, and Manatron, the leading provider of property tax automation and land registry software to governments (acquired by Thomson Reuters). Cook started his career in the M&A and corporate restructuring group at Greenhill & Co. in New York, where he helped advise clients in the retail, industrial and natural resources sectors on a wide range of transactions. Cook has also spent time in East Africa as a consultant with TechnoServe, a leading development consulting firm that works with entrepreneurs in poor areas of the developing world. While at TechnoServe, Cook helped implement a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded dairy development initiative across Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Cook volunteers as a tutor at Bay Area KIPP schools. Originally from Tennessee, Cook holds a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the rugby team.

• Rich Zamboldi
• Silicon Valley
• Operations

R ich joined Accel in 2001, and is the firm's General Counsel. He provides guidance to the Accel team on investments, exits and fund structuring, and serves as counsel to the firm globally. Prior to joining Accel, Rich was an Associate and Legal Counsel at TeleSoft Partners, a technology venture capital firm. Prior to TeleSoft, he was an associate at Gunderson Dettmer, a leading Silicon Valley law firm, where he represented start-ups and venture capital firms in investments and fund formations. Rich previously worked at Arthur Andersen and is a CPA. Rich earned a JD from the University of California, Hastings and a BS from Villanova University.