Investing Team
John  Burton
Managing General Partner
Richard  Erickson
General Partner
Barry  Goldsmith
General Partner
Conor  Mullett
General Partner
James  Socas
General Partner
Carter  Griffin
Partner
Ira  Cohen
Venture Partner & CFO
Jon  Seeber
Associate
Arie  Abecassis
Vice President, Head of Business Development
Jonathan  Chin
Analyst
Benjamin  Hall
Analyst

Operations Team
Greg  Olear
Vice President, Finance
Linda  Maddox
Manager, Investor Communications
Kevin  Reilly
Senior Fund Accountant
Lisa  Lombarde
Office Administrator
Jaine  Summers
Office Administrator






Robin Dvorak

Robin Dvorak, Marketing Director, joined Updata in 2005, bringing over 15 years of global marketing experience in small, private companies as well as larger publicly-traded organizations across diverse technology sectors.

Prior to joining Updata, Ms. Dvorak was Managing Director, Programs at the Industrial Research Institute (IRI), a leading cross-industry business association of senior research and development executives. At IRI, she led a corporate re-branding initiative that increased member participation in key programs, achieved several technology-driven customer service improvements and improved operational profitability. Before IRI, Ms. Dvorak managed marketing and business development programs for a number of innovative technology start-up companies including Celcorp, Citadon, eGO Vehicles and Linguateq.

Earlier, Ms. Dvorak was Director of Marketing for American Power Conversion's (APC) desktop power solutions division. At APC, she managed marketing communications for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) product launches in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Ms. Dvorak began her career with AT&Ts Caribbean and Latin America division, where she spent eight years in consumer marketing and strategic planning roles for international long distance services.

Ms. Dvorak earned an M.B.A. from Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.




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