Investing Team
John  Burton
Managing General Partner
Richard  Erickson
General Partner
Barry  Goldsmith
General Partner
Carter  Griffin
General Partner
Conor  Mullett
General Partner
James  Socas
General Partner
Ira  Cohen
Venture Partner & CFO
Jon  Seeber
Principal
Jonathan  Chin
Associate
Arup  Banerjee
Associate
Josh  Ballen
Associate
Neil  Hartz
Associate

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






Carter Griffin

Carter Griffin is a General Partner at Updata Partners in the Reston, Virginia office and joined the firm in early 2005. 

Prior to joining Updata Partners, Mr. Griffin co-founded Brivo Systems in 1999 and served as Chairman and CEO until selling the company to a unit of Duchossois Enterprises Group in December 2004. Brivo Systems pioneered the software-as-a-service model in the physical security market by introducing the first-ever on-demand system for facility access control.  Before starting Brivo Systems, Mr. Griffin spent four years as a Senior Vice President at Kaiser Associates, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on competitive positioning and new-market entry strategies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Griffin worked in London for the Coca-Cola Company and held positions at American Management Systems and Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Griffin holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Mr. Griffin serves as a director on the boards of Updata Partners portfolio companies:

Alert Logic, Bradford Networks, iContact, and LogiXML.




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