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






Barry Goldsmith

Barry Goldsmith is Co-founder of Updata Advisors and Updata Partners. He brings over 35 years of experience in the information technology industry, as a founder, senior executive, investor and advisor to leading software and IT services companies. 

Mr. Goldsmith founded CGA Computer, Inc. in 1968. Under his guidance, CGA became one of the top providers of information technology consulting services and software products to Fortune 500 companies. During his tenure, Mr. Goldsmith initiated an aggressive program of expansion that resulted in the acquisition of a number of software products and companies. A public company since 1969, CGA was taken private with General Atlantic Partners in 1984 through a leveraged buyout. Two years later, when CGA's divisions were sold to Computer Associates and CapGemini, the firm had grown to employ approximately 1,200 people and had annual revenues in excess of $90 million. After the sale of CGA, Mr. Goldsmith co-founded Updata Software, a provider of DB2tools and Sablesoft, which were acquired by Online Software and Platinum Technologies, respectively. Mr. Goldsmith co-founded Updata Advisors in 1987 and Updata Partners in 1998.

Mr. Goldsmith received a B.A. from Rutgers University. He has served on the boards of several publicly-traded companies including: Goal Systems (GOAL), Compuware (CPWR), Alphanet (ALPH), Astea (ATEA) and Frontstep (FSTP).

Mr. Goldsmith currently serves on the boards of Dendrite International, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRTE), and Updata Partners portfolio companies Acclaris, ForeSee ResultsMerlin Technologies Corporation, Numara Software and Red Vision.




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