Senior Advisor
Bob served Chrysalis as Managing Director from 1997 – early 2009 with a focus on technology investments. In January 2009, he retired from an active management role and is now serving the company as a Senior Advisor. Bob has represented Chrysalis in the firm’s portfolio company investments including Genscape (sold to GFI Energy Ventures), High Speed Access Corp (IPO and later sold to Charter Communications), PeopleFirst.com (sold to Capital One Financial), Telemics (sold to Tyco Electronics), CELS/Midi (sold to SAI Global), and MindLeaders (sold to ThirdForce).
Prior to Chrysalis, Bob was Chief Planning Officer and Managing Director for Strategic Planning and Business Development at Providian Capital Management, Inc. From 1988 to 1993, he was Managing Director of Saunders Capital Group, Inc., a Boston-based private equity boutique that focused on turnarounds, including Richey Electronics (sold to Arrow Electronics) and Walking Magazine (sold to Cowles Media). Bob began his career in 1978 as a business strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and joined Bain & Co. in 1982, where he became acting Director of Competitive Strategy Analysis.
A former Marshall Scholar and Fulbright Scholar, Bob holds a BA from Stanford University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an MA from Harvard University.
Bob is active in community affairs, serving on the boards of directors of Louisville’s Public Radio Partnership, Actor’s Theatre, and Walden Theatre. He is former Chairman of the Investment Committee of the African American Venture Capital Fund, a privately funded civic enterprise that invests in local minority businesses. He also is former Chairman of both the Venture Club of Louisville and of the Industry Advisory Board for the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Louisville’s Speed Scientific School.
In June 2004 Bob was awarded the Michael J. Burke Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition for Southern Ohio and Kentucky.