Scale Venture Partners: Team - Sharon Wienbar - (Build 20100625223402) Sharon invests in Mobile and Internet companies at ScaleVP. She sits on the boards of Actiance, BeachMint, Everyday Health, PlayPhone, Reply.com and uTest. Prior to ScaleVP in 2001, Sharon was Vice President, Marketing for Critical Path and Amplitude Software. She spent most of the 1990’s at Adobe Systems, starting as Product Manager for Asian Products and later led marketing for many of Adobe’s applications, and spearheaded numerous cross-product initiatives.
Before her technology line experience, Sharon practiced strategy consulting at Bain & Company for nearly five years. Sharon holds an A.M. and an A.B. in Engineering from Harvard University, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Scale Venture Partners: Team - Rory O'Driscoll - (Build 20100625223402) Scale Venture Partners: Team - Kate Mitchell - (Build 20100625223402) As a co-founder and partner of ScaleVP, Kate is instrumental in building the firm’s team and strategic direction. She also leads investments in software and business services – including Infrastructure and Mobile. Kate has actively worked with portfolio companies such as Hubspan, Jaspersoft, mBlox, Tonic Software and Wayport. Before joining ScaleVP in 1996, Kate was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America, where she led the development and launch of the company’s Internet banking services.
In addition to technology management, she has significant experience in corporate finance and business development. Kate holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Golden Gate University and a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University. She also earned a certificate in Strategic Marketing from the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School. Kate is past chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and a current member of its Executive Committee. Scale Venture Partners: Team - Rob Herb - (Build 20100625223402) Scale Venture Partners: Team - Mary Denten - (Build 20100625223402) As Chief Financial Officer, Mary is responsible for the financial management and administrative functions of the firm. Prior to joining ScaleVP, Mary served as CFO at Global Catalyst Partners, an international venture firm with more than $300 million under management and approximately 250 limited partners.
Before that, Mary was the controller at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. There, she was responsible for management, accounting, reporting and investor relations for more than 25 venture capital funds with over $3 billion in assets and more than 1,000 limited partners. Mary also held a senior finance position at Polycom during its early stages and assisted in building the company’s infrastructure and in completing its successful IPO in 1996. She began her finance career at PriceWaterhouse Coopers. An active C.P.A., Mary holds an M.B.A. in Management and Finance and a B.S. in Commerce from Santa Clara University. Scale Venture Partners: Team - Mark Brooks - (Build 20100625223402) Scale Venture Partners: Team - Lou Bock - (Build 20100625223402) Scale Venture Partners: Team - Stacey Curry Bishop - (Build 20100625223402) Andy Vitus - Scale Venture Partners: Team.