Dave brings extensive entrepreneurial and operating experience to Content Analytics, founding four prior technology startups: Likewise Software (acquired by EMC), Centeris Corporation, Consera Software, and OnDevice Corp. (acquired by Keynote Systems). Dave has also worked in the venture capital industry, first as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Ignition Partners and later as a General Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. Before his entrepreneurial career, Dave was hired by and was the youngest employee at Microsoft. At Microsoft, Dave managed the Out of Box Experience team for Windows and worked on television and internet access services. Dave holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Cornell University. Dave is an avid athlete and has participated in five Ironman competitions.
When Nancy Schoendorf joined Mohr Davidow in 1993, she brought 17 years of industry experience in a variety of engineering and executive positions. Nancy has been instrumental in helping to build companies that create new categories or innovate how software and services are developed, distributed, or applied in retail, supply-chain management, customer-relationship management, and marketing. Nancy spent 10 years at Hewlett-Packard where she ran operating systems projects including HP-UX and its real-time extensions as engineering section manager.
Geoffrey Baehr is a General Partner at Almaz Capital investing in areas ranging from security and networking to analytics and big data technologies. He led the firm’s investment in Vyatta, which was acquired by Brocade in 2012, as well as investments in Sensity, Cinarra, GridGain, and Content Analytics, where he currently holds board seats. Geoff is currently working on Software Defined platforms and networks and data analytics applied to the Internet of Things. He is also working on the scaling, management, and control of virtualized infrastructure. Geoffrey served from 1988-2000 as Chief Network Officer for Sun Microsystems. During his tenure at Sun, he developed advanced technical products and, with his team, obtained more than one dozen patents. He earned a BA in Biochemistry and Natural Sciences from Fordham University.