Darren Wallis

Current

Board Member at UniRisX
Partner & Portfolio Manager at Permit Capital, LLC

Past

Board Member at Carnegie Speech, Inc
Chairman of the Board at SevOne, Inc.
Chairman of the Board at HardMetrics, Inc.

Board Member at Moda Technology Partners
Board Member at Landslide Technologies, Inc
Managing Partner at Osage Ventures
Senior Director of Corporate Development and Corporate Finance, M&A at SAP AG
Venture Partner at Cross Atlantic Capital Partners
Board Member at ICG Commerce, Inc.
Board Member at Voxware, Inc
Board Member at Management Dynamics, Inc
Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell
Senior Analyst at Accenture Technology Labs (formerly Andersen Consulting Center for Strategic Technology)

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Education

Duke Law School
University of Notre Dame

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Darren Wallis’s Summary

Mr. Wallis is a Partner and Portfolio Manager of Permit Capital, LLC. He heads the direct private equity efforts and assists on the fund of funds investment activities of the firm. Permit Capital is an investment firm that structures, originates and manages portfolios of securities and other investment opportunities for family offices, endowments, and other global institutions. Their investments span many different asset classes and vehicles, both domestically and internationally, including public and private equity, distressed debt, real estate, venture capital, and hedge funds.

Prior to Permit Capital, Mr. Wallis was Managing Partner of Osage Ventures. During his career at Osage, Mr. Wallis was responsible for all fund activities including strategy, deal sourcing, negotiation and execution, portfolio management, and harvesting. Before Osage Ventures, Mr. Wallis was a Senior Director of Corporate Development and Corporate Finance for SAP AG, the world's largest business software company. He focused on the strategy, build out, execution and integration of SAP's global merger, acquisition, investment lifecycle and minority investment activities. He led numerous of these investment initiatives and helped supervised the investment activities of SAP Ventures.

Prior to SAP, Mr. Wallis was a Venture Partner at Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, an international private equity firm with over $600 AUM. Prior to Cross Atlantic, he was with Sullivan & Cromwell as a member of their M&A group. Earlier, he was a Senior Consultant with Accenture Technology Labs in Palo Alto, CA.

Mr. Wallis was recognized in 2007 by the Philadelphia Business Journal with its prestigious “40 Under 40” Award. Mr. Wallis is an officer in the United States Navy and was accepted into the Naval Nuclear Power School. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and studied law and capital markets at Duke Law School, where he received a J.D. cum laude.

Darren Wallis’s Experience

Board Member

UniRisX

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Partner & Portfolio Manager

Permit Capital, LLC

(Investment Management industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Permit Capital is an independent investment firm dedicated to managing the financial assets of our members and other limited partners. Our investments span many asset classes domestically and internationally, including public and private equity, distressed debt, real estate, venture capital and hedge funds.
Board Member

Carnegie Speech, Inc

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

October 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 3 months)

www.carnegiespeech.com
Chairman of the Board

SevOne, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Networking industry)

July 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 6 months)

www.sevone.com
Chairman of the Board

HardMetrics, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

November 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 2 months)

www.hardmetrics.com
Board Member

Moda Technology Partners

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 7 months)

www.modatp.com
Board Member

Landslide Technologies, Inc

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

June 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 7 months)

www.landslide.com
Managing Partner

Osage Ventures

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2006 — March 2008 (2 years 3 months)
Senior Director of Corporate Development and Corporate Finance, M&A

SAP AG

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAP; Computer Software industry)

July 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 6 months)
Venture Partner

Cross Atlantic Capital Partners

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

December 2001 — October 2005 (3 years 11 months)
Board Member

ICG Commerce, Inc.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 7 months)

www.icgcommerce.com
Board Member

Voxware, Inc

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; VOXW; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 7 months)

www.voxware.com
Board Member

Management Dynamics, Inc

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2002 — July 2004 (1 year 11 months)

www.managementdynamics.com
Associate

Sullivan & Cromwell

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

July 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 6 months)

Mergers & Acquistions Group
Senior Analyst

Accenture Technology Labs (formerly Andersen Consulting Center for Strategic Technology)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

May 1994 — January 1996 (1 year 9 months)

Darren Wallis’s Education

Duke Law School

Juris Doctorate , Law , August 1996 — May 1998
University of Notre Dame

Bachelor of Science , Chemical Engineering , August 1990 — May 1994