Partner, GRP Partners
Greater Los Angeles Area
Partner, GRP Partners
Greater Los Angeles Area
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(Partnership; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
GRP Partners is a venture capital firm that backed both of my previous start-ups. I had been working with the partners for 8 years prior to joining as a General Partner. I joined "the dark side" to to help fund like-minded entrepreneurs.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CRM; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — August 2007 (6 months)
I joined salesforce.com when the company where I was founder and CEO, Koral, was acquired. I stayed through a transition period to ensure that the product was ready for a successful market launch and the entire engineering team of Koral remains at salesforce.com.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year)
I founded Koral along with my former colleagues from BuildOnline. We built the product over a 2 year period and then officially launched our new product, Koral, at DEMOFall 2006. It was a smashing success and received a lot of industry accolades. We were acquired in March 2007 by salesforce.com.
(Computer Software industry)
November 1999 — November 2006 (7 years 1 month)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 1991 — November 1999 (8 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
April 1989 — June 1991 (2 years 3 months)