Board of Directors


Arshad Matin - President and CEO

Mr. Matin brings over 20 years in the high technology industry to SMT as president, CEO and member of the board. Prior to joining SMT, Mr. Matin was vice president of the compliance and security management business unit at Symantec.

Mr. Matin joined Symantec through the company’s acquisition of BindView Corporation in January 2006. At BindView, he was president and COO directly overseeing products, sales, marketing, corporate development and services functions. He led the successful turn-around at BindView which established the company as the leader in IT policy compliance. Before joining BindView in April 2004, Mr. Matin was partner at the Houston office of McKinsey & Company where he served clients in both high tech and energy industries. He started his career as software developer for Oregon-based Mentor Graphics Corporation

Mr. Matin earned his MBA from the Wharton School, MS in computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and BE in electrical engineering from Regional Engineering College in India. Long time Houston resident, he and his wife have three daughters.

Jake Reynolds

Jake joined TCV in 1997 and has been in the venture capital industry since 1993. Jake's primary investment focus is in the software, eCommerce and business services industries. He has been involved with TCV investments in Altiris (acquired by Symantec), BenefitMall (acquired by Allied Capital), Brightmail (acquired by Symantec), Capella Education, Clareon (acquired by BancBoston), Ejasent (acquired by Veritas), eLoyalty, ExlService, Global 360, GMI, Homegain (acquired by Classified Ventures), Intraware, Solarc, Solect Technology Group (acquired by Amdocs), TechTarget, Webroot, XACCT Technologies (acquired by Amdocs), and YouCentric (acquired by JD Edwards).


David Yuan

David joined TCV in 2005 and has been in the venture capital industry since 2000. David has over ten years of experience in technology focused private equity, entrepreneurship, and strategic consulting.

Prior to TCV, David worked as a Senior Associate at JPMorgan Partners, a $6B private equity fund, where he focused on enterprise software and Internet investments. Before JPMP, David was one of the first employees and director of business development and ad sales at 1stUp, an Internet Service Provider which was successfully sold to CMGi. David started his career in the San Francisco office for Bain & Company where he advised technology and private equity clients. David has also served as an advisor or consultant to VMware, Gluecode, SAP, KongZhong, SixApart, and Chipshot.com

David received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. David currently serves on the board of Seismic Micro-Technology.

Current Investments

  • Global360, Inc.
  • Seismic Micro-Technology, Inc.
  • Solarc, Inc.
  • Oak Pacific Interactive
  • Webroot Software, Inc.

Prior Investments

  • *AboveAll Software
  • *Profitlogic
  • *Sagemetrics
  • *Tidal Software

*Prior to TCV


Tom Smith

A veteran of 37 years in the oil & gas industry, Tom works with Arshad Matin on strategic directions for the company. He founded Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT) in 1984 and grew the company with his wife, Evonne. He started his professional career with Chevron (1971-1981). In the 1980’s in addition to starting SMT, he taught short courses in seismic acquisition, data processing and seismic evaluation of reservoirs through Oil & Gas Consultants International (now Petroskills, 1984-1998) and provided consultation services to a number of companies (1981-1996).

His academic credentials include Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Houston (1981), M.S. in Geology with Geophysics Thesis (1971) and B.S. (1968), both awarded by Iowa State University (ISU). His technical expertise is in joint interpretation of geophysical and geological data, seismic attributes, seismic wave propagation and imaging, sedimentation and facies analysis, structural geology, time series analysis and Vertical Seismic Profiling. He has been involved in business, research & development, training and software design & development. His interest and enthusiasm remain high in each area.

He has been recognized by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) with the Enterprise Award (2000), Houston Geological Society (HGS) Corporate Star Award (2005), ISU Citation of Merit Award for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS, 2002), ISU Distinguished Alumnus Lecturer Award for Geology (1996), Man of The Year Award and Outstanding Alumnus of Kappa Sigma of Ames (2002), Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon and now serves on the ISU LAS Dean’s Advisory Council.

His professional affiliations include SEG, AAPG, EAGE, AGU, SSA, SIPES, HGS and GSH.

Robert Smith

Mr. Smith began his business career in 1994 as an investment banking associate at Alex. Brown & Sons, after having served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy from 1987 until 1991. From 1994 until 1999, Mr. Smith was employed by Alex. Brown serving as a Vice President in their Technology Investment Banking Group, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and public equity financings. While at Alex. Brown, Mr. Smith worked on transactions involving Astea International, Inc., Computer Task Group, Inc., Datastream Systems, Inc., INSO Corporation, i2 Technologies, Inc. and RSA Security, Inc. In 1999, Mr. Smith joined ABS Capital Partners, a $1.4 billion private equity firm, where he focused on mid- to later-stage software company investments.

Mr. Smith joined JMI in 2000 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Smith was elected as a partner of JMI in 2001. He serves on the board of directors of AirClic, Applimation, Inc, Appriss, Inc., QuIC, Seismic Micro-Technology, Inc. and ServiceBench, Inc.

Mr. Smith received a B.S. with Distinction from the United States Naval Academy in 1987 and a M.B.A. from Duke University in 1994.

Company Overview



  • Founded: 1984
  • Office Locations: Texas; UK; Singapore
  • Footprint: Used by geoscientists in over 85 countries.

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