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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.
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