Robert Doris

Mr. Doris is the Founding Partner of Accanto Partners, a seed-stage investor in startup companies. Previously, he founded and led Sonic Solutions from inception, as CEO (1986 – 2005) and later as Chairman (2005 – 2011). Sonic developed software and hardware tools for professional digital audio and digital video, with special focus on CD and DVD creation, and was recognized with a technical Emmy® award in 1996. Mr. Doris led Sonic’s successful IPO in 1994 and oversaw later developments as Sonic offered consumer tools for digital media creation including Roxio™ and Divx™ branded offerings, prior to the successful sale of Sonic to Rovi Corporation in 2011.