Scott Albert

Mr. Albert is a Venture Partner with The Aurora Funds, Inc., an early stage venture capital firm in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He is a founding General Partner of Aurora which was formed in 1994, and manages nearly $250 million across five venture funds and has invested in over 75 companies throughout the United States. Mr. Albert has nearly 30 years of venture capital and operating experience, having been in the venture industry since 1983 and having spent time as the CEO of one of Aurora’s portfolio companies, Centice Corporation, for almost 2 ½ years. Mr. Albert currently sits on the boards of several Aurora portfolio companies, including, StrikeIron, Inc. and Unitrends Corporation. Prior to founding Aurora, he was a General Partner at Criterion Venture Partners in Houston Texas; and an Associate at Golder, Thoma Cressey in Chicago; and an Associate at Booz, Allen and Hamilton in Chicago and New York. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.