Bruce Boehm is an independent venture capitalist and advisor to several specialty venture capital funds. Mr. Boehm has over 25 years of venture investment experience. He was a General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners in Menlo Park, Calif., with responsibility for a portfolio of more than 20 healthcare and technology investments. He also worked as an engineer and project manager for a number of Silicon Valley and Route 128 companies. He has served as a director of more than 30 publicly and privately held companies. Mr. Boehm has created and taught Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship courses at UNC Kenan-Flagler, Duke Fuqua, and the NC State School of Management. Mr. Boehm holds an M.S. in Engineering and an M.B.A. from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T.