Paul H. Bartlett

Mr. Paul H. Bartlett (elected in 2001) is a partner at Rho Ventures and focuses on investments in information technologies and the web. He was previously a business executive in the technology industry, formerly COO and CFO of Critical Path. Before that, he was the CEO at Quintus Corporation until AVAYA acquired the company in 2001. He also served as president and director of Hall Kinion and Associates, a $200 million publicly-traded IT services and recruiting company for the Internet.

Mr. Bartlett has been a general partner at The Sprout Venture Capital Group, where he focused on technology start-ups, buy-outs, divisional spin-offs, and an associate at the investment banking firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Bartlett earned his BA in economics from Princeton University in 1982 and his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1987. His business background includes broad exposure to technology, information systems development, and related management issues.