Team - FirstMark Capital

Partners

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Rick Heitzmann

Managing Director

Rick focuses on investments in the media, adtech, gaming, and mobile sectors.

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Amish Jani

Managing Director

Amish focuses on investments in the mobile, e-commerce, cloud computing, education, and digital media sectors.

Lawrence Lenihan

Lawrence Lenihan

Managing Director

Lawrence focuses on investments in the e-commerce, enterprise, healthcare, and fintech sectors.

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Gerald A. Poch

Managing Director

Gerald focuses on investments in the enterprise, healthcare, and infrastructure sectors.

Matt Turck, Managing Director

Matt Turck

Managing Director

Matt focuses on investments in the enterprise, data, fintech, and education sectors.

Venture Partners

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Chris Ahearn

Venture Partner

Chris was previously the President of Reuters Media and a member of Thomson Reuters Markets Executive and Operating Committee.

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Joseph Essas

Venture Partner

Joseph is the Chief Technology Officer of OpenTable. Joseph previously served as the CTO of eHarmony.com.

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Nick Marsh

Venture Partner

Nick is the CEO of Chop’t and was previously the founder, COO, and President of Xando, which merged with Cosi to become one of the most successful fast casual restaurants.

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Neil Vogel

Venture Partner

Neil is the CEO of About.com, and co-Founder and Chairman of Recognition Media, producer of the Webby Awards, and Internet Week.

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Gus Warren

Venture Partner

Gus is the COO of Disconnect. He was previously the General Manager of Spot Runner, an Executive Director of Time Warner Ventures, and a Principal at Granite Ventures.

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Larry Wilson

Venture Partner

Larry was previously the CEO and Founder of Policy Management Systems Corporation, which became one of the largest insurance technology companies and was acquired by CSC.

Investment Team

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Brian Kempner

COO and GC

Brian is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at FirstMark Capital and focuses on the firm’s operational and legal activities. Brian was previously the President and General Counsel of The New York Observer and Observer.com.

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Paul Cianciolo

Vice President

Paul focuses on early-stage investments in the digital media, education, enterprise, and healthcare IT sectors.

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Dan Kozikowski

Director of Community

Dan is the Directory of Community for FirstMark Capital, and is responsible for all of the firm’s portfolio-facing initiatives.

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Sutian Dong

Associate

Sutian Dong is an Associate at FirstMark Capital, and is responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities.

Venture Partners Emeriti

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Shabbir Dahod

Venture Partner Emeritus

Shabbir Dahod is the President and CEO of TraceLink, and was formerly the founder of SupplyScape Corporation.

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Tom Deierlein

Venture Partner Emeritus

Tom Deierlein is the co-founder and CEO of ThunderCat Technology, which delivers technology services and solutions to the federal government and Fortune 500 companies.

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Beth Ferreira

Venture Partner Emeritus

Beth Ferreira is the COO of Fab.com, a social commerce platform with over 5 million members. Prior to Fab, Beth served as Vice President of Finance and Operations at Etsy, Inc.

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Andy Macdonald

Venture Partner Emeritus

Andy is currently the President and CEO of First Advantage, a talent acquisition solutions provider that serves hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies, where he was a member of the founding management team.

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Sterling Phillips

Venture Partner Emeritus

Sterling Phillips is the president and CEO of USIS, an information and security services provider for government agencies. He is the former CEO of GTSI and Analex.

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Vivek Shah

Venture Partner Emeritus

Vivek Shah is CEO of Ziff Davis, Inc., a leading digital media company that reaches over 50 million tech buyers each month.

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Scott Switzer

Venture Partner Emeritus

Scott previously founded OpenX, the largest publisher-side ad network in the world.