Rob Theis invests in technology infrastructure and applications companies at ScaleVP. He currently serves on the boards of BrightRoll, HubSpot and Tapulous (Acq: Disney). Prior to joining ScaleVP, Rob was General Partner with DCM (Doll Capital Management), and invested in leading companies, including Jaspersoft, NeoPath Networks (Acq: Cisco), PGP Corporation (Acq: Symantec), Roamware, VanceInfo (NYSE: VIT), and Wikinvest.

Rob's investing career builds on his global experience driving technology startups' sales, marketing and partnership success. As executive vice president for New Era of Networks (NEON), Rob grew the company to $200Million in revenues and was instrumental in leading NEON through a successful IPO. Prior to NEON, Rob spent 10 years in executive roles at Sun Microsystems, where he drove growth in a series of new strategic initiatives, including Sun's success in the Financial Services Industry sector. Rob's previous experience includes launching Silicon Graphics' initial workstations and selling timesharing services for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing).

Rob was awarded the Honors Scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a B.A. degree in economics. In Rob's spare time, he is a Sheriff cliff/mountain rescue specialist, rescue diver and serves on the boards of University of Pittsburgh AA and Royal Bank of Canada investment committee.

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Rob's Portfolio

BrightRoll
HubSpot

Rob's Podcasts