Ed is a managing partner of vSpring Capital, one of the best performing and most innovative venture capital funds found in the Mountain West region of the US. Before joining the vSpring team, Ed served as Vice President of the Intel Communications Products Group and GM of the Intel Utah Software Development Center, a post given to him after Intel acquired LANSystems where Ed was a Principal. Prior to Intel, Ed was a Vice President at CeriSyn and a founder at Cericor, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard in 1985. Ed is a Trustee at Westminster College and a director of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. Ed holds a BS in computer science from Brigham Young University and a MBA from Westminster College. Ed led vSpring's investments in Cemaphore, Fatpipe Networks, Gandiva, LANDesk Software (acquired by Avocent), Levanta, XAware, and Soronti (acquired by Avocent).

 

 

 

David's experience dealing with the financial challenges of technology start-up companies provides insights that can be leveraged throughout the vSpring portfolio. During his 11 year tenure with Ernst & Young's High Technology practice in Silicon Valley and Salt Lake City, he worked with numerous venture backed companies, advising them through equity transactions and M&A activities. David has also lived in the start-up world, serving as chief financial officer to several early stage technology companies. David experienced first hand the challenges of raising venture capital, managing a growing business and negotiating through exit opportunities. David serves on the Founder's Board for the Entrepreneurial Program at Utah State University. He is on the board of directors of Netaphor Software and also served on the board of directors for PS'SOFT, prior to its merger with BDNA. David graduated with honors from Utah State University, receiving a BS in Accounting.