Rob focuses on investment opportunities in enterprise technologies, communications, and IT services. Rob has led a number of investments including Geotel [NASDAQ: GEOC], (subsequently acquired by Cisco), Nuance Communications [NASDAQ: NUAN], InterNAP [NASDAQ: INAP], Webspective Software (acquired by Inktomi), Nexabit Networks (acquired by Lucent), WaveSmith (acquired by Ciena), and Connected Corp (acquired by Iron Mountain).

Rob represents Fidelity Ventures on the Board of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the venture capital industry’s primary policy setting and lobbying group. He is also on the Board of the New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA).

Prior to joining Fidelity Ventures in 1993, Rob was a manager in the high technology practice of The Boston Consulting Group. Prior to that he was a product manager for PC products at VLSI Technology, Inc. Rob received an undergraduate degree in computer engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.