Ivan Wolff
Managing Director

Ivan Wolff is a seasoned venture investor and executive with more than 30 years of accomplishment at high technology companies and start-ups.

Mr. Wolff has served as a manager in both small and very large high tech companies, been an analyst at a major bracket securities house, worked as a portfolio manager at an established venture capital firm, and has been a private investor for the past seven years. Throughout his career, he has also consulted for clients including AT&T Ventures, Cowen & Company, Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette and Teleport Communications Group (TCG) in the areas of technology portfolio management, strategic marketing and capital structure.

Most recently, Mr. Wolff has been active as an investor in the private equity of both electronic and biotechnology startups. He serves on the board of several companies and is an active investor in others. As part of his related advisory activities, he often helps these companies initiate and negotiate licensing agreements, development deals and other relationships with OEMs and systems integrators. These ventures are predominantly in the electronic security industry and include a company that designs and sells software for document security policy management targeting the defense and HIPPA oriented segments and a company that has a patented device for producing high quality omnidirectional images for both security and defense industry applications. Another venture manufactures and sells gigabit Ethernet over coaxial cable networks. His biotechnology interests include a medical device for electronic pain management to a substance that can be used as an internal bulking agent or adhesive, with many applications for both soft tissue and bone.

Earlier, Mr. Wolff was a founder of BizTel, a company that designed and installed wireless "last mile" communications systems using spectrum licensed from the FCC. BizTel was ultimately sold to Teleport Communications Group.

From 1984 to 1991, Mr. Wolff was a Managing Director and partner at Rothschild Ventures. While at Rothschild, he invested in start-up telecommunications, software and other high technology companies and achieved superior investment returns (Octel, Network Equipment Technologies, TranSwitch, Anadigics, among others). He also served, as required, on the boards of directors and helped direct achieving liquidity through acquisition or public offerings.

Mr. Wolff was also a Securities Analyst and Vice President (telecommunications industry) at Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, where he covered, among other companies, AT&T during its first breakup. Prior to his role at DLJ, he served as a Marketing Strategy Director at AT&T General Departments for five years where he was responsible for planning and analysis of AT&T's competitive position as well as providing planning support for the impending resolution of the Justice Department anti-trust suit [resulting in the breakup].

In his earlier career, Mr. Wolff worked for two communications equipment manufacturers, the earliest being Hughes Aircraft Company. While at Hughes, he held various positions in the Space and Communications Group which led to his role doing the business planning and applications engineering for a startup microwave systems manufacturer selling to the cable television industry. After his Hughes assignment, Mr. Wolff joined M/A Com as the Marketing Manager for its domestic and international communications systems business.

Mr. Wolff earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physics from Cornell University and his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.

Managing Directors

G. Michael Ashmore
James Baum
Robert Curran
Catherine Elkies
James Fine
Louis Le Gendre
Robert Gorin
Jean-René Gougelet
James Hartman
Robert Jaegly
Patricia Koziol
Barbara Krasne
Boris Kupermann
Kira Mendez
Susan Miller
Albert P'an
Dan Pomerleau
James Prendergast
Mary Kay Rafferty
Rona Rosenblatt
David Rupert
Clark Santos
Geri Stengel
Frank Vitale
John Wisniewski
Ivan Wolff
Courtney Wood