At Highland Capital Partners, Paul Maeder focuses on information and healthcare technology investments, most notably software, as well as systems, security and diagnostics. He has more than twenty-eight years of software experience and over twenty-two years experience in venture capital. Maeder is a former director of Avid Technology (Nasdaq: AVID), CheckFree (Nasdaq: CKFR), Chipcom, HighGround Systems (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Mainspring (acquired by IBM), Relicore (acquired by Symantec), SCH (acquired by Legato Systems), SQA (acquired by Rational Corporation), Sybase (Nasdaq: SYBS), VistaPrint (Nasdaq: VPRT) and WebLine Communications (acquired by Cisco Systems). Before co-founding Highland, Maeder was a general partner at a Boston-based venture capital partnership where he concentrated on software investments. Prior to entering venture capital, he held operating positions for six years in high-growth technology companies. At Novacor Corporation he managed several projects in the development of an implantable artificial heart. Later, Paul was responsible for the development of a complex visual field examination instrument at Synemed Corporation where he also headed the company's mechanical engineering and software development. Maeder currently serves on the boards of Amp Resources LLC, Avidyne, Bit9, BlueTarp Financial, Imprivata, StreamBase Systems, Vertica, and Village Ventures.