Ray Rothrock joined Venrock in 1988. His focus is primarily information technology companies and security and energy. Ray serves on the board of Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP) of Tel Aviv, Israel and a number of private boards including Imaginova, Imperva, Jadoo Power Systems, PGP, Qpass, RedSeal Systems, Vontu, and Zia Laser. He previously served on the boards of WholeSecurity (acquired by Symantec, NASDAQ: SYMC), Spyglass (NASDAQ: SPYG), DIGEX (acquired by Intermedia Communications), Pedestal Software (acquired by Altiris, NASDAQ: ALTS) and Haystack Labs (acquired by Trusted Information Systems/Network Associates). He also led Venrock's investment in DoubleClick (NASDAQ: DCLK). Ray has directly participated in over 30 investments by Venrock. In addition to his activities at Venrock, Ray is Chairman of the board of The Texas A&M Foundation, and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Woodside Priory School. Ray received a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A & M University, an S.M. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.