Venkat Mohan joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2000 and brings more than 25 years of experience in company operations. His most recent investments and board seat appointments include The 41st Parameter, Clairmail, Global eXchange Services (GXS) and TimeBridge. Venkat was formerly a member of the board of directors of Crossweave (acquired by AmberPoint), and Softface (acquired by Ariba). He was a strategic advisor to Arbortext (acquired by Parametric Technology). Venkat joined Norwest Venture Partners in 2000. Formerly, he was president and chief operating officer at OnDisplay, a leading provider of business-to-business infrastructure software and services. He helped take the company public in 1999; it was then acquired by Vignette Corporation. Venkat has also served as vice president of global marketing and e-commerce at General Electric Information Services; president and COO at Cadis, a software start-up; executive vice president of marketing at VMX, a pioneer in voice processing; and CEO of WIPRO Systems. He also held a variety of marketing and management positions at Hewlett Packard, Young & Rubicam, and McKinsey. Venkat was awarded an M.B.A with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was elected a Baker Scholar. He also holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an M.S. in industrial and system engineering from the University of Florida.