Wes joined ATV in 1999 and concentrates on investments in the internet infrastructure and data networking markets. Since January 2000, Mr. Raffel has been a Managing Director of Advanced Technology Ventures. His representative investments include Apprion, Calisolar, CaseCentral, Omneon Video Networks, NeoScale, Redline Networks (acquired by Juniper Networks NASDAQ: JNPR), and Sub-One Technology. Wes Raffel has served as a member of the Omne...
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Wes joined ATV in 1999 and concentrates on investments in the internet infrastructure and data networking markets. Since January 2000, Mr. Raffel has been a Managing Director of Advanced Technology Ventures. His representative investments include Apprion, Calisolar, CaseCentral, Omneon Video Networks, NeoScale, Redline Networks (acquired by Juniper Networks NASDAQ: JNPR), and Sub-One Technology. Wes Raffel has served as a member of the Omneon board of directors since November 2002.
Prior to ATV, Wes served as Vice President of Sales and General Manager at Informix Software where he was last responsible for the Company's Web and e-commerce business. He held positions as acting CEO and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AssureNet Pathways, which was acquired by Axent Technologies. He also was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Global Village Communications, where he grew revenue from zero to over $100 million in three years. Wes spent nearly 10 years of his career with 3Com in various sales and marketing roles, lastly driving the rapid growth of its non-European international business as the Vice President of Intercontinental Operations.
He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.A., Cum Laude, from Harvard College.
