Stephen Van Beaver
General Partner
Stephen has broad management experience in the technology
industry as an entrepreneur, manager, active investor and advisor for
emerging information technology and telecommunications companies for more
than two decades. He has led hardware and software products and services
companies and divisions, working across many functional areas including
technology and engineering management; operations; and sales and marketing
strategy.
Prior to joining Pilot House, Stephen was co-founder and Senior Vice
President of Operations for Road Runner LLC, the high-speed data joint venture
between MediaOne (now Comcast), Time Warner (now AOL Time Warner), Compaq
(now HP) and Microsoft. In this role, he grew numerous operational
functions, as well as other areas of the business including deployment,
program management, quality assurance, customer care, and regional
operations. He also served as Vice President of Operations and Technology
for MediaOne Internet Services, as well as for Continental Cablevision.
Before joining Continental Cablevision, Stephen was General Manager of
the AT&T Interchange Online Network division. Stephen also held
senior positions at Shiva and Index Technology, within the marketing,
operations and technology functions.
Stephen holds a Masters of Business Administration from Southern New
Hampshire University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University
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Margaret H. Lawrence
Partner
Margaret has been investing in information technology companies since 1998,
and brings a combination of investment and information technology expertise
to the firm.
Prior to joining Pilot House, Margaret was with Chestnut
Partners, a Boston-based merchant banking/venture capital firm that
invests in and provides financial advisory work to early-stage software
companies. At Chestnut, Margaret worked in partnership with management
teams though all stages of their business, to increase speed to market and
enhance opportunities for financing. She was also part of the team that
invested in iAtlas (sold to AltaVista/CMGI) and Africana.com (sold to
AOLTimewarner). Previously, she was a product manager at Verizon Wireless.
Margaret began her career at Lehman Brothers where she focused on mergers,
acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.
Margaret earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Williams College
and a Masters of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
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