Advisory Board
RedShift Ventures is privileged to have five world-class executives on our Advisory Board, individuals with deep, diverse experience in technology, finance, and building great enterprises. In addition, each member brings a unique and substantial network of contacts to our firm and our portfolio companies.
Frank Bonsal
Co-founder of New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Co-founder of Red Abbey Ventures, General Partner at Alex.Brown & Sons, prominent angel investor in dozens of successful start-ups, B.A. Princeton University
Dr. Renny DiPentima
Former President & CEO of SRA International [NYSE: SRX], also served as COO and CIO, former CIO of the Social Security Administration, Board member on several public and private companies, Ph.D. University of Maryland, M.S. George Washington University., B.S. NYU
Dr. Nariman Favardin
Provost of the University of Maryland, former Dean of University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering, leading authority on research, technology and entrepreneurship on university campuses, co-founder of Zagros Networks, Ph.D., M.S., B.S. electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tom McDonough
President & COO of Sourcefire [Nasdaq: FIRE], former CEO of MountainWave (acquired by Symantec), former SVP of Sales at Riverbed (acquired by Aether, where he assumed same role), former VP of Sales at Axent (IPO, then acquired by Symantec), established team builder and authority on software companies, M.B.A. & B.A. University of Notre Dame
The Honorable Tom Ridge
CEO of Ridge Global LLC, first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Governor of Pennsylvania, six term United States Congressman, leading public policy authority on security, technology and education issues, J.D. Dickinson (now Penn State) Law School, B.A Harvard