GuideSpark Team

Prior to founding Storm Ventures, Ryan directed the business development activities at E-TEK Dynamics where he focused on building strategic OEM and customer relationships, scaling E-TEK’s manufacturing operations as well as directing the equity investing and acquisition activities until E-TEK merged with JDS Uniphase in 2000. Prior to joining E-TEK, Ryan was with Summit Partners, a private equity firm, where he focused primarily on IT, including Summit’s investment in E-TEK Dynamics in July 1997. Ryan received his B.S. and M.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University.

Prior to NEA, Pete was Senior Director of Strategic Alliances at VMware where he struck the company’s initial OEM deals and grew annual sales through OEMs from $0 to $40 million in four years. Pete ran product management at Mirapoint and worked in sales and marketing at Hewlett-Packard as Worldwide Product Manager for the mid-range server business. Pete began his career at Montgomery Securities in the Technology Corporate Finance group. Pete received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and his B.A. in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Kevin joined Adobe in December 2005 as part of the company’s acquisition of Macromedia, Inc. He was Vice President of e-Learning and Collaboration at Macromedia. Prior to Macromedia, Kevin served as president and CEO of Presedia, Inc., the inventor of rapid e-learning Software as a Service solutions, which Macromedia acquired in January 2003. Kevin previously served as president and CEO of Kalyn Corporation and held management positions at Hal Computers and nCHIP, Inc. Kevin holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated from Rice University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude.

Prior to founding GuideSpark in 2008, Keith served as Senior Director and Entrepreneur in Residence for Adobe where he led efforts on the company’s new SaaS business. In 1999, Keith co-founded Presedia, which developed eLearning and digital presentation solutions. Presedia was bought by MacroMedia in 2003 and Keith joined MacroMedia as VP, Project Management and Operations, where he managed a team and business that he grew into $50 million in annual revenue. Keith received his B.A. in Electrical Engineering and his M.B.A. from Stanford University.

Prior to Gaia, Craig was Chief Operating Officer of Ancestry.com, where he helped lead the company’s pivot from a free family social network to a family history subscription service and grew the company from under $10 million to $150 million in sales and from tens of millions in losses to tens of millions in profits. Before Ancestry.com, Craig held senior positions at AIG. Previous to AIG, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Japan, a joint venture startup he founded with Cendant and Mitsubishi Corporation that he helped grow from inception to over $20 million in sales and profitability.

Schipper holds a bachelor’s degree from Hope College and an MBA from Michigan State University. In 2014, Schipper was elected to the board of directors of DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE:  DHX) where he chairs the compensation committee; in 2007, Schipper was elected to the board of Verified Person, Inc, a leading provider of background screening services.