Mark Richey

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Mr. Mark Richey serves as a Partner at 1809 Capital. He also served as Advisor at Felux and CincyTech. He founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Synchrony Communications. He also co-founded and served as Managing Director at West Capital Advisors. Mr. Richey serves as a Board Member at AssureCare. He serves as an Advisor at Vitalxchange and Renal. He is an experienced technologist, executive, founder, and private equity investor. Most recently, he served as a Managing Director in Draper Triangle Ventures, an early-stage venture fund and an affiliate of the Draper Network of funds headed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park, CA. Mr. Richey founded Synchrony Communications in 1997 raising $38 million in funding from leading VCs and strategic investors, including Charles River Ventures, APAX Partners, and GE Equity. He grew the company to a size of more than 130 employees in four cities serving over 80 customers, including Cincinnati Bell, Bank of America, and Proctor & Gamble. In prior years he served in management roles with a series of venture-backed Silicon Valley companies, including Gain Technology (sold to Sybase), Siebel Systems (IPO), and Genesys Telecommunications (IPO). After graduate school, he worked in management consulting with Theodore Barry & Associates (Los Angeles). Mr. Richey began his career as a software engineer with Cincom Systems (Cincinnati). He holds an M.B.A. from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and a BS in Systems Analysis from Miami University. He currently serves as an observer on the boards of Thinkvine, and CardioInsight, the advisory board of Priority Consult (a division of Mayfield Spine Clinic), and the TechColumbus Investment Committee. He served as a Board Observer at Oversight Systems. He is a past member of the Business Advisory Council of Miami University's Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration. Mr. Richey served as an Advisor at Rev1 Ventures. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors at RedHawk Ventures.