Ian Bund – Chairman [ibund@plymouthvc.com]
Ian has been active in early stage venture capital for nearly 40 years and brings deep financial and technology expertise to Plymouth Venture Partners. He has been involved with building over 350 companies and has served on the Board of more than twenty companies. Successful exits include 34 IPOs and numerous strategic sales such as Ventana Medical Systems, Promega, Lifescan, Birtcher, Stratacom, and Neogen. He formed the first institutional venture capital firms in Michigan and has led more than 10 funds. He received a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and an MBA from Harvard University.
Mark Horne – CEO [mhorne@plymouthvc.com]
Mark has been closely engaged with PMC as a Senior Advisor and investor since 2005, and has collaborated with Ian Bund on several investments over the past decade. He brings over 20 years of business and financial expertise to PVP. Mark’s career began with Price Waterhouse, and has included senior financial management positions with several large, privately-held technology and manufacturing companies. Mark is a CPA with a Bachelors of Arts - Business Administration degree from Cedarville University and an MBA from Widener University.
Jeff is an experienced finance professional with over 15 years of experience working in investments and banking. Prior to joining PMC, Jeff was a Senior Economist at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in Washington, DC where he was responsible for evaluating financing proposals from small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as Fortune 500 companies, and providing input to the decision-making process on financing their projects. Currently, in addition to his work at PMC, Jeff is a consultant to the Oakland University Incubator (OU Inc.), leading the capital sourcing function for incubator clients and consulting business plan development. Prior to his work with OPIC, Jeff was a consultant for ten years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Stone & Webster Management Consultants. He holds an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University and a BA from Trinity College in Economics.
Ariel brings to Plymouth Ventures Partners over 20 years of senior management experience in technology companies. In Michigan, he successfully started, developed and grew two privately held subsidiaries of European capital equipment organizations from inception to maturity in the field of factory automation robotics serving a large customer base in the automotive, aerospace and general manufacturing industries. In those organizations he progressively held operational positions of project management, engineering management, sales and finally top management in the last decade for an international leader in this field. Ariel holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bridgeport and an Executive MBA degree from Michigan State University.
Brewster comes to Plymouth with a variety of consulting experience. Most recently, he was with Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting after starting his career at A.T. Kearney. He is co-founder of Birds Eye, a contract services firm to forestland owners. Brewster is also a fellow with the University of Michigan’s pre-seed focused Frankel Commercialization Fund. Brewster received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Middlebury College and is pursuing an MBA and a concurrent MS from the University of Michigan.
Dana Sutton – VP and Office Manager [dsutton@plymouthvc.com]
In the past five years, Dana Sutton has managed a variety of portfolio, investor relations, treasury, accounting & communications and administration functions, including first-cut assessment of investment opportunities, logging deal flow and ensuring that feedback is provided to entrepreneurs in a timely manner. Since inception, administration of the PVP-I portfolio has been managed by Dana. Dana graduated from Eastern Michigan University. Ms. Sutton is also the co-founder and Executive Director of Ann Arbor’s Blackbird Theater where she is actively engaged in production, acting, writing and direction of plays.
WaLouisa Hubbard – Administrative Assistant [whubbard@plymouthvc.com]