Bob Hower

Bob Hower is a general partner with Advanced Technology Ventures and focuses on investments in the IT infrastructure and software and services sectors. A few of his investments include AppIQ (acquired by HP NYSE: HPQ), Acme Packet, Application Networks (acquired by Reuters NASDAQ: RTRSY), ChannelAdvisor, e-Security (acquired by Novell NASDAQ: NOVL), Sanovi, and Wave7 Optics.

Previously, Bob was Vice President of Sales at LHS Group, where he built the company's Enhanced Services Division for Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and prior to that, he was a member of the senior management team at Priority Call Management (PCM). Prior to LHS Group's acquisition of PCM in 1999, Bob helped grow PCM's revenue from approximately $3.5 million to $45 million. Bob's background also includes sales and marketing roles at Lotus Development and General Mills. Bob first joined the venture capital community as a Director at BancBoston Ventures where he focused on the telecommunications and IT infrastructure sectors, and completed investments in Telephotonics (acquired by DuPont) and AccessLan (acquired by AFC). Earlier in his career, Bob worked in commercial real estate development at Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, negotiating lease transactions in excess of $100 million.

Bob holds an M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a B.A., Cum Laude, from Harvard College.