Osprey's Venture Partners are expert consultants to the Fund, performing as "virtual partners" with regard to deal sourcing, due diligence, and value creation. Osprey's Venture Partners, due to their domain expertise and industry contacts, are treasured resources that provide the firm with a competitive advantage in the competitive venture capital marketplace.
A continued challenge facing expansion-stage companies is access to experienced operating and professional service advisors to provide mature insight and guidance to the portfolio companies.
Jerry Brown -- Founder and CEO, Brown Venture Associates
Ravi Chiruvolu -- Venture Partner with GKM Ventures and Osprey Ventures, formerly General Partner with Charter Venture Capital and Alta Partners.
Ralph Eschenbach -- Vice President and CTO, Trimble Navigation Ltd [TRMB].
Paul Sherer -- Currently VP of Business Development of PodTech, former Managing Director at VantagePoint Venture Partners. and formerly fifteen years in various executive roles at Robertson Stephens & Co.
John Slitz -- Former CEO of Systems Research and Development and current VP IBM Corp. (SRD was acquired by IBM Corp.), former SVP at Novell, Inc. [NOVL] and Vice President at IBM [IBM] in their software division.
