Adam R. Dell

Who is Adam R. Dell?

Adam Dell is the Managing General Partner of Impact Venture Partners, a

venture capital firm focused on information technology investments.

Prior to founding Impact, Adam was a Partner with Crosspoint Venture

Partners in Northern California and a Senior Associate with Enterprise

Partners in Southern California. Prior to becoming a venture

capitalist, Adam worked as a corporate attorney in Austin, Texas with

the law firm of Winstead Sechrest Minick. He received a Bachelors

of Arts in Political Economy from Tulane University and a law degree

from the University of Texas School of Law. Adam's investments include:

Buzzsaw (ADSK), HotJobs (YHOO) and Connectify (KANA). He currently

serves on the board of directors of XO Communications (XOCM.OB),

MessageOne and OpenTable and is a member of the Board of Trustees of

the Santa Fe Institute. Adam teaches a course at the Columbia Business

School on business, technology and innovation and is a contributing

columnist to the technology publication, Business 2.0 .