David has spent his entire professional career investing in private and public technology companies. In 1968, he joined the group which became Citicorp Venture Capital Limited (“CVC”) in New York. He established CVC's West Coast Office in 1973 which served as the focus of CVC's investing activities in the western United States for over 15 years. In 1978, he left to co-found Arscott, Norton & Associates (“ANA”), which formed three venture capital funds whose $75 million in capital funded 36 high-technology companies, including Iomega, Lam Research and Dallas Semiconductor. In 1988, David formed Compass Management Partners (“CMP”), which in turn organized Compass Technology Partners and Compass Technology Group. David’s formative premise for Compass is that information garnered in the venture capital investment process has direct applicability in the selection of high-potential publicly-traded investments.

David earned his B.A. degree in History and Economics from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio in 1966, and an MBA, Finance, from the University of Michigan in 1968. David served as a director of Lam Research Corporation for over 30 years, retiring in 2011, and he is currently a director of Accelitas, Inc., and Toolwire.

Alain joined Compass in 1998 and his wide-ranging technology career includes academic and industrial research as well as emerging high technology and senior corporate management. Alain began his career in 1985 with AT&T Bell Laboratories in the Advanced Materials Development group for semiconductor manufacturing where he was responsible for the development of new materials and processes to be integrated in CMOS technology with an emphasis on manufacturability. In 1989 he joined Novellus Systems, a manufacturer of capital equipment for the semiconductor industry. He spent 1993 at Lam Research. Alain rejoined Novellus in 1994 and became Vice President and Chief Technical Officer.

Alain holds a BS in Mathematics (1977) and a MS in Physics (1979) from the University of Paris XI at Orsay, France. He received a Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics in 1984 from Temple University in Philadelphia. Alain has authored and co-authored more than 30 technical papers, is a co-inventor on five patents and has presented more than 20 lectures at international conferences. Alain is now CEO of Kateeva.

Paul has over ten years of experience on the buy-side covering healthcare and technology companies. Paul was a Senior Analyst at Astrum Capital Management and at Liu International Management before joining Compass in 2003. Prior to his investment career, Paul was a Consultant at SRI International where he wrote market research reports on the chemical industry. Paul started his career as a Research Assistant at J&J’s Biotechnology Center in San Diego.

Martha (Marty) has focused her career in banking and finance. Since 1988 she has been Chief Financial Officer of the Compass Group. Marty started with Crocker National Bank in San Francisco in 1975 where she served in various divisions until 1984. She joined Compass Management Partners as Chief Financial Officer at its inception, in 1988. She has set up and managed the partnership accounting and financial management practices for all the current Compass funds.

Marty graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Economics from Hollins College in 1973 and earned her MBA in 1975 at the Darden School at the University of Virginia with an emphasis on Finance. At Darden she received the William Michael Shermet Award for leadership and academic excellence. Marty and David are married.