Robert C Fleming

Bio

Bob is a co-founder of Prism Venture Partners and has played a significant role in the firm's development. He possesses a wealth of experience in business infrastructure software and systems and communications technologies. His former Prism portfolio companies include, EPiCON (acquired by Nortel Networks), Eprise (IPO) and Telaxis Communications (IPO). Prior to founding Prism, Bob was a General Partner with two venture capital firms, Norwest Venture Capital and the Vista Group. While at Vista, he opened and managed the firm's West Coast office from 1988 to 1993, working closely with Ed Snape and Greg Zaic. He returned to New England in 1993 to join Norwest. Earlier in his career, Bob was an early employee of Gartner Group, joining the company in 1983, when it had less than $10 million in revenues. At Gartner, he founded and ran the Local-Area Communications research service. He began his career as a design engineer of data communications equipment at Dataproducts New England, designing early packet switching (X.25) equipment, time-division multiplexers, and network test equipment. Bob holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and a B.A. in Engineering Sciences cum laude from Dartmouth College.