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David joined U.S. Venture Partners as General Partner in January 2000 after retiring as president and CEO of Interval Research Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based laboratory and incubator for new businesses. David co-founded Interval Research with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 1992. David founded Metaphor Computer Systems in 1982. He served as its president and CEO until 1991 when the company was acquired by IBM. At that time David was named Vice President of New Systems Business Development for IBM's Personal Systems. In prior years, David also held both R&D and management positions at Xerox Corporation. David has served on the board of directors at Sybase, Broderbund Software, Borland International, Starwave Corp. and Ticketmaster Group, and numerous private companies. David earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Toledo. He has been named a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and also is a consulting professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. | 