Mr. Oliver serves as Chairman and President of Monumental Venture Partners, LLC, a Northern Virginia based venture capital firm which invests in companies serving corporate markets in information technology, enterprise software, communications and digital security. In early 1999, Mr. Oliver launched and organized MVP. He successfully recruited the founders including the MCI New Ventures team, raised capital for the general partnership from selected investors, and formed the MVP America Advisory Board. Mr. Oliver has extensive experience in fund raising, joint ventures, technology transfer, acquisitions, investment assessments, and international expansion in the wireless telecommunications and information technology industries.
Prior to founding MVP, Mr. Oliver was a group vice president for companies of Allen Telecom International, a NYSE firm with $500 million in revenues. While at Comsearch, a privately held company acquired by Allen, Mr. Oliver developed global microwave, satellite and cellular joint ventures and business partnerships with Airtouch, Ericsson, MCI, and Qualcomm. Previously, Mr. Oliver held management positions with companies acquired by Cable & Wireless, Sprint and Verizon.
Mr. Oliver has studied at Oxford University, the University of Kansas Business School, Lynchburg College, and the University of Virginia. |