Lou Volpe

Lou is the managing general partner at Kodiak Venture Partners. Prior to joining Kodiak, he was president, COO and director of ArrowPoint Communications where he was responsible for all of ArrowPoint’s functional organizations and managing worldwide operations to achieve company growth objectives. ArrowPoint had a successful IPO in March 2000 and was acquired by Cisco Systems for $5.5 billion in June 2000.Prior to joining ArrowPoint, Lou was senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing and a member of the board of GeoTel Communications, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in June 1999. He joined GeoTel early in its developmental stage and was a major contributor in building its worldwide sales and marketing presence. He was also instrumental in guiding the company through its IPO and eventual $2 billion acquisition. Previously, he served as senior VP of Marketing and Operations for Parametric Technology Corporation from 1989 through 1994. Before Parametric, he was an executive at Prime Computer. He has been an active investor and board member of a number of companies, including Atria (acquired by Pure) and Softdesk (acquired by Autodesk). He is a member of the board of directors for several Kodiak portfolio companies, including Azimuth Systems, ChannelAdvisor, Egenera, GlassHouse, HighRoads, Newforma and SpaceClaim.