Chris Carter has extensive private equity experience and has worked with early stage companies to bring disruptive technologies to market. Prior to founding Jarvinian, Chris was a Principal at Innosight, where he specialized in the development and marketing of disruptive technological innovation. Before this, he was a founding General Partner at the early stage venture fund, Sherbrooke Capital. Earlier in his private equity career, Chris worked for Capital Resource Partners and the Thomas H. Lee Company.

Chris received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA magna cum laude from Harvard College. He is married with three children, designs his own board games, and plays a mean jazz trombone. Like all Jarvinian directors and associates, Chris is an FCC licensed wireless operator.

     
 

John Dooley is a wireless engineer who started an R&D company focusing on emerging wireless standards. Prior to establishing Jarvinian, John was the founder of Novatics, where he led the creation of numerous proprietary technologies for the enhancement of advanced mobile data infrastructure. Before this, John conducted early research into ultra-high speed wireless local area networks and pioneered the use of passive repeater technology in urban cellular applications.

John holds patents in advanced wireless and intelligent computing technologies. His work is found in graduate textbooks on wireless design and is considered a foundation for next-generation mobile network deployment. John is married, an excellent sushi chef, and loves spending time on and around the ocean.

     
 

Tom Eddy has 14 years of technology investment banking and early-stage venture experience and has worked with early stage companies as both an advisor and investor. Prior to founding Jarvinian, Tom was Chief Operating Officer and Senior General Partner at Atlas Venture, a Managing Director of Robertson Stephens & Company, and a Vice President in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley & Co. He serves on the Board of First Marblehead Corporation and is a Trustee of Steward Medical Group.

Tom received an MBA from Harvard Business School, a JD from Duquesne University School of Law, and a BS from the University of Virginia. He is married with three teenage children, crews on an America Cup 12 metre sailboat, and enjoys spending time on his tractor.

     
 

Brian Zelno has a wide range of experiences from serving our country in Iraq to developing new filtration technologies for a wireless equipment start up. Prior to joining Jarvinian, Brian helped launch Nanoton, a company developing the next generation of nanomaterial derived RF filters for the wireless market. From the outset of the conflict in 2003, Brian was deployed in Iraq as a Captain with the 4th Infantry Division where he arrived as an artillery commander and left as a manager of infrastructure reconstruction.

Brian graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a degree in engineering where he was captain of the tennis team and the all-time singles victory leader. In addition to being a very good tennis player, Brian spends his free time traveling and playing with his ham radio.

     
 

Nikhil Patel is an engineer and patent attorney. Prior to joining Jarvinian, Nikhil was an associate with Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, where he specialized in telecommunications patents. Before becoming an attorney, Nikhil worked as a computer engineer for Textron Systems, where he programmed the mapping software for the Terrain Commander Unit, a defense system used to detect and destroy low-flying aircraft, vehicles, and hostile personnel.

Nikhil received a BS in Computer Science from Tufts University and a JD from Widener University School of Law. He is married and a new father.

     
     

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