Carl Ledbetter joined Pelion Venture Partners in 2003. He has served on the board of nine Pelion portfolio companies. Previously, Carl served on the boards of three public and eight other private companies. Before joining Pelion, Carl was a senior executive in engineering of operations at Novell, Control Data Corporation, ETA Systems, Hybrid Networks, Prime Computing, Sun Microsystems, and IBM. Also, Carl was President of AT&T's Consumer Products Division. He was a dean and a professor of mathematics at universities on both coasts. Carl has been a leader in the computer industry in many ways. He acts as the firm’s technology expert and often lends his technical, engineering, and operating expertise and provides industry connections on behalf of our portfolio companies. Carl earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Clark University, his Master's degree in mathematics from Brandeis University, and a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Redlands.