Adam Dell has served as the Managing General partner of Impact Venture Partners a venture capital firm focused on information technology investments since 1999. Prior to founding Impact Mr. Dell was a Partner with Crosspoint Venture Partners in Northern California and a Senior Associate with Enterprise Partners in Southern California. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist Mr. Dell worked as a corporate attorney in Austin Texas with the law firm of Winstead Sechrest & Minick. Dell currently serves on the board of directors of the Santa Fe Institute MessageOne and OpenTable. Mr. Dell teaches a course at the Columbia Business School on business technology and innovation and is a contributing columnist to the technology publication Business 2.0.