Baris Karadogan focuses on investment opportunities in the Internet, new media and semiconductor markets. Baris joined Com Ventures from U.S. Venture Partners where he was a board member of Minerva Networks, and worked closely with companies such as Podtech, Redline Communications, Aspendos Communications, Dilithium Networks, Maxxan Systems and Ciphertrust. Prior to U.S. Venture Partners, Baris worked in both engineering and marketing at 3Com/U.S. Robotics, where he helped to develop the company's networking and cable industry products. His work at U.S. Robotics resulted in a number of U.S. patents. Fluent in English and Turkish, Baris is advisor to Friends of Anatolia, a nonprofit supporting education in Turkey , and is active in the Turkish-American Community. Baris earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College , where he graduated summa cum laude. Karadogan also earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.