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Carter Griffin is a Principal at Updata Partners in the Reston, Virginia office and joined the firm in early 2005. Prior to joining Updata Partners, Mr. Griffin co-founded Brivo Systems in 1999 and served as Chairman and CEO until selling the company to a unit of Duchossois Enterprises Group in December 2004. Brivo Systems pioneered the software-as-a-service model in the physical security market by introducing the first-ever on-demand system for facility access control. During his tenure at Brivo, Mr. Griffin raised over $30 million in multiple rounds of equity and debt financing from venture capitalists, strategic partners and angel investors. Before starting Brivo Systems, Mr. Griffin spent four years as a senior vice president at Kaiser Associates, where he advised Fortune 500 clients on competitive positioning and new-market entry strategies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Griffin worked in London for the Coca-Cola Company and held positions at American Management Systems and Arthur Andersen. Mr. Griffin holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA in finance and marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Griffin serves on the board of Updata Partners portfolio company Nimaya and is a board observer for Appfluent and, CoreStreet. | 