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Rick Bolander, Managing Director, co-founded Gabriel Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm committed to building capital-efficient market leaders by actively assisting entrepreneurs. Rick sought to create a firm with a specific organizational structure and core competencies designed to achieve this goal of building the next generation of industry leaders by identifying the best entrepreneurs and working side by side with them to win. His strong venture capital record is a reflection of not only his effectiveness as a mentor, but also his ability to pick winning value propositions and market trends. Prior to co-founding Gabriel Venture Partners, Rick spent four years with Chicago-based Apex Investment Partners where he was a General Partner.Rick currently serves as non-executive chairman of AccessLine Holdings and is a board member of Chegg, Encentuate, Eyespot, IPWireless, Kajeet, Neopath Networks, Persistent Systems, and Tapatap. He has also served on the boards of Arula Systems (acquired by Raritan), NetScaler (acquired by Citrix Systems) as well as on the public Boards of Concord Communications (acquired by Computer Associates) and Exodus Communications (NASDAQ: EXDS, IPO, then acquired by Savvis). Rick is an advisor to The Infinity Venture Fund, a venture capital fund based in India. He is also a charter member of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE).Rick holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a MS - Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (full fellowship) and a BS - Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan (summa cum laude). | 