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Sean Dalton

General Partner
Sean is a General Partner investing in communications infrastructure and semiconductors. Sean is a former director of AccessLan Communications (acquired by Advanced Fibre Communications), Altiga Networks (acquired by Cisco), Envoy Networks (acquired by Texas Instruments), Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellabs), Telcobuy.com (merged with World Wide Technology) and Telica (acquired by Lucent). He currently represents Highland on the boards of Casero, CHiL Semiconductor, Covergence, Innovative Silicon, moka5, Optasite, P.A. Semi, picoChip, QD Vision, Radiospire Networks, Starent Networks (Nasdaq: STAR), Tatara Systems and Virtual Iron Software and also actively works with ANDA Networks and Simpler Networks. Sean has been recognized by the prestigious Forbes Midas List as one of the top venture capitalists in the industry.

Background
Prior to joining Highland, Sean was a Venture Associate at Fidelity Capital focusing on investments in communications and electronic commerce. Before Fidelity, Sean worked as a Product Manager - Internet Services for GTE where he developed remote access and other network services for ISPs and large business customers. While at GTE, Sean led the nation's first ADSL trial for Internet access.

Education
University of Delaware, B.S., Electrical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania, M.S., Electrical Engineering
Harvard Business School, M.B.A.

Interests
Sean enjoys skiing and lake sports. He's also a long-suffering Philadelphia sports fan. More practically, he holds an interest in national politics and old home restoration. Sean lives in a Boston suburb with his wife and four children.