Paul invests in Information Technology companies at every stage of development. He has more than thirty-two years of software experience and more than twenty-four years in venture capital. Paul currently serves on the boards of Avidyne, Bit9, BlueTarp Financial, Cyren Call, Imprivata, Predictive Biosciences, StreamBase Systems, Vertica and Village Ventures. Paul also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association.

Background
Paul is a former director of Avid Technology (Nasdaq: AVID), CheckFree (Nasdaq: CKFR), Chipcom, HighGround Systems (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Mainspring (acquired by IBM), Relicore (acquired by Symantec), SCH (acquired by Legato Systems), SQA (acquired by Rational Corporation), Sybase (Nasdaq: SYBS), VistaPrint (Nasdaq: VPRT)and WebLine Communications (acquired by Cisco Systems).

Before co-founding Highland, Paul was a general partner at a Boston-based venture capital partnership where he concentrated on software investments. Prior to entering venture capital, he held operating positions for six years in high-growth technology companies. At Novacor Corporation he managed several projects in the development of an implantable artificial heart. Later, Paul was responsible for the development of a complex visual field examination instrument at Synemed Corporation where he also headed the company's mechanical engineering and software development.

Education
Princeton University, B.S.E., Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences
Stanford University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Harvard Business School, M.B.A.

Interests
Paul is an avid skier, ocean sailor, and flies a homebuilt plane as both an ultralight and commercial pilot. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Overseers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Boston Museum of Science, and the New England Aquarium, and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Advisory Committee at Princeton. He has served on a number of other charitable boards including two as board chair: The Nature Conservancy and Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. Paul holds both Swiss and U.S. passports and is fluent in Swiss-German.