Miramar Venture Partners

Rick Fink - Partner
Rick is a co-founder of Miramar Venture Partners and is based in San Diego. Prior to founding Miramar, Rick was a partner with the national law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison where he spent 20 years working with and advising technology start-up companies on a wide range of operating, strategic, financing and legal matters. He has extensive experience in all types of transactions relevant to start-up companies, such as private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and corporate partnering arrangements. Rick also represented numerous venture capital funds in structuring, negotiating and executing their financings of emerging companies.

Rick’s experience also includes management. In addition to practicing law, he spent 8 years managing one of his firm’s most successful offices and had a three year stint managing the firm’s 250-attorney corporate practice group nationwide. Rick also chaired the firm’s first-ever Investment Committee, which was responsible for investing and managing the firm's captive venture funds. Rick left his practice in 2000 to form Miramar.

Rick received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1977, where he graduated with honors and received awards for outstanding achievement in scholarship and athletics. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University in 1980.

Rick serves on the Board of Directors of the following Miramar companies: CaseRev, Coradiant, Starport Systems and Tarari.

Bruce Hallett - Partner
Bruce is a co-founder of Miramar and brings over 20 years of deal development, IT company-building and strategic management expertise to Miramar and its portfolio companies. Prior to founding Miramar, Bruce served as a corporate finance strategist and lead counsel to high growth technology companies, venture capitalists and investment banks. As a partner in two of Silicon Valley’s leading law firms, Bruce orchestrated initial public offerings, venture financings and liquidity events for many high profile technology companies in Southern California, including Broadcom, Buy.com, Exult, PairGain and Applied Semantics (acquired by Google in 2003).

Bruce was a leader in the Southern California technology and venture capital group at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and became Managing Partner of its Orange County office in 1995. In 1999, Bruce was appointed to the firm’s executive committee where he served until he left to start Miramar at the end of 2000. Bruce was also responsible for investing and managing Brobeck's captive venture capital funds. Bruce joined Brobeck in early 1993 from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner in Morrison's emerging companies practice. In 1999, Bruce was recognized as one of Southern California's leading technology lawyers and was selected by members of the California State Bar as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in California.

Bruce received his B.A. magna cum laude from UC Irvine and his J.D. from UCLA. He is Chair Elect of the Chief Executive Roundtable at UC Irvine, a group of business leaders committed to building mutually beneficial, strategic partnerships between the university and the community. Bruce also serves on the Board of Directors of the Orange Coast Venture Group and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.

Currently, he serves on the boards of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Aktino, Graypoint, HyperQuality and Practice Technologies. He also served on the board of Berkana Wireless, which was acquired in late 2005 by Qualcomm.

Bob Holmen - Partner
Bob is a co-founder of Miramar Venture Partners. Bob's career experience encompasses hardware and software engineering to senior management in three technology companies. Most recently, Bob served as Vice President & General Counsel of First Consulting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCGI), which provides information technology consulting, integration and management services to health care, pharmaceutical and other life science organizations throughout North America and Europe. He also served an integral role in the creation and operations of First Ventures, FCG's in-house venture capital investment fund.

Prior to FCG, Bob served as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of CoCensys, Inc., a venture-backed biopharmaceutical company that discovered and developed new drugs for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Bob was responsible for the finance, intellectual property and legal departments at CoCensys until its sale to Purdue Pharma in 1999. From 1994 until its sale to Harcourt General in 1997, Bob was a member of senior management at National Education Corporation, a global provider of interactive multi-media products and services for the education and training marketplace. Bob began his career at Hughes Aircraft Company as a Member of the Technical Staff, designing and programming application software and integrating hardware and software for defense-related projects.

Bob received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1985, serving as an officer of the national engineering honor society at Stanford. He received his J.D. from UC Berkeley in 1989. He currently serves on the Board for SiliconSystems, a Miramar portfolio company.

Heiner Sussner - Partner
Heiner joined Miramar in 2001 after 25 years working with world-class engineers and scientists at IBM Research and in venture-backed technology companies. In addition to deal sourcing, he provides a broad network of technical resources to Miramar's portfolio companies. He serves on the boards of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Azuro and FastSoft, and previously served on the board of Protego Networks, which was acquired by Cisco Systems.

From 1998 until he joined Miramar, Heiner was a Senior Managing Director of H&Q Asia Pacific, a private equity firm with $1.8 billion under management focusing on technology and other investing in Asia and the United States. At H&Q Asia Pacific, Heiner was responsible for providing advice and guidance on all investments in the technology sector and served on the Board of Directors of several technology companies in Silicon Valley incl. Headway Technology (acquired by TDK).

Heiner started his professional career at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart and joined IBM Research in San Jose, California in 1980 working on advanced recording technology. In 1986, Heiner became director of Storage Systems and Technology for IBM Research, where he was responsible for research programs in storage technology, including magnetic, optical and manufacturing research. Under his leadership, the department grew to over 200 scientists and engineers, and IBM became the first to demonstrate Gigabit recording densities for disk drives. In 1992, he joined IBM Europe in Paris as Executive Consultant to the head of marketing for IBM Europe, and was co-founder and Director of IBM Europe's corporate venture group. In 1996, Heiner joined Phase Metrics Corporation, a venture-backed data storage company based in San Diego, California, as Chief Technical Officer responsible for R&D and product development.

Heiner is a graduate of the Technical University of Munich and received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1976 for his work at the Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique in Grenoble, France and the University of Konstanz, Germany. He is author of numerous scientific publications, holds several patents and was awarded the 1994 IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence.

Armond Hairapetian
Armond has joined Miramar Venture Partners as its first Entrepreneur in Residence. Armond brings to Miramar more than 15 years of technical and general management experience in the area of analog, RF and mixed-signal integrated circuits and will help the firm form new companies around specific product plans and technologies as well as evaluate markets, technologies and business plans in connection with Miramar’s general investment activity. Currently, Armond serves as CEO and is on the Board of Starport Systems, a Miramar portfolio company.

Most recently, Armond was the General Manager of the optical products division of Broadcom Corporation, the leading supplier of 10G transceiver ICs for optical communications. Prior to that, Armond was the co-founder and CEO of venture-backed NewPort Communications where he led the engineering effort in developing the world’s first OC-48 and OC-192 transceivers in CMOS, and the ultimate sale of the company to Broadcom in August 2000 for approximately $1.2 billion. Prior to founding NewPort, Armond held various senior level engineering positions at Rockwell Semiconductor (now SkyWorks) and Sierra Semiconductor (now PMC-Sierra). Armond received his BS, MS and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UCLA.

Maneesh Goyal - Senior Associate
Maneesh is a Senior Associate at Miramar Venture Partners. He joined Miramar in November 2006. Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies identifying growth drivers and evaluates prospective investment opportunities.

Maneesh has more than nine years of product development and operational experience in the high tech industry. Prior to Miramar, he spent six and a half years at Broadcom Corp where he saw revenues grow from $36 million to over $2 billion. At Broadcom, he was instrumental in the development and evolution of the cable modem, cable set-top, digital broadcast satellite, LMDS chip sets. Additionally, Maneesh also led the architecture and development of a digital television chip, which allowed Broadcom to successfully reenter the space. Maneesh began his career at TRW’s Space and Electronics Group where he developed communication equipment for military ground stations.

Prior investing experience includes time at El Dorado Ventures as a summer associate. At El Dorado Maneesh worked with portfolio companies and identified investment opportunities in the IPTV market. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components.

Maneesh has published papers in various technical journals and is the holder of three U.S. Patents. Maneesh holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating with Distinction and Eta Kappa Nu honors, and a MS degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Communication Systems, from the University of Southern California. He also holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where he was a Deutschman Venture Fellow.






		Rick Fink - Partner Rick is a co-founder of Miramar Venture Partners and is based in San Diego. Prior to founding Miramar, Rick was a partner with the national law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison where he spent 20 years working with and advising technology start-up companies on a wide range of operating, strategic, financing and legal matters. He has extensive experience in all types of transactions relevant to start-up companies, such as private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and corporate partnering arrangements. Rick also represented numerous venture capital funds in structuring, negotiating and executing their financings of emerging companies. Rick’s experience also includes management. In addition to practicing law, he spent 8 years managing one of his firm’s most successful offices and had a three year stint managing the firm’s 250-attorney corporate practice group nationwide. Rick also chaired the firm’s first-ever Investment Committee, which was responsible for investing and managing the firm's captive venture funds. Rick left his practice in 2000 to form Miramar. Rick received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1977, where he graduated with honors and received awards for outstanding achievement in scholarship and athletics. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University in 1980. Rick serves on the Board of Directors of the following Miramar companies: CaseRev, Coradiant, Starport Systems and Tarari. Bruce Hallett - Partner Bruce is a co-founder of Miramar and brings over 20 years of deal development, IT company-building and strategic management expertise to Miramar and its portfolio companies. Prior to founding Miramar, Bruce served as a corporate finance strategist and lead counsel to high growth technology companies, venture capitalists and investment banks. As a partner in two of Silicon Valley’s leading law firms, Bruce orchestrated initial public offerings, venture financings and liquidity events for many high profile technology companies in Southern California, including Broadcom, Buy.com, Exult, PairGain and Applied Semantics (acquired by Google in 2003). Bruce was a leader in the Southern California technology and venture capital group at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and became Managing Partner of its Orange County office in 1995. In 1999, Bruce was appointed to the firm’s executive committee where he served until he left to start Miramar at the end of 2000. Bruce was also responsible for investing and managing Brobeck's captive venture capital funds. Bruce joined Brobeck in early 1993 from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner in Morrison's emerging companies practice. In 1999, Bruce was recognized as one of Southern California's leading technology lawyers and was selected by members of the California State Bar as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in California. Bruce received his B.A. magna cum laude from UC Irvine and his J.D. from UCLA. He is Chair Elect of the Chief Executive Roundtable at UC Irvine, a group of business leaders committed to building mutually beneficial, strategic partnerships between the university and the community. Bruce also serves on the Board of Directors of the Orange Coast Venture Group and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. Currently, he serves on the boards of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Aktino, Graypoint, HyperQuality and Practice Technologies. He also served on the board of Berkana Wireless, which was acquired in late 2005 by Qualcomm. Bob Holmen - Partner Bob is a co-founder of Miramar Venture Partners. Bob's career experience encompasses hardware and software engineering to senior management in three technology companies. Most recently, Bob served as Vice President & General Counsel of First Consulting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCGI), which provides information technology consulting, integration and management services to health care, pharmaceutical and other life science organizations throughout North America and Europe. He also served an integral role in the creation and operations of First Ventures, FCG's in-house venture capital investment fund. Prior to FCG, Bob served as Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of CoCensys, Inc., a venture-backed biopharmaceutical company that discovered and developed new drugs for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Bob was responsible for the finance, intellectual property and legal departments at CoCensys until its sale to Purdue Pharma in 1999. From 1994 until its sale to Harcourt General in 1997, Bob was a member of senior management at National Education Corporation, a global provider of interactive multi-media products and services for the education and training marketplace. Bob began his career at Hughes Aircraft Company as a Member of the Technical Staff, designing and programming application software and integrating hardware and software for defense-related projects. Bob received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1985, serving as an officer of the national engineering honor society at Stanford. He received his J.D. from UC Berkeley in 1989. He currently serves on the Board for SiliconSystems, a Miramar portfolio company. Heiner Sussner - Partner Heiner joined Miramar in 2001 after 25 years working with world-class engineers and scientists at IBM Research and in venture-backed technology companies. In addition to deal sourcing, he provides a broad network of technical resources to Miramar's portfolio companies. He serves on the boards of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Azuro and FastSoft, and previously served on the board of Protego Networks, which was acquired by Cisco Systems. From 1998 until he joined Miramar, Heiner was a Senior Managing Director of H&Q Asia Pacific, a private equity firm with $1.8 billion under management focusing on technology and other investing in Asia and the United States. At H&Q Asia Pacific, Heiner was responsible for providing advice and guidance on all investments in the technology sector and served on the Board of Directors of several technology companies in Silicon Valley incl. Headway Technology (acquired by TDK). Heiner started his professional career at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart and joined IBM Research in San Jose, California in 1980 working on advanced recording technology. In 1986, Heiner became director of Storage Systems and Technology for IBM Research, where he was responsible for research programs in storage technology, including magnetic, optical and manufacturing research. Under his leadership, the department grew to over 200 scientists and engineers, and IBM became the first to demonstrate Gigabit recording densities for disk drives. In 1992, he joined IBM Europe in Paris as Executive Consultant to the head of marketing for IBM Europe, and was co-founder and Director of IBM Europe's corporate venture group. In 1996, Heiner joined Phase Metrics Corporation, a venture-backed data storage company based in San Diego, California, as Chief Technical Officer responsible for R&D and product development. Heiner is a graduate of the Technical University of Munich and received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1976 for his work at the Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique in Grenoble, France and the University of Konstanz, Germany. He is author of numerous scientific publications, holds several patents and was awarded the 1994 IEEE Medal for Engineering Excellence. Armond Hairapetian Armond has joined Miramar Venture Partners as its first Entrepreneur in Residence. Armond brings to Miramar more than 15 years of technical and general management experience in the area of analog, RF and mixed-signal integrated circuits and will help the firm form new companies around specific product plans and technologies as well as evaluate markets, technologies and business plans in connection with Miramar’s general investment activity. Currently, Armond serves as CEO and is on the Board of Starport Systems, a Miramar portfolio company. Most recently, Armond was the General Manager of the optical products division of Broadcom Corporation, the leading supplier of 10G transceiver ICs for optical communications. Prior to that, Armond was the co-founder and CEO of venture-backed NewPort Communications where he led the engineering effort in developing the world’s first OC-48 and OC-192 transceivers in CMOS, and the ultimate sale of the company to Broadcom in August 2000 for approximately $1.2 billion. Prior to founding NewPort, Armond held various senior level engineering positions at Rockwell Semiconductor (now SkyWorks) and Sierra Semiconductor (now PMC-Sierra). Armond received his BS, MS and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UCLA. Maneesh Goyal - Senior Associate Maneesh is a Senior Associate at Miramar Venture Partners. He joined Miramar in November 2006. Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies identifying growth drivers and evaluates prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh has more than nine years of product development and operational experience in the high tech industry. Prior to Miramar, he spent six and a half years at Broadcom Corp where he saw revenues grow from $36 million to over $2 billion. At Broadcom, he was instrumental in the development and evolution of the cable modem, cable set-top, digital broadcast satellite, LMDS chip sets. Additionally, Maneesh also led the architecture and development of a digital television chip, which allowed Broadcom to successfully reenter the space. Maneesh began his career at TRW’s Space and Electronics Group where he developed communication equipment for military ground stations. Prior investing experience includes time at El Dorado Ventures as a summer associate. At El Dorado Maneesh worked with portfolio companies and identified investment opportunities in the IPTV market. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Maneesh has published papers in various technical journals and is the holder of three U.S. Patents. Maneesh holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating with Distinction and Eta Kappa Nu honors, and a MS degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Communication Systems, from the University of Southern California. He also holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where he was a Deutschman Venture Fellow.
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