Nancy Lee is our Chief Financial Officer and a partner. She is a veteran bean counter for venture capital firms, having spent 20 years with Walden International, a firm with a long and distinguished history and multiple funds in North America and Asia. Her job is to keep Gilman and Stewart out of trouble and… Read more »

Michael Akilian is an associate at the University of Texas Austin, where he is a candidate for a degree in Electrical Engineering in May 2013. He led the investment thesis and diligence for ALP’s Series A investment in a fast growing cyber-security company. At UT, Michael created Hacker Lounge, founded Hack TX, and did academic… Read more »

Stewart is a partner. He spent the first 20 years of his professional career as a business journalist and commentator. It did not start well: he earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 1975, but had to stay the summer to complete his credits. Then he couldn’t find a… Read more »

Jim Ward is a Venture Partner and is on the board of directors of Gowalla, an Alsop Louie Partners portfolio company. Jim is the former president of LucasArts, the videogame division of LucasFilm Ltd, where he was also the senior vice president of marketing, distribution and online. Before he joined LucasFilm in 1997, he spent… Read more »

Joseph Alsop is a Venture Partner. He was the founder and until 2009 the CEO of Progress Software Inc., a public company (PRGS) selling application infrastructure technology, including application development tools and the world’s leading imbedded database. He graduated from MIT in 1967 with a BSEE degree. He is investing in and working with companies… Read more »