Herman A. White Jr.

Herman is presently the General Partner of Crossbridge Venture Partners, a venture investment firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Japan. Prior to Crossbridge Venture Partners he was Senior Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank where he worked with venture backed companies in the Communications and Online Services Practice, the fastest growing Team within the Bank. Companies in Mr. White's portfolio included Infoseek, FatBrain.com, Polycom, Redback Networks, Extreme Networks, 2Wire, Kestrel Solutions, Cinta, and others. Prior to Silicon Valley Bank, Mr. White was Vice President of Business Development at Sumitomo Bank, Ltd., San Francisco Branch, where he worked with over 50 technology/multimedia related companies in Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest seeking corporate financing and access to the Asian markets. Companies in Mr. White's portfolio included Intel, Sun Microsystems, Apple Computer, Silicon Graphics, National Semiconductor, AirTouch Communications, Pacific Telesis Group, Electronic Arts, and others. Mr. White received his BA in Economics from the University of Utah and his Master of International Management in Finance from The American Graduate School of International Management (a.k.a. Thunderbird) where he serves as an active board member of the Alumni Association.