Mr Brian A Hirsch

KANDO id: 13029

Bio

Brian Hirsch is a Managing Partner of GSA Venture Partners and a Co-Chairman of the Fund’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining SAVP in 2004, Mr. Hirsch was a Principal at Sterling Venture Partners and led the firm’s investments in technology-related companies.Prior to joining Sterling Venture Partners, Brian was a vice president at ABN AMRO Private Equity (“AAPE”), the U.S. venture capital group of ABN AMRO N.V. Before joining AAPE, Mr. Hirsch worked as a senior consultant at KPMG in the Information, Communications & Entertainment (ICE) practice, where his clients included General Electric, CBS/Westinghouse and the Tribune Company. Brian is currently a board member of Flat World Knowledge, FTRANS, HomeSphere, Informous, Lendio, Pontiflex, RealDirect, Spanfeller Media Group, TRAFFIQ and Vook. Brian previously sat on the board of YellowJacket (acquired by the Intercontinental Exchange, NYSE:ICE) and KnowledgeStorm (acquired by TechTarget, NASDAQ:TTGT). Brian is an active member of the New York Venture community and sits on the board of the New York Venture Capital Association and created the organization's flagship Ingenuity Conference. Brian is also a co-founder of the NYC Turing Fellows Program which matches top computer science and engineering students with outstanding summer internships at NYC startups.

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