Horace Martin

Bio

Prior to joining Endurance Ventures, Horace has worked with a number of early stage businesses as will as for such blue-chip companies as GE (General Electric), AT&T, and SNET. He has completed assignments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Key executive positions held over the duration of his career include Business Unit President, VP of Business Development, VP of Strategic Planning, VP of M&A, CFO, Operations General Manager. He has advised both large and small companies in the high technology industry including Toshiba America Information Systems Computer Systems Division, Netscape, Bell Canada, Telecom New Zealand, Lotus Development Corp to name a few. While the VP of Business Development at GE Information Systems (GEIS), Horace played the lead role in the creation of the ground breaking joint venture, Actra LLC, between GEIS and Netscape Communications which focused on the business-to-business electronic commerce markets on the Internet. He is the author of Multimedia Market Trends (1995 and 1996) -- an analysis and forecast of the future for the converging communications, computing, content, and consumer electronics industries – and Breakout Deals Can Be Game Changers – the ABCs of Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Strategic Alliances. Horace holds both a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree in finance and operations management and a Masters of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University.