Alan G. Spoon

From 2000-2018, Mr. Spoon served as Partner Emeritus, General Partner and from 2000-2010, Managing General Partner of Polaris Partners, a venture capital company that invests in information technology and life sciences firms. Mr. Spoon is also a member of the board of Fortive Corporation, IAC/InterActiveCorp., Match Group, Inc. and Cable One, Inc.

In addition to his leadership role at Polaris Partners, Mr. Spoon previously served as president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of one of the country’s largest, publicly-traded education and media companies, and has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies. His public company leadership experience gives him insight into business strategy, leadership and executive compensation and his public company and private equity experience give him insight into technology and life science trends, acquisition strategy and financing, each of which represents an area of key strategic opportunity for the Company.