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Peter D. Henig - Founder and Managing Partner
David Ferrara - General Partner (emeritus)
Michael Eck - Operating Partner
Gregg Schoenberg - Operating Partner
Jen Millard - Operating Partner
John Schwallie - Operating Partner
Roy Mabrey - Operating Partner
Michael Schwab - Venture Partner
Board of Advisors
John Cote - GE Capital
Perry Klebahn - Stanford Design School
Dave Ranhoff - MEMC
Paul Scanlan - MobiTV
Michael Copeland - Wired
Michael Schwab, General Partner
Michael B. Schwab, founder and Managing Director of Big Sky Partners, is an active and engaged investment professional with nearly a decade of experience investing in, and mentoring, early stage companies through every stage of company growth and technology/product development. Since founding Big Sky in 1999, Mr. Schwab has remained disciplined in his investment approach across all 18 portfolio company investments, highlighting the firm's primary focus on people first. Big Sky specializes in seed and Series A technology financing, applying a multi-sector investment strategy with a particular focus on the cleantech and alternative energy sectors. Mr. Schwab has extensive expertise in, and can offer entrepreneurs significant strategic contacts within, the clean energy, photovoltaic, next-generation Internet and global financial services industries, as well as broad exposure to emerging international real estate investment opportunities. Mr. Schwab currently sits on the Board of Directors of Solaicx and MongoNet.