Melissa Taunton

San Francisco, CA, USA

Bio

Professional summary

Melissa Taunton is a Partner on NEA's Talent team. She works with founders and CEOs to build, develop, and retain executive teams and boards, and designed Invictus, NEA's CEO leadership program. Before NEA, she was an Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures and held operating roles at Drip Drop, Netopia, Hewlett Packard, and Qualcomm.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

New Enterprise AssociatesPartner2015 – Present
Khosla VenturesOperating Partner
Drip Drop, Inc.President
NetopiaStrategic Technology Alliances
Hewlett PackardGlobal Contract Manufacturing Strategy
QualcommSupply Chain Management

Education

University of San DiegoMBA
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUndergraduate studies

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