Melissa Taunton
Partner·New Enterprise Associates
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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