For over 20 years, Gerry has served as a Managing Director with OVP Venture Partners, the most experienced venture capital firm in the Pacific Northwest. OVP has backed over 125 start-ups – and seen over 55 liquidity events including 25 IPOs, and over 30 others being acquired by public companies. From 1981 to 1992, Gerry was co-founder of Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) where he served as President. He helped lead Mentor to over $400 million in sales and $1 billion in market capitalization, ranking it as one of the largest and most profitable of all U.S. companies founded in the 1980s. His service as a board member covers the range from digital media, energy, enterprise software, network security, and wireless communications to biotechnology. His next book, The Success Matrix is scheduled for publication March 1, 2014. He is the author of The Vision Trap (Harvard Business Review, March 1992). He holds an BA in Chemistry from Cornell University, and a MBA from Harvard.