Prior to joining Ballast Point Ventures, Robert worked for three years as an Associate for Wachovia Capital Partners, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based private equity fund affiliated with Wachovia Corporation. While at Wachovia Capital Partners, now known as Pamlico Capital, Robert focused on investments in the media, communications, business services and energy sectors. He also worked previously as an Analyst for two years in the Leveraged Finance Group of Wachovia Securities, also in Charlotte.He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree and from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth with an MBA.Robert currently serves on the board of directors of KeyView Labs and Advanced Processing and Imaging.