Robert I. Theis

ROBERT I. THEIS, a General Partner at DCM-Doll Capital
Management, brings 20 years of business contacts, relationships
and executive management expertise from his leadership positions
at explosive growth companies like New Era of Networks, Sun
Microsystems, and Silicon Graphics. Before joining DCM, he was
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for New Era
of Networks (NEON). During his four-year tenure, he held a wide
range of executive operational roles, from corporate and business
development to mergers and acquisitions, sales management and
worldwide marketing. Mr. Theis was instrumental in leading NEON
through a successful IPO, multiple rounds of corporate financing,
and grew the company to over $200 million in revenues. Prior to
NEON, he spent 10 years at Sun Microsystems, where he carried out
successful growth strategies in a variety of senior management
roles. As Managing Director of Sun’s Worldwide Financial Services
Group, Mr. Theis grew Sun’s revenue growth in the financial
services sector to over $1 billion in three years; as Director of
Sales and Marketing for the Asia Pacific region, Mr. Theis
managed business operations and achieved a 200% annual growth
rate. In his early years at Sun, Mr. Theis managed and developed
Sun’s computer business in the CAE/CAD/CAM and manufacturing
markets to $400 million in four years. He spent his early career
as a Marketing Programs Manager at Silicon Graphics, where he
developed product strategy, marketing programs and launched SGI’s
workstations; and in sales at McDonnell Douglas Corporation
(Boeing).