David ibnAle has served as a director of UCT since November 2002. Mr. ibnAle is a Founding and Managing Partner of Advance Venture Partners, LLC. He has over twenty years of experience as an investor in small and mid-sized growth companies in the technology, media and communications sectors. Prior to co-founding AVP in 2014, Mr. ibnAle was a Managing Partner of Augusta Columbia Capital Group from 2011 to 2013, and a Managing Director of TPG Growth, the growth equity and middle market investment platform of TPG, from 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining TPG Growth, he was an investment professional and a Partner at Francisco Partners from 1999 to 2008, and he began his investing career at Summit Partners. Mr. ibnAle has served on the boards of directors of a number of public and private technology companies, and he currently serves on the boards of directors of Above Average Productions, Hytrust, Nativo, Unified and UrbanSitter. Mr. ibnAle holds a B.A. in Public Policy and a M.A. in International Development Policy from Stanford University, and a M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Mr. ibnAle provides to the Board of Directors expertise in corporate finance, accounting and strategy. Through his experience, Mr. ibnAle brings a thorough understanding of business management including investment, corporate strategy and M&A to UCT’s growth initiatives.