Title Director Company Verizon Ventures Bio David Famolari is a Director at Verizon Ventures. Prior to Verizon, David was Vice President at Rutberg & Company, a mobile-focused investment bank, where he headed the private company practice. He also co-founded GoodCompany Ventures, a venture incubator that uses the tools and resources of the venture capital community to help entrepreneurs implement innovative ideas for social impact, and served as a mentor to the Women Innovate Mobile Accelerator program and to the Pipeline Fellowship. David sits on the Technology Advisory Board at Ben Franklin Technology Partners and the Employer Advisory Board at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David brings extensive product and engineering expertise to Verizon Ventures, having spent more than 12 years in advanced R&D creating new technologies, leading joint ventures and overseeing innovation programs for commercial, military, and federal clients at Telcordia Technologies, Bellcore and Bell Labs. David has authored more than 50 published papers and is an inventor on over 70 granted and pending patents. David earned a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers followed by an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David is based in the New York metro area. - See more at: http://www.verizonventures.com/team/#sthash.Xo8MANYD.dpuf