Sean Dalton

Sean is a General Partner at Highland Capital Partners, focusing on breakthrough opportunities in mobile technologies, semiconductors and advanced materials. He currently represents Highland on the boards of CHiL Semiconductor, Innovative Silicon, MokaFive, Movik Networks, Tatara Systems and Zoove and also actively works with ANDA Networks.

Sean is a former director of AccessLan Communications (acquired by Advanced Fibre Communications), Altiga Networks (acquired by Cisco), Casero (acquired by Radialpoint), CCTV Wireless (acquired by TerreStar), Covergence (acquired by Acme Packet), Envoy Networks (acquired by Texas Instruments), Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellabs), Optasite (acquired by SBA Communications), P.A. Semi (acquired by Apple), Starent Networks (acquired by Cisco), Telcobuy.com (merged with World Wide Technology) and Telica (acquired by Lucent). The prestigious Forbes Midas List has recognized Sean as one of the top venture capitalists in the industry.

Sean earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.