Monette Stephens – Managing Director

Stephens has over 15 years of entrepreneurial, analytical and technical experience. Her unique combination of technical depth and market expertise provides a strong basis for commercializing and repurposing technology, developing market and product strategy and developing strategic relationships with a focus on corporate liquidity. Stephens excels at working with companies through transition phases, assisting with transactions and providing detailed business and technical due diligence.

Stephens has sector expertise in enterprise and infrastructure software, wired and wireless networks, real-time embedded systems, and distributed and high performance computing. She has had several startup successes: Sandpiper Networks (Cable & Wireless), Software.com ( OpenWave) and Digital Sound Corp. Her clients have included Academy Award winning Mental Images, Acorn Technologies, the US Navy, and Ericsson. She has served as an expert analyst for software litigation and taught as an adjunct lecturer in the Computer Science Department for the University of California.

She serves on the Web 3D Consortium's CAD Working Group standards committee, is on several advisory boards and is a member of the ACM and Forum for Women Entrepreneurs.

(650) 342-4135
mstephens@newforth.com

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