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Rob Stavis
Director
Rob is a general partner in Bessemer's Larchmont, NY office. He focuses on investments in the financial services sector as well as in emerging software technologies. Since joining BVP, Rob has invested in independent research companies Gerson Lehrman Group and Soleil Securities; pre-paid debit card provider PRE Solutions; CRM software developer AIT Group (LSE-AIM: AGP); and Skype Technologies, where he led the A-round financing. He also sits on the board of PXRE Group, a Bermuda-based property and casualty reinsurance company. Until its 2004 acquisition by Vestmark, Rob was on the board of the financial services analytics company LifeHarbor.
Prior to joining Bessemer in 2000, Rob was an independent private equity investor. In this capacity, he led the A round and served on the board of Arbinet (NASDAQ:ARBX), the world's leading electronic market for trading, routing, and settling communications capacity. He also managed a portfolio of interests in a number of industries, including telecommunications, software, technology, and restaurants.
Rob entered private equity after a 15-year career at Salomon Smith Barney, where he became co-head of global arbitrage trading. He was a member of Salomon's operating and risk management committees, and chaired the recruiting committee, in addition to managing a $100 billion balance sheet.
Rob holds degrees from the Engineering School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School of Management. He has published articles on derivatives pricing and risk management for financial services companies. Rob's charitable work includes serving as president of the board of WJCS, Westchester County's oldest and most comprehensive social-service agency, and as a director of The Kingswood-Oxford School and the Larchmont Temple.