PALOMAR TEAM > Amanda Reed
Amanda opened Palomar’s Palo Alto office in 2001 after building a successful career as a senior executive in sales, marketing, and business development in early-stage start-up companies.
Prior to joining Palomar, Amanda was the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development for LogicTier, where she built and led the sales, business development, and marketing teams of this Internet operations services provider. Before joining LogicTier in 1999, Amanda was previously Vice President, Marketing & Business Development at Connect, Inc., an early pioneer in Internet based e-commerce software and services. During her four years at Connect, she held leadership positions in sales, marketing, and business development, including the launch of the company's first Internet-based product in 1995, a successful IPO in 1996, and a final restructuring of the company to reach profitability in 1998. Connect was later acquired by Calico Commerce.
Amanda has a broad background in corporate brand development, product marketing, public relations, communications, business development, and sales management. Prior to Connect, Inc. she was Director of Marketing for a privately held manufacturing company (sales to 42 countries worldwide), where her duties included launching the company's European sales and customer service operations. In addition, Amanda has a combined six years of experience in major account sales, sales management, channel development, and IT outsourcing consulting while at Businessland, Inc. Amanda joined Businessland at the earliest stage of the company with fewer than 30 employees and supported its growth to more than $3B in sales.
With the operating experience of two successful IPOs and two company acquisitions in excess of $100M, Amanda brings extensive early-stage operations talent and insight to the Palomar investment team. Amanda serves on the Board of Directors of Attensity, Edgewater Networks, MyBuys, Silver Creek Systems, Voxify, and Virtela.
Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Dartmouth College. She is a member of the Executive Council for Astia, and is also a Business Advisor to Pacific Community Ventures.
