Mark Brooks
Venture Partner, Scale Venture Partners
Business Management
Alimera Sciences
United States of America
Biography
Mark J. Brooks has been a member of our board of directors since 2004. Mr. Brooks is a Venture Partner of Scale Venture Partners. Mr. Brooks has been with Scale Venture Partners since its formation in January 2007 and previously served as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Scale Venture Partners, from 1995 Mr. Brooks worked for Bank of America Ventures, ultimately serving as a Managing Director. Mr. Brooks currently serves on the board of directors of three privately held companies: LivHome, Inc., Spinal Kinetics, Inc. and Oraya Therapeutics, Inc. Until their recent sale, Mr. Brooks served on the board of directors of IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., a publicly traded provider of hospitalist services, and on the board of directors of New Century Hospice, Inc.
Research Interest
Mr. Brooks holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College. Mr. Brooks should serve as a director of the Company, in light of its business and structure, because in addition to his valuable contributions to our Company in recent years, Mr. Brooks has experience as one of the Partners of Scale Venture Partners, where Mr. Brooks has led investments in healthcare services, medical devices and drug development companies and his service on the board of directors of a number of Scale Venture Partners’ portfolio companies