Shoreline Venture Management

Maria Pacella joined Pender in 2017 and leads Pender Ventures. She has invested in emerging growth and technology companies since 2001, previously spending 11 years at a large Canadian VC firm focused on enterprise software, e-commerce and medtech. She is a CFA charterholder and serves on several boards.

Michael Kline has worked for around two decades as a founder and chief operating officer across the local advertising, e-commerce, and digital marketing sectors. He was a founding team member and COO at ReachLocal (NASDAQ: RLOC), where he helped grow the online marketing company to $500 million in annual revenue, and he incubated the on-demand home services company ClubLocal (later rebranded Serviz), where he served as President. He was also a founding member of WorldWinner, Recycler.com, and AdStar.com, and he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in literature.

Mike Taylor has a background in finance and operations, currently serving as CFO at GitHub after prior roles as VP of Finance at Tesla Motors and Micromuse, where he coordinated an IPO and financing rounds. He was also CFO at Benchmark Capital and Tropos Networks, and earlier worked at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey and Company, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He holds a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and a JD/MBA from Stanford University.

Rich Miller is CEO of Telematica, Inc., a holding company and consultancy focused on product strategy and business development for cloud computing and networked technologies. He co-founded and led StreetLight Data, a geospatial business intelligence service for in-store retail, and previously served as CEO of Replicate Technologies and COO of Univa Corporation, along with executive roles at Infomedia Corporation, Rapport Communication, and General Magic. He holds BA and MA degrees from Stanford University and focuses on IT infrastructure software, cloud technology, and Big Data.

Robert W. Lange is an investor in venture capital and private equity who has served as Chairman and CEO of Total Home Health since 2013. He has held C-level leadership and board director roles across industries including software, medical devices, publishing, and travel, and has overseen multiple M&A transactions. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, concentrating in Management Information Systems, from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Joan Wrabetz has over 20 years of executive management experience at public and private technology companies, including several startups, primarily in enterprise software. She currently serves as COO at Fyusion, Inc., and previously ran Renaissance Consulting Group, advising early-stage VR, IoT, and DevOps companies; earlier roles include VP of Marketing at Western Digital's Datacenter Systems Business Unit, CTO at QualiSystems, and VP/CTO at EMC's advanced technology division. An engineer by training, she holds an MBA from UC Berkeley, an MSEE from Stanford, and a BSEE from Yale, and holds patents in grid computing and big data analytics.

Rob Taylor has worked for about 20 years in IT, mainly in internet-based application and infrastructure software, with a focus on the wireless communications industry across mobile devices, services, and infrastructure. He currently leads partnerships and business development for Apigee (part of Google Cloud) and previously handled developer outreach for American Express and Nokia. Earlier he was a venture investor at Orange Ventures, covering mobile device operating software, radio access networks, core infrastructure software, and wireless applications; he holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from UC Berkeley.

Marian Hudacek is Shoreline's Director of Business Development and Operations, where she supports fundraising, research, and operations. She previously spent 16 years at Discover Financial Services, rising to VP of Business Development, where she led national account managers, managed a portfolio exceeding $4 billion in revenue, and developed corporate strategy for industry segments. She holds a BS in Business Administration with a marketing focus from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Keith Corbin is a financial executive with more than 30 years of experience across financial operations, capital management, fundraising, and mergers and acquisitions. He has served as Chief Financial Officer for start-up, turnaround, and high-growth companies, with industry experience spanning technology (infrastructure, software, and IT), consumer medical devices, business services, and financial services. He has been part of the Shoreline team for about 10 years and holds a BBA from Baruch College and completed an executive management program at the Wharton School.

Peter Craddock co-founded Shoreline Venture Management in 1998 and serves as a Managing Director and General Partner across the firm's funds. Before Shoreline, he worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Kidder Peabody in the Corporate Services Groups, focusing on deal origination in healthcare and technology. He holds a BA in Economics from Denison University and has served as a director and board observer for the firm's healthcare and IT/software portfolio companies.