| Birthdate | 1970 |
| Oxford University, MBA | 1993 |
| UC Berkeley, BA | 1990 |
| Economics |
Chris Hobbs has extensive executive management experience in both operating and investment roles in dynamic environments.
As COO of NetBooks, he was responsible for all of the internal operations, including finance, infrastructure and sales. He led corporate development at call center giant TeleTech Holdings and at nCircle Network Security. Prior to nCircle, he served as CFO of web services company XUMA. Chris has been an advisor to venture firm Millennium Hanson, and was also first vice president in the merchant banking group of Imperial Bank. He earned a BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Oxford University.