| University of Florida, Graduate |
Melissa joined VantagePoint in 2001 and leads the Emerging Markets-Asia Group. She has 19 years of experience within the semiconductor industry as an entrepreneur, CEO, and investor. Before joining VantagePoint, she founded and served as CEO of a VantagePoint semiconductor packaging company where she oversaw the development of leading-edge 3-D packaging that set new industry standards for high-density backplanes. Melissa began her career at Prudential Securities as an investment banker. She attended Wellesley College and is a graduate of the University of Florida (BS) (MSF) Candidate. Melissa is a Hopkins Fellow and participated in the Women’s Leadership Program at Harvard University.