Sean co-founded Merus Capital in November 2007. Previously he was a Principal of Corporate Development at Google, responsible for acquisitions and investments. Prior to that, he spent over six years at Microsoft in the Corporate Development team, where he was a Director. His areas of focus at Google and Microsoft included consumer web services, online and traditional advertising, online video, gaming and enterprise software-as-a-service.
Before joining Microsoft, he spent two years in technology Mergers & Acquisitions at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in Menlo Park and was a Research Analyst at the Jennings Group in San Francisco.
He holds a BA in Economics/Environment/Politics and a BA in French from Claremont McKenna College.