Lou Doctor
Managing Director
E-mail: ldoctor@horizonpartners.com
Lou is a Managing Director at Horizon Partners. He has over twenty-five years of experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive, and investment banker. He started his career by co-founding Raster Technologies, a Venrock and Kleiner Perkins funded startup that was sold to Alliant Computer Systems in 1990. Since then, he has founded and held senior executive positions at a variety of high-growth technology companies including EVP of SuperMac Technology and CEO of Locality.com and Truevision (NASD: TRUV, sold to Pinnacle Systems, which was acquired later by Avid Technologies).
In 2001, Lou co-founded Arbor Advisors. At Arbor, Lou advised twenty-three middle-market technology and digital media companies on completed transactions. Notable transactions include the sale of Lynx Medical Systems to Francisco Partners, the sale of Sparta Systems to AIG Capital, the sale of Synergen to GFI Energy, the sale of Tadpole Computer to General Dynamics, and the sale of Ecometry to Golden Gate Capital.
Lou has served on the board of directors of numerous companies including Plaid Bros. Software (acquired by Sungard Data Systems in 2000) and Vidipax (acquired by Loudeye Technology in 2001). Lou holds a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.