Ravi Chiruvolu is a general partner with Charter Venture Capital, where he focuses on information technology, in particular enterprise software and software infrastructure. Ravi is a director of Ellie Mae, ManageStar, Niku, Quantum3D, Talaris, Verano, and Winery Exchange. Additionally, Ravi is an active speaker and thought leader in the venture capital industry, and among other things, writes a monthly technology column for the Venture Capital Journal. He began his venture capital career at Alta Partners, before which he was GM of online services and ran business development at Peapod. He also worked in corporate development at Ameritech, where he led AIN rollout, corporate Internet/content strategy, cellular footprint expansion, and a broadband rollout assessment. He was on the response team for the 1996 Telco Act and was nominated in 1997 for the Chairman's Award for his work in increasing efficiency in Ameritech's Call Centers. Prior to Ameritech, Ravi was with McKinsey & Company, Motorola, Mitre Corporation, and NASA facilities at the Goddard and Johnson Flight centers. Mr. Chiruvolu is a retired officer in the United States Army, Ordinance Corp.