Kristin Myers
Kristin Myers was on a fast career track. Just 31, she has a biomedical-engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison; spent five years in engineering, marketing and sales for the cardiac rhythm management division of the medical device giant Medtronic; got her MBA from Harvard University; and spent four years at the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm of Skyline Ventures, where she did due diligence on potential investments, served on the board of directors of several portfolio companies and made partner.
She made jaws drop when she announced she was leaving Palo Alto for Ann Arbor and Arboretum Ventures LLC — which this morning will announce that it has hired her as principal to lead new investments from the VC firm’s newest fund, Arboretum Ventures III, which was planned at $125 million but ended up being oversubscribed at $140 million when it closed fundraising last August.
As I read, Kristin deserves all this. She had worked so hard and had devoted herself to it. I can only wish her all the best.