David Mann has significant leadership, operations, and investment experience. He is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of Spring Mill Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage information technology and life sciences investments. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of BioStorage Technologies, Cine-tal Systems, and WebLink International and as a Board Observer at PerfectServe and Scale Computing.

Previously, David worked with ServiceMaster Ventures, a corporate venture capital group, and was a founding member of the ServiceMaster Home Service Center, a high growth joint venture between Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and ServiceMaster, in which he held operations and sales roles. Earlier, he served as assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of INVESCO, a leading investment management company, while a summer associate.

David began his career as an officer in the United States Navy gaining operations, project management, and profit/loss experience. He was selected as a White House Liaison assigned to the staff of the Secretary of the Navy. Earlier, David held various general management positions in information systems as well as business operations and logistics on board a nuclear guided missile cruiser. He continues to serve in the United States Navy Ready Reserves.

David serves as an Adjunct Faculty member at Indiana University, Kelley School of Business where he launched and teaches the Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Finance course in the M.B.A. program (Indianapolis). He has also served as a guest lecturer at Purdue University, Krannert School of Management and Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. In addition, he is a former President of the Venture Club of Indiana, former Board Director of the TechPoint Political Action Committee, and currently serves as a Board Director of HVAF (Helping Homeless Veterans and Families) of Indiana and on the Board of Advisors of the Indiana University Liberal Arts and Management Program, International Kidney Stone Institute, Pellegrino & Associates, and SproutBox. He also serves on the Naval Academy Nomination Committee for a United States Representative and is a member of the Lacy Leadership Association. In 2005, David was named by the Brookings Institution as a Young Leader for the Council for the United States and Italy Conference. In 2003, he was a member of the American Council on Germany’s delegation of Young Leaders.

David received his Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.