Paul Weinstein

Paul Weinstein is a founding General Partner of Azure with over 25 years of investment experience across numerous sectors of technology. Paul's primary investment focus is on communications technology, data center, cloud infrastructure and applications and mobility solutions. Paul is currently representing Azure on the boards of Coraid, Fonality and SwiftTest. Paul previously served on the boards of Broadlight (acquired by Broadcom), NeoNova Network Services (acquired by NRTC), World Wide Packets (acquired by Ciena) and Vapps (acquired by Citrix). Prior to Azure, Paul was a Managing Director and communications equipment analyst covering the Data Communications and Network Equipment sectors at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in San Francisco. Prior to CSFB, Paul was a Managing Director and held a substantially similar position with Deutsche Bank Securities in San Francisco. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Paul was a Managing Director and held a substantially similar position with Paine Webber in New York and San Francisco. Prior to PaineWebber, Paul was a Senior Vice President and equity research analyst at Kidder Peabody in New York and Boston, where he was responsible for the Data Communications and Data Storage sectors. Paul received his B.S. degree in Finance from Babson College, where he graduated with highest honors.