Robert Davenport

Bio

Robert R. Davenport, III is Managing Partner of Brightpath Capital Partners, LP., and Chairman and CEO of Up Services, LLC (an IT, satellite and energy services company). Previously he was President and CEO of Covad International, a broadband services provider in Asia and Europe and built a $120 million venture investment portfolio; Senior Vice President of Tele-Communications Inc (now Comcast), where he managed the broadband services business unit and over $2 billion in telecom investments; and Treasurer and CFO of Intellicall, a publicly traded telecommunications technology company. He started his career in principal investing at First Boston and Lehman Brothers. Rob was also a member of the board of directors for Teleport Communications Group, and Sprint PCS, MCI Inc and several venture stage companies in the US and Europe. He currently serves as Chairman of Sungevity, Inc, and as a director for Blu Homes, Inc, Beneficial State Bank and the East Bay Community Foundation. Rob earned his Bachelor of Arts and MBA from Harvard University and completed postgraduate work in political economy at the University of Nairobi, Kenya as a Rotary Fellow.