Rob has been a partner at First Round Capital since 2006. There he has led investments in companies such as Uber, Mint.com (acquired by Intuit), Planet Labs, Eero, TaskRabbit, and Square. Rob came to First Round Capital from Omidyar Network where he was their first venture investor. He led most of Omidyar Network's initial venture capital deals and later built and ran the technology investing group. Prior to joining Omidyar Network in 2004, Rob was at Palm where he started up their corporate venture fund. While in that role he also managed the strategy effort around Palm OS that led to the spinout of PalmSource. Rob started at Palm as product manager for the initial device-independent releases of Palm OS. During this time, Rob was responsible for the versions of Palm OS on dozens of devices including the initial Treo products. Rob previously spearheaded complex, system-level product development efforts at companies such as Geoworks and Go Corp where he focused on building products for the Japanese market. He began his career with the Japan External Trade Organization, studying international trade issues and building relationships between US and Japanese businesses, at a time when trade friction between the two countries was at its peak. Specialties: Software, mobile, internet, and media investments.

Partner @ From July 2006 to Present (9 years 4 months) Director @ From April 2004 to July 2006 (2 years 4 months) Senior Director, Business Development @ From January 2001 to November 2003 (2 years 11 months) Director, Palm Ventures @ From April 1999 to January 2001 (1 year 10 months) Product Manager @ From 1995 to 1998 (3 years) Localization @ From 1990 to 1993 (3 years)

MBA @ Columbia Business School From September 1993 to 1995 BA @ University of California, Berkeley From August 1984 to 1988 Rob Hayes is skilled in: Venture Capital, Mobile Devices, Entrepreneurship, Software, Strategic Partnerships, Start-ups