Virginia Gambale is the Managing Partner of Azimuth Partners LLC, which she founded in 2003. The firm operates globally, developing growth strategies, business partnerships and executing successful exits for technology and business service companies.

Prior to 2003, she held senior management positions, including CIO at global corporations including Merrill Lynch, Marsh & McLennan, Bankers Trust Alex. Brown and Deutsche Bank. Additionally, she headed DB Strategic Ventures where she successfully wound down the investment portfolio. This lead to her appointment as general partner in ABS Ventures where each of the investments she led resulted in successful IPOs. She was subsequently a partner at DB Capital Partners.

In 1997 Ms. Gambale was named one of the top three CIO's on Wall Street, and was honored as one of Forbes Great Communicators in 1999. This year, she was named as one of 30 "up and coming" directors for the special 30th anniversary celebration publication of Directors and Boards Magazine.

Ms. Gambale has served on over 20 public and private boards including: JetBlue (NASDAQ-BLU), Motive (NASDAQ-MOTV), Workbrain (TSE-WB), Voxpath, IQ Financial (Chairman) and Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ-SNCR). She has often served as Board Chair and Compensation & Transaction Committee chair.

Ms. Gambale's work on advisory boards includes: DB Capital Partners, FT Ventures, Apax Technology Ventures, New York City Investment Fund, Mobius Ventures, Gartner Group & SIM CIO Roundtables, CPM Brazil, MPI Professionals, Knoa Software, Performa Works, Covalent and RWD Executive Search.

Ms. Gambale's memberships include: National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Economic Club of New York, Women's Hi-Tech Coalition and Women on Wall Street. She is a member of the Mentor Faculty and Thesis Evaluation board for Columbia University's Graduate Masters in Technology Leadership. Ms. Gambale is also an active mentor and financial sponsor for the education of underprivileged minority women at St. Michael's Academy in New York City.

Ms. Gambale earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science with a minor in Business from the New York Institute of Technology. She also studied at Julliard and Hartt Conservatories.