Robert Grady - Managing Director

Nineteen years of experience in private equity. Mr. Grady joined Cheyenne Capital in 2009. He is based in Jackson, Wyoming. Mr. Grady also serves as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and as Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council, which oversees the state's $73 billion pension system.

Prior to joining Cheyenne Capital, Mr. Grady was a Partner and member of the Management Committee at The Carlyle Group for nine years. At Carlyle, he served as the global coordinator of venture and growth capital (which had $5 billion in assets under management), Chairman and Fund Head of Carlyle Venture Partners I, II, and III; on the investment committees of Carlyle Venture Partners, Carlyle Asia Growth Partners, and Carlyle Europe Technology Partners; and as a Director of multiple Carlyle portfolio companies.

Mr. Grady also served as a Director and was Chairman in 2006-2007 of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).

Previously, Mr. Grady was a Managing Director and Member of the Management Committee at Robertson Stephens & Company, the San-Francisco-based emerging growth investment bank, for seven years. Mr. Grady served in the White House from 1989-1993 as Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Previously, he was Director of Communications for New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean and Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative Millicent Fenwick.

Mr. Grady is a Director of Maxim Integrated Products (Nasdaq: "MXIM") and Stifel Financial (NYSE: "SF"), and privately-held companies eScreen (instant drug testing), Viator (online travel), Symbio LLC (China-based software development and testing), Eleutian Technology (online English training), and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (resort operations, retail and lodging).

Mr. Grady also serves as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and as Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council, which oversees the state's $73 billion pension system.

Mr. Grady is a former Director of public companies Blackboard (Nasdaq: "BBBB") and AuthenTec (Nasdaq: "AUTH"), and many privately-held companies.

Mr. Grady received an A.B. from Harvard College, and a M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he later served on the faculty from 1993-2004 as a Lecturer in Public Management.