David Haynes
David Haynes became a Managing Director for Greenmont Financial, LLC, at the time of its September 2007 inception. For the past 11 years, he has served as founder and CEO of multiple start-ups in California and Colorado. In 1996, Mr. Haynes founded AudioBase, Inc., a streaming media company located in Sausalito, California, and served as Chairman and CEO throughout his tenure. During that time, he raised $30 million from strategic and financial investors including Bay Partners, Mr. Charles R. Schwab, Hambrecht & Quist (now JPMorgan Partners), Lighthouse Capital Partners, Sony Music Entertainment, Texas Pacific Group and TransCosmos USA. Mr. Haynes was responsible for recruiting the company’s Board of Directors including Charles R. Schwab, CEO and founder of Charles Schwab; John Freidenrich, founder of Bay Partners and Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich; and the Board of Advisors including John Sculley, former CEO of PepsiCo and Apple Computers. Mr. Haynes sold AudioBase, Inc. in 2002. From 2003-2004, he worked directly for Mr. Charles R. Schwab to research “edutainment” properties of children with learning differences.  Mr. Haynes went on to co-found Hybrid Energy Group in 2005, focusing on community-based renewable energy projects. In 2006, he co-founded and served as CEO of Vault Alliance, Inc., specializing in digital distribution of unreleased multimedia assets. Most recently, Mr. Haynes served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Boulder Ventures, a venture capital firm with $300 million under management. Prior to his work in entrepreneurial environments, he worked for Volpe Welty & Co., an investment bank located in San Francisco, Raymond James Financial and Prudential Securities, also in San Francisco. Mr. Haynes holds a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire.

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