Ruthann Quindlen has had a front-row seat in the creation of some of the largest and most fascinating companies of the day. She has been active in the software industry since the late 1970s and has worked as a general partner at Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) since 1994, where she has focused on investments in software companies. Prior to that, she assisted a variety of software firms and directed the initial public offerings of many leading software companies, including Microsoft and America Online.