Andrew Ludwick

Andrew Ludwick is an Industry Partner at Ariva Partners. Andrew has a combined thirty five years of experience as an operating executive, entrepreneur and private venture investor. Andrew was the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at SynOptics Communications, a leader in the LAN market and the pioneer in the use of copper twisted pair wiring for high speed networking. Andrew led the company from inception to over $2 billion in revenue. Andrew also served as the Chief Executive Officer at Bay Networks (formed by the merger of SynOptics and Wellfleet) from 1995-1997. Prior to SynOptics, Andrew served as an operating executive at Xerox. Andrew has been active as a private investor in technology startups for 8 years and was an early investor in Fast Forward Networks and Foundry Networks. Andrew’s venture relationships include Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, Accel Partners and Redpoint Ventures. Andrew holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College.