Leadership
Carl Ledbetter
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO
Prior to co-founding SimpleRose, Carl was Managing Partner at Pelion Venture Partners for 10+ years and has served on the boards of 20+ companies. Previous to his venture capital career, Carl held senior executive positions at IBM, AT&T, Sun Microsystems, ETA Systems/Control Data, and Novell. Carl holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Clark University.
Marti Martindale
Co-Founder & COO
Prior to co-founding SimpleRose, Marti founded a management consulting agency. Before that, she led the product management group at ETA Systems, the supercomputing subsidiary of Control Data. Marti is a serial entrepreneur in the education sector and in engineering and management consulting. She holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Dartmouth College.