Garrard is the founder and Managing Partner at Total Technology Ventures, LLC, a Venture Capital firm in Atlanta, Georgia. He has managed the investments in over 25 early-staged technology companies. Previously, he was a partner at Shoptaw & Garrard, LLC, an Atlanta based real estate private equity firm. He currently serves on the boards of Connecture, Inc., Neovest Holdings, Inc., Perimeter Internetworking, Inc., Financial Transaction Systems, Inc., and The Jordan Company.

Gilbert graduated from Hobart College (BA 1970) and Georgetown University Law Center (JD 1974). He spent two years (1974-1976) as an Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He then spent thirteen years (the last 5½ as a partner) with the Atlanta law firm of Hansell & Post (now part of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue) working on various trade regulation and technology matters. In November of 1988, he became a Vice President and the first General Counsel of HBO & Company (now part of McKesson/HBOC). During his entire 8-year tenure at HBOC, Mr. Gilbert served as General Counsel. During the last 4 years of his stay, he was promoted to Sr. Vice President and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of several of the companies purchased by HBOC, including the healthcare technology operations which HBOC acquired from IBM, Baxter International and First Data. In September of 1996, he became President and COO of IMNET Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMNT), another supplier of healthcare information systems which was acquired by HBOC in 1998. In July of 1998, Mr. Gilbert co-founded LiveOak Equity Partners, a $70 million Atlanta-based venture capital fund focusing on investments in information technology and healthcare. LiveOak has invested in 15 companies. Mr. Gilbert serves on the Board of Directors of several of those companies.

Recognizing the absence of resident venture capital managers in the Ohio Valley as a business opportunity, David founded Chrysalis Ventures in 1993. To this task he brought a varied background in business, law and banking. At Chrysalis, David has worked with some of the most exciting growth companies in the Southeast and Midwest, including Six Flags (formerly Premier Parks of Oklahoma City), Tritel (merged with Telecorp and sold to AT&T Wireless), Regent Communications (sold to Jacor Communications which was sold to Clear Channel Communications), Regal Cinemas (sold to leveraged buyout funds), Healtheon (sold to WebMD), and High Speed Access Corp (IPO and later sold to Charter Communications). He currently focuses primarily on healthcare investing and chairs the management company and funds’ investment committees.

As President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan brings to Connecture over 20 years of health and life insurance technology business experience including leadership roles in operations, software development, financial management, and corporate business development activities. Prior to joining Connecture, Dan co-founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Riverwood Solutions, a leading provider of sales automation solutions to the health insurance, life insurance and employee benefits industry. Prior to Riverwood Solutions, Dan was Vice President at Workscape, President and CEO of CCISoft (Computing Concepts, Inc.), Director of Information Systems for Healthplan Services and led the Sales & Managed Care Information Technology group for The Mutual Group.

Jim joined SSM in 1973 on its formation as a financial advisory firm and has served as advisor and confidant to the CEO’s of hundreds of Southeastern growth companies. Jim has been directly involved with the majority of the firm’s investments in the Southeast. He focuses on applying his knowledge and experience across a broad array of industries to investment opportunities in the Southeast, and he is deeply involved in the structuring and valuation of SSM’s investments and in realizing on portfolio companies.