Brian Modoff

As an Advisory Partner, Brian works closely with Summit’s Technology team to identify new investment opportunities in the semiconductor and communications technology sectors.

Brian brings more than 30 years of experience on Wall Street and in operating roles. He is an experienced strategist and previously served as the Executive Vice President of Strategy, M&A, and Venture Investments at Qualcomm, helping to define the company's strategic direction and long-term vision. During his time at Qualcomm, Brian led the company’s M&A and venture investment efforts, completing several key acquisitions and venture investments in several subsectors, including Mobile/RF, Automotive, IOT, AI, AR/VR and Networking.

Prior to Qualcomm, Brian served as a Managing Director in Equity Research at Deutsche Bank Securities. In this capacity, he provided strategic advice to numerous companies on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital funding.

Brian holds a Master of International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA in economics from California State University, Fullerton.

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^{Advisory Partners are a group of persons employed and/or retained by Summit or any of its affiliates (and include both Summit and/or portfolio company employees and individuals not employed by Summit or any portfolio company), on either a full or part time basis, to provide certain functional and other services to Summit, the Summit funds and their portfolio companies. Advisory Partners are expected to receive expense reimbursements and compensation (including salary, retainer, fees, incentive equity, stock awards or other profits interests) from Summit, portfolio companies, prospective portfolio companies and/or directly from a Summit fund, and are permitted to receive carried interest in one or more Summit funds. Such compensation will be in addition to, and will not result in offsets to or reductions of, the management fee paid to Summit by the fund. Advisory Partners are expected to work closely with Summit on various functional matters including, not limited to, business development activities, collaborate with investment teams to identify new investment opportunities, team with portfolio company leaders to help shape growth strategies focused on long-term value creation, or hold board seats at portfolio companies.}