Woody Benson
Partner
Prism Ventures

Woody joined Prism in 2004 and runs the firm’s digital media practice. He also has extensive experience in mobile and transformational business. Woody is a director for LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM), KickApps, Worldwide Biggies and Everypoint. Formerly, he was on the board of Maven Networks, acquired by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and M:Metrics, acquired by comScore. (NASDAQ: SCOR).

Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Woody had an extensive operating career. Career highlights include serving as Chairman, President and CEO of MCK Communications (NASDAQ: MCKC). MCK Communications went public in 1999 and completed a secondary offering in 2000. Before MCK, Woody was a senior executive at Shiva Corporation (NASDAQ: SHVA) and Lotus Development (NASDAQ:LOTS).

Woody is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics from redefining venture capital to trendsin digital media. Woody is a member of On Hollywood’s Top 100.

In 1999 he was awarded the "CEO of the Year" by the Mass Telecom Council.

Woody serves on the board of the Massachusetts Network Communications Council, the MIT Enterprise Forum 10-250 Committee, The American Red Cross-Metro West and the Bentley Private Equity Council.

He lives with his wife and two children in Newton, MA.