Our Team
Christopher J. Albinson
Managing Director
Mr. Albinson is a co-founder and Managing Director of Panorama where
he focuses primarily on internet technology investments. Mr.
Albinson was also a General Partner at JPMorgan Partners running the
technology venture capital practice. Prior to JP Morgan Partners,
Mr. Albinson helped grow four start ups most recently as Chief Strategy
Officer for Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISLD; acquired by Cable &
Wireless, Inc. in 2001). Previously, Mr. Albinson held
corporate development roles at Newbridge Networks, Inc. where he was
involved in a $217 million corporate venture fund, which invested in 27
companies, including Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), Cambrian
Systems Corporation (acquired by Nortel Corporation), Abatis Systems
Corporation (acquired by Redback Networks Inc.), Fastlane Technologies
Inc. (acquired by Quest Software, Inc.), BNI Systems (acquired by
Nortel Corporation), and PixStream Incorporated (acquired by Cisco
Systems, Inc.). Mr. Albinson has been a speaker, panelist,
and judge at Web 2.0 Summit, Next Generation Networks, Red Herring Top
100,Canada’s Top 10
Technology Start Ups, and the Gilder’s Telecosm
conference.
Mr.
Albinson holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. from the University of Western
Ontario. He currently serves on the board of
directors of Federated Media Publishing, BelAir Networks., Cedar Point
Communications, and Eltek-Valere Power, Inc. Mr. Albinson is also on the
advisory board of Partners for Growth, a venture lending firm backed by Silicon
Valley Bank.