Sandy Robertson is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners. Prior to founding Francisco Partners in 1999, Sandy was the Founder and Chairman of Robertson, Stephens & Company, a leading technology investment bank which was formed in 1978 and sold to Bank of America in 1998. Since the sale, he has been an active technology investor and advisor to several technology companies. Sandy was also the founder of Robertson, Coleman, Siebel & Weisel, later renamed Montgomery Securities, another prominent technology investment bank. Sandy serves on the board of directors of Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB), Pain Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TPIE), RPX (NASDAQ: RPXC) and Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM). He received an M.B.A. and B.A., both with distinction, from the University of Michigan.