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Christine Herron has spent her career finding new applications for infrastructure technologies. At Omidyar Network, Christine makes investments that support both participatory content and communications infrastructure. Prior to Omidyar Network, she held operational roles with software vendors such as Microsoft, Mission Research, and NetObjects, and was a founder of both Cycle Partners and Mercury2. Christine started as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she invested in early Internet and network infrastructure businesses such as Netcom and AXON Networks. Today, her board participation includes working with Backfence, Common Sense Media, Digg, Nickel Tour Productions, and O\'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Christine was ranked one of the Top 20 Women in Technology in 2000 by AltaVista and holds both an MBA from Stanford University and a BA in English from Columbia University.