Pieter Schiller joined Advanced Technology Ventures in 1986 as the first General Partner devoted to focusing solely on health care investments. His 25 years of executive experience in operations and finance has helped guide more than a dozen emerging companies into becoming successful industry leaders.

Pieter's track record of success includes Cytyc Corporation NASDAQ: (CYTC), developer of the ThinPrep? pap smear screening system, Novoste Corp (NOVT), a surgical device company and CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc (CGPI), which developed PerioStat?, a once-a-day capsule for the treatment of periodontal disease. Pieter is currently on the Board of several private companies, including Ardais, Endius, and CytoLogix.

Prior to joining ATV, Pieter held numerous executive positions at Honeywell International and its predecessor companies, including President and CEO of its subsidiary, Instrumentation Laboratory. As Corporate Vice President of Allied Signal, Pieter created and directed the task force that led the highly successful post-merger integration of Allied Corp. and Bendix Corp.

Pieter earned a BA in Economics from Middlebury College and an MBA from New York University .