Fidelity Ventures invests in technology companies at the "Go-To-Market" stage. Don works with partners in the organization to evaluate and initiate new investment opportunities in the information technology and telecommunications fields. 

Prior to assuming his current position in October 2005, Mr. Haile was Fidelity Investments’ Chief Information Officer, responsible for computer operations, the global communications networks and enterprise-wide applications support and development. 

Mr. Haile joined Fidelity in 1998 as executive vice president of Enterprise Solutions responsible for the worldwide development of infrastructure and application products that support the processing needs of Fidelity.  He moved to the position of CIO in January, 1999 and in that position reported to Fidelity’s Chairman, Edward C. Johnson until October, 2005.

From October, 2005 to the end of 2007,  Mr. Haile was the site General Manager for Fidelity’s operations in NC.  During that period, Fidelity grew from 1000 NC employees to nearly 3000 people.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Haile spent the first 34 years of his career with IBM, where he held various executive positions in hardware and software development, with responsibilities for telecommunications, systems management and IBM operating systems. 

Mr. Haile received a BA degree in mathematics from St. Vincent College in 1963 and a BS degree in electrical engineering from Penn State in 1964.   He is currently serving as a Trustee on the Board of Directors for St. Vincent College, and is an advisor to the Information Science and Technology College at Penn State.  He has served as a  director for the Catholic Schools Foundation of Boston and on the board of Siemens Communications, North America. 

Don is married to the former Mary Higgins and they have three children, Matthew, 40, Kathryn, 38 and Andrew, 36. They have five grandchildren .