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Ken Hood

Entrepreneur, Coach, Investor

San Diego, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
SaaS
Internet of Things
Cloud Computing
Business Development
Strategy
Sales
Product Management
Product Marketing
Channel
Telecommunications
Wireless
Professional Services
Management
Entrepreneurship
Direct Sales
Salesforce.com
Go-to-market Strategy
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Business Strategy

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2015

    FusionX Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on helping companies build the next generation of cloud-enabled Smart Machines. We focus primarily on recurring revenue B2B opportunities where we can contribute strategic value through design, manufacturing, or go2market strategy. We work in close partnership with the leading product realization company for Smart Machine solutions, D&K Engineering. (dkengineering.com) If you have a vision that involves a combination of hardware, software, & cloud, we can help you build your company with reduced execution risk.

Bellwether Coffee Co.

2015

  • Board Member / Advisor

    2015

    All coffee will be fresh and locally roasted

  • Board Member

    2017

  • Board Member

    2016

    Additive Manufacturing for Production Metal Parts

2005 - 2015

  • Director/GM, Prime Home Software as a Service / Internet of Things

    2012 - 2015

    Led the Connected Home cloud-based software team, with more than 20M connected devices as an IoT device management, security, and analytics offer.

  • Founder/CEO -- ClearAccess, Inc (Acquired by Cisco)

    2005 - 2012

    • Led company from inception to exit with Cisco, including spinout of SmartRG, Inc. • Pioneered cloud-based connected device management for service providers • Inc 500 #1 growth company for telecom (2010)

Paradyne

2002 - 2005

  • VP & GM

    2002 - 2005

    • Owned P&L for $120M business and $18M R&D Budget • Grew international segment revenue from $10M to $40M • Integrated multiple acquisitions as well as the sale of Paradyne itself in 2005

Centennial Systems, Inc. (Acquired by Paradyne)

2002 - 2002

  • CEO

    2002 - 2002

    • Co-Founder of data networking startup which included AT&T and British Telecom as customers • Sold to publicly-traded Paradyne Corporation

Jetstream Communications

1999 - 2002

  • VP Sales & Business Development

    1999 - 2002

    • Signed and managed partnership agreements accounting for 60% of company revenue

1997 - 1999

  • Director Business Development

    1997 - 1999

    • Led key aspects of business, which grew from $0 to $100M run rate within 2 years