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Min Investment:
$3,000,000.00Max Investment:
$7,000,000.00Target Investment:
$5,000,000.00
Skills
Education
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Work Experience
Angel Investor
2018
Recent private placement investments include: Pickle4 (new owner US Open for Pickleball in Naples, FL), Angel Studios Accelerator Fund & Designer Wellness.
Limited Partner
2012
Investor in Alta Ventures Fund I.
Limited Partner
2000
Investor in vSpring Fund I and Fund II, which were acquired by Signal Peak.
2014 - 2018
Vice-President, Worldwide Sales
2014 - 2018
EyeDetect was invented by the team of world-renowned scientists at the University of Utah. Companies that deploy EyeDetect create a "trust culture" and significantly improve their ability to protect against theft and loss.
2013 - 2014
VP, Enterprise Sales
2013 - 2014
2011 - 2012
Global Account Manager, LDS Church
2011 - 2012
2000 - 2011
Director/Vice-President, Sales
2000 - 2011
I originally managed sales teams covering a 6 state region - WA, OR, ID, MT, UT, & WY. Ultimately, I managed US sales for Foundry's Layer 4/7 business throughout the Americas. Foundry sold for ~$3 billion to Brocade in cash shortly before the 2008 market crash.
1997 - 1999
Director, Western Region Sales
1997 - 1999
Gigabit ethernet pioneer - sold to Alcatel USA for $325 million in the spring of 1999.
1996 - 1997
Sales Representative
1996 - 1997
Ascend was one of the most successful technology startups in Silicon Valley, selling to Lucent for $24 billion in June of 1999.
Sales Representative
1990 - 1996
SynOptics invented 10BASE-T ethernet, which became the dominant technology for enterprise and internet computer networking. Company merged Wellfleet to form Bay Networks and then sold to Northern Telecom.