JH

John Heltzel

Managing Partner, Board Member, Startup Advisor, Investor, fractional VP Business Development

San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2009

    Providing GTM. partnership and strategic advice to senior executives at startups and multi-national corporations. Our focus is on new market development, business development and corporate development for companies related to internet, consumer and software as a service.

  • Managing Partner

    2018

    We are long term investors in people.

  • Board Chair

    2009

2006 - 2009

  • VP, Business Development

    2006 - 2009

    Lead the worldwide strategic and business development efforts at NearbyNow, a local search, mobile search company backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Norwest Venture Partners.

2005 - 2006

  • Director, Business Development

    2005 - 2006

    Created team to build strategic alliances and grow white-label, channel partnerships for this leading SaaS email encryption provider.

1999 - 2005

  • Director, Business Development

    1999 - 2005

    Built successful joint venture, OEM, resale, and strategic alliances for Entrust, the leader in secure digital identities.

  • Manager, Business Development

    1998 - 1999

    Created the SkyTel Business Alliance, leading team to drive new revenue and users for innovative 2-way communication wireless company.

  • Product Manager, Security and Networking

    1996 - 1998

    Ran Product Management with responsiblity for 25% of total company revenue, growing product line by 500%.

  • Marketing Manager, Global Business Development

    1995 - 1996

    Ran sales and business development programs for large strategic accounts.