Les Craig

General Partner

2017

Our focus is to partner with mission-driven, talented entrepreneurs in the Intermountain West to build technology companies of impact, utility, and value.

Executive Director - MSU Innovation Campus

2016 - 2017

The MSU Innovation Campus is Bozeman, Montana’s premier commercial development offering exciting new opportunities for partners to invest in a highly creative and entrepreneurial environment. By establishing collaborative programs between institutions and the private sector, the MSU Innovation Campus will amplify research, commercialize new technologies, and catalyze Montana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. www.msuinnovationcampus.org

Director - Blackstone LaunchPad

2015 - 2017

The Blackstone LaunchPad is a collaboration of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, MSU, the University of Montana and Headwaters RC&D. The program is made possible by a three-year, $2 million grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. With a physical presence at MSU and the University of Montana, Blackstone LaunchPad has the potential to generate some 380 new ventures in Montana over the next five years, according to the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. The program is open to all 30,000 students at MSU and the University of Montana, regardless of major.

Advisor

2014 - 2017

Today, your business collects and stores billions of pieces of information. It can be overwhelming. If that information is used effectively though, you can grow revenue and profitability, manage talent, and tighten operations. How? It is not with tomorrow's technology alone but no longer is yesterday's methods of business analysis enough. Instead, the most valuable solution for you is at the intersection of business and data science: The Twenty.

Co-Founder, Partner

2014 - 2016

The Twenty was founded to bring a data science approach to business. The Twenty solves your toughest data science challenges as well as your everyday data science needs.

Co-Founder, Vice President of Client Services and Analytics

2013 - 2014

RedOwl Analytics is a software products and services company focused on big data analytics in commercial markets, with a targeted focus on governance, risk, compliance, and legal investigative analytics. Through the deep analysis of individual behaviors and relationships, RedOwl enables situational awareness of the firm to protect reputation, reduce cost and time associated with investigations, and to focus intellect where it counts. RedOwl transforms a digital archive from a liability to an asset. The core approach is to combine cutting edge inferential statistical techniques with open source, big data frameworks to create a powerful relational event analysis tool. The cost-effective solution includes a platform-as-a-service with an application layer comprised of a simple and elegant user interface. RedOwl's solution allows non-scientists to make sense of an increasingly overwhelming world of data.

Co-Founder, Director of Product

2012 - 2013

RedOwl Analytics is a software products and services company focused on big data analytics in commercial markets, with an initial focus on the deep analysis of individual behaviors and relationships. The core approach is to combine cutting edge inferential statistical techniques with open source, big data frameworks to create a powerful relational event analysis tool. The cost-effective solution includes a platform-as-a-service with a layer of simple and elegant user interfaces on top. Combined with a custom ETL workflow, this solution allows non-scientists to make sense of an increasingly overwhelming world of data. RedOwl’s key targeted markets include legal, compliance, consulting, and business operations.

Technical Field Engineer

2009 - 2012

Professional Staff

2008 - 2009

National Security Technology Department Operations Research/ Systems Analysis Pattern Analysis Predictive Analytics