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Thomas Gillespie

Managing Partner at In-Q-Tel

Arlington, Virginia

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $8,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Skills

Corporate Development
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Mergers
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Due Diligence
Investments
Business Strategy
Management Consulting
Valuation
Corporate Finance
Financial Modeling
Strategy
Strategic Partnerships
Business Development

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2005

    In-Q-Tel is the strategic investment firm affiliated with the U.S. Intelligence Community. Serve as Managing Partner on the Washington, DC Investment Team, and investment lead for In-Q-Tel's Field Technologies Practice, which is focused on commercial space, Internet of Things, next-gen communications, autonomous vehicles, materials, robotics, and power sources, among other areas. Also co-founded CosmiQ Works, In-Q-Tel's research organization focused on leveraging emerging commercial space capabilities to solve intelligence challenges.

  • Management Consultant

    2003 - 2005

    Strategic consulting for both commercial (financial services, telecommunications) and government (defense, national security) clients.

LaunchFuel

1999 - 2003

  • Chief Operating Officer

    1999 - 2003

    Co-founded a technology commercialization firm that created and/or worked with startup technology ventures emerging from universities, national laboratories, and other research institutions.

1995 - 1999

  • Senior Engagement Manager, AT&T Solutions Consulting Practice

    1995 - 1999

    Internet/e-business strategy consulting for clients in the financial services, media, and information technology verticals.

Silicon Valley Global Trading Center

1993 - 1995

  • Project Manager

    1993 - 1995

    Worked for the international trade consultancy associated with Joint Venture: Silicon Valley.

International Information Systems

1990 - 1992

  • Associate

    1990 - 1992

    Worked for a company establishing joint ventures between Western corporations and companies within the Soviet Union, primarily Ukraine and the Baltic states. Helped stage a conference in Kyiv in June 1991 designed to teach the democratic opposition of Ukraine how to establish and run a democratic capitalist system. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, spent the summer of 1992 in Moscow working for the Russian Privatization Institute.

U.S. Congressman Steve Bartlett (TX)

1987 - 1990

  • Legislative Associate

    1987 - 1990

    Served as a Legislative Associate for a Congressman from Texas, focused on banking, foreign affairs, telecommunications, and aerospace issues.