Jon Gillespie-Brown

Current

Chairman and Founder at Digital Ventures
CEO and Founder at Nalpeiron

Past

Chairman at TeachMe Interactive Ltd

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Industry

Computer Software

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Jon Gillespie-Brown’s Summary

Author, CEO, Entrepreneur. Stanford & UC Berkeley Mentor/London Business School EIR.

Jon has extensive leadership experience in the information technology, communications and new media arenas with executive roles spanning from VP Sales and Marketing to President and Chief Executive Officer. He has a great deal of expertise in the Software Development and Security markets and over 23 years in the IT business.

Prior to founding Nalpeiron has was the founder and CEO of three IT Companies in Software, Training and New Media. He successfully built and sold out of these Companies in 2000.

Before his own ventures, Jon worked for Global players such as Ericcson, SmartLink and Pace as VP Sales/Marketing and General Manager.

He has been a Entrepreneur in residence/Mentor for the London Business School for 7 years and more recently for Stanford University and HAAS UC Berkeley. He is married with two children, lives in Woodside, CA.

He is passionate about 'entrepreneurship' and believes in the individual's ability to shape their own destiny and to build a life of balance between work and home.

Buy his book "So you want to be an entrepreneur" (Wiley) -- all the proceeds go to the Grameen foundation to help grow more entrepreneurs - http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/

Jon Gillespie-Brown’s Specialties:

IT and Software Startups
Angel Investments
Business improvement and mentoring

Jon Gillespie-Brown’s Experience

Chairman and Founder

Digital Ventures

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

http://www.digital-ventures.com/

Business Angels, Mentor and Business Improvement Consultants
CEO and Founder

Nalpeiron

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1991 — Present (18 years 6 months)

Nalpeiron develops digital rights management and software licensing technologies to reduce losses from casual piracy without compromising the end user experience.

We add significant value to our Customers by delivering solutions that not only reduce piracy but offer end consumers reliable, friendly and easy to use technology.

Through the use of Patent Pending new Hardware and Software we radically reduce operating costs and offer additional innovative new ways to increase license revenues.

Nalpeiron is a privately held, venture funded corporation based in the US and the UK.
Chairman

TeachMe Interactive Ltd

(Computer Software industry)

January 2004 — November 2008 (4 years 11 months)

TeachMe Interactive: publisher of interactive training products.