Managing Director at Vernon Bridge Ventures
Greater Atlanta Area
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- Managing Director at Vernon Bridge Ventures, LLC
- Angel investor at Atlanta Technology Angels
- Founder, Executive Director at Connect2Books.org
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- Board Chair at YMCA - Atlanta: (Dunwoody Branch)
- Director, Product Strategy at beBetter Networks
- Contract consultant at Arthur Andersen
- Vice President at Click2Learn
- Founder and President at Meliora Systems, Inc
- Research Associate at Simon School of Business, University of Rochester
- Analyst at CNR
- Education
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- The University of British Columbia
- University of New Brunswick
- McGill University - Macdonald Campus
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Gordon A. Rogers’s Summary
Gordon established a business (Meliora Systems, Inc. 1988-1998) that created one of the pioneering products in the corporate e-learning & talent management field (Ingenium). He guided the growth of the company from a start-up to IPO through a merger with Paul Allen's company, Asymetrix Learning Systems (ASYM). This exit event yielded a 12X return for initial investors in the business. See http://bit.ly/gi9hQ.
After leaving ASYM/CLKS/SUMT in 2000, he spent the next several years investing in and serving on the advisory boards of various tech startups in the e-learning and online coaching sectors. He now focuses primarily on helping early stage ventures in the education and virtual world sectors raise capital and create strategic partnerships.
He is a member of Atlanta Technology Angels (www.angelatlanta.com) and Angel Lounge (http://www.startuplounge.com/tag/angellounge/), and the Atlanta CEO Council. He is currently Managing Director of Vernon Bridge Ventures, an early stage capital/advisory firm.
He has extensive experience serving on boards of non-profit organizations (YMCA of Greater Atlanta, Interfaith Outreach Home, Teacher Support Network, The Lionheart School).
Gordon A. Rogers’s Specialties:
Social ventures, virtual worlds, educational technology, edutainment, E-Learning, Raising angel capital.
Gordon A. Rogers’s Experience
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Board Chair
YMCA - Atlanta: (Dunwoody Branch)
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
January 2003 — December 2006 (4 years)
The YMCA offers a wide range of programs that respond to a broad range of an individual's need for personal growth in spirit, mind, and body.It creates community and a sense of belonging through shared YMCA connection, involvement and vision.
It challenges individuals to personally contribute to, and collectively engage others in, the higher charitable purpose of building strong kids, strong families and strong communities. -
Director, Product Strategy
beBetter Networks
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
March 2001 — July 2003 (2 years 5 months)
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Contract consultant
Arthur Andersen
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; AA; Management Consulting industry)
January 2000 — December 2000 (1 year)
Consultant to VLN operation
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Vice President
Click2Learn
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; CLKS; E-Learning industry)
July 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 7 months)
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Founder and President
Meliora Systems, Inc
(Computer Software industry)
February 1988 — June 1998 (10 years 5 months)
Founder and President
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Research Associate
Simon School of Business, University of Rochester
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 1986 — July 1988 (2 years 1 month)
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Analyst
CNR
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
May 1979 — June 1986 (7 years 2 months)
Develop forecast, pricing models
Additional Information
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Gordon A. Rogers’s Interests:
Photography, Literacy & education, Guitar, Geocaching
Gordon A. Rogers’s Honors:
YMCA Volunteer of the Year 2006; Atlanta, GA.
Gordon A. Rogers’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
- expertise requests
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