Venture Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures (www.shv.com)
San Francisco Bay Area
Venture Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures (www.shv.com)
San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley-based product guy (originally from the barren Arizona desert) who is on a mission to build products that change the world.
Venture capital, online communities, voting systems, reputation systems, governance systems, information markets, social networking, product strategy, product management, product marketing, online advertising, search.
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2008 — Present (less than a year)
Invest in firms across a wide array of industries from Seed round & Series A through Series C.
(Public Company; Internet industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year)
Joined Yahoo! through acquisition of Bix. Managed Product for Bix, Y! Groups, Y! Profiles. Also worked on a few experimental projects including: Mash, Me2U Ads, the Yahoo! American Idol prediction market.
(Internet industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years)
Bix is a talent competition platform where anyone can discover talent or get discovered... Acquired by Yahoo!
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2006 (5 years)
Joined through Symantec's acquisition of Veritas.
+ Vice President, Technical Assistant to the Chairman and CEO (John W. Thompson)
+ Vice President, Product Management and Product Marketing
+ Director, Corporate Development
(Internet industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
(Management Consulting industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
Strategic consulting to technology firms; Silicon Valley office.
(Public Company; Investment Banking industry)
1993 — 1996 (3 years)
Technology investment banking and equity research.
MBA, 1997 — 1998
B.A., 1989 — 1993