Serial/Parallel Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Founder, President and CEO at Homespoke
- Past
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- General Partner and Managing Partner at Creeris Ventures
- President and CEO at Creeris Air
- CEO at Filebanc
- President and CEO at Tollere
- Consultant (Self-employed)
- Director of Technology, President at Horizon Management, Inc.
- Chief Network Architect at Intuitive Homes
- Board Member at Acesync, Inc.
- Chairman and CEO at Hypercon, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Houston
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Sean Stoner’s Summary
I am a serial/parallel entrepreneur with a strategic focus with broad experience in all aspects of starting, operating and exiting the business. I focus on value creation, sustainable growth, competitive advantage and innovation through a philosophy of technology enablement, driving growth through referral marketing, customer satisfaction through intellectual capital leadership and employee esprit de corps, cost efficiency, and strategic leadership. I also possess significant experience with corporate formation, capital structuring, private equity finance planning and private placement memoranda creation.
My focus is on developing new ideas into successful companies. Industries of interest include Information Technology, Finance and Services.
Sean Stoner’s Specialties:
New Ventures Development, Strategic Business Building, Business Plan Development, Corporate Structuring, Capital Formation, Venture Capital, Investment, Strategic Planning, Technology as Enabler and Disrupter, Technology Outlook, Technology Development and Architecture, Technology Change Management, Project Requirements and Assessment Planning, Open Source Server and Software implementation and development
Sean Stoner’s Experience
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Founder, President and CEO
Homespoke
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2004 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Founder of community portal focusing on common interest developments such as homeowner associations and condominium associations.
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General Partner and Managing Partner
Creeris Ventures
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
May 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 5 months)
Co-founder and Managing General Partner, leading new private equity firm into making strategic investments into early stage companies translating new ideas into successful ongoing concerns. Primary duties include identifying opportunities and structuring subsequent capital investments. Also takes an active leadership and strategic role in portfolio companies, serving on the executive management team and board of directors, contributing entrepreneurial and operating experience towards their success.
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President and CEO
Creeris Air
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
December 2005 — September 2007 (1 year 10 months)
Interim President and CEO of Creeris Ventures startup company which will provide regional and charter travel to businesses and individuals in company owned and operated very light to midsize jet aircraft.
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CEO
Filebanc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 5 months)
A Creeris Venture, Filebanc (www.filebanc.com) is an online backup solution that's affordable and simple to use, and supports virtually every operating system and platform on earth. Responsible for strategy, business development and oversight.
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President and CEO
Tollere
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
November 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Interim President and CEO of Creeris Ventures startup company, which provides managed hosting, infrastructure and vertical applications to individuals, businesses, resellers and channel partners.
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Consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2004 — May 2005 (1 year)
Independent technology consultant, working with a diverse group of clients nationally on a wide range of technology projects and initiatives.
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Director of Technology, President
Horizon Management, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Co-founded the company. Responsible for Vision, Strategic, Technology and Business Plan Development and capital raising.
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Chief Network Architect
Intuitive Homes
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2002 — March 2003 (7 months)
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Board Member
Acesync, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 8 months)
Co-founded and consulted the company in business and strategic plan development, authored it's Series A Preferred Private Placement Memorandum and raising both early stage convertible debt and round A equity capital. Served on its Board of Directors for 2 years during startup phase.
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Chairman and CEO
Hypercon, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 1995 — July 1999 (4 years)
Co-founded company. Responsible for Vision, Strategic Development and Technology. Lead company's multi-million dollar acquisition in 1999 by Firstworld communications, later taken public in March 2000.
Sean Stoner’s Education
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University of Houston
BBA, Accounting, Finance
Additional Information
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Sean Stoner’s Interests:
startup organizational development, technology, flying, golf, gourmet cooking, playing piano, theater, international travel, philosophy, cosmology, quantum physics, science fiction, foodie, dance
Sean Stoner’s Groups:
Fast Company Company of Friends, Red Herring
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
Sean Stoner’s Honors:
- Texas Monthly Biz article premier issue March 1999 “Generation Tech,” a cover story focusing on young entrepreneurs to watch in the coming millennium; featured alongside Christina Jones of PCOrder.com and John Carmack of Id Software
- Featured in Houston Business Journal in cover page success story “Preferred Providers: Hypercon has turned from an incidental ISP into turnkey Internet solutions company.” Houston Business Journal, April 16, 1999.
- Founded company which was voted three years in a row as the best ISP in Houston by the readers of the Houston Press, a Houston weekly magazine.
Sean Stoner’s Contact Settings
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