
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Epic Venture Funds and Zions SBIC. Currently serve on the Board of Directors of Ostrich Cybersecurity, OliverIQ, Numetric and Fullcast.io. Have oversight of portfolio companies: Reputation.com, QualityAI, Mingle Health, Mimic Networks, SpaceX and X.ai. Past for and non-profit Boards include: Zions First National Bank, U of U business school, University Venture Fund, Lassonde Studios Advisory Committee, Utah Technology Council, Utah Venture Entrepreneur Forum, UVU Business School, Leonardo Museum Capital Committee, Innoventures Oversight and Investment Committees, Mountain West Venture Capital Network. Past oversight and investments include Acquisitions: Area 1 Security (acquired by Cloudflare) Advanced Software (acq by Embarcadero Tech) BrainTrace (acquired by Sophos) Canopy (acquired by Viking Global) Cerberian (acquired by Bluecoat systems) Everdream (acquired by Dell) Ingeo Systems (acquired by CSC) HG Insights (acquired by Riverwood Capital) Janrain, Inc. (acquired by Akamai) Keystone (acquired by Mainstream Data) Lefthand Networks (acquired by HP; top 5 VC backed acquisition of 2008) Linux Networx (acquired by Silicon Graphics), Navitel (acquired by OpenTV) Nuvi (acquired by reputation.com) Oxygen eSports (management buyout) PathologyWatch (acquired by Sonic Healthcare) Pillpack (acquired by Amazon) Pivot Solutions (acquired by CME) Shape Security (acquired by F5) Simplus (acquired by Infosys) Spiff (acquired by Salesforce) Western Peaks (acquired by PE firm) Zettacore Inc (acquired by Atotech) IPO's: Divx (Nasdaq; Top 5 VC back IPO's of 2007) Everspin (Nasdaq) FatPipe Networks (Nasdaq) Hippo Holdings (Nasdaq) Health Catalyst (Nasdaq) Infinera (Nasdaq); acquired by Nokia for $2.3B Mvc (NYSE) Netcentives (Nasdaq) Soar (NYSE) Volta Charging (NYSE) Banner Acquisition Corp (NYSE)
cfs.energy
getcanopy.com
trinet.com
epicvc.com
spiff.com
zionsbank.com
cloudflare.com
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
EPIC Ventures
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Jun 1998 - Present
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
ZIONS SBIC LLC
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Jun 2000 - Present
Board of Directors 2006 - 2015; Board of Advisors 2015 - 2023
Zions Bank
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Apr 2007 - Present
Advisory Board Dec 2015 - Dec 2023
Investor
Mimic
• www.linkedin.com/company/mimic-networks
Aug 2024 - Present
Investor
xAI
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May 2024 - Present
Investor and Board Member
Fullcast
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Jan 2024 - Present
Seattle, Washington, United States
Investor and Board Member
Numetric
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Apr 2024 - Present
shapesecurity.com
numetric.com
pillpack.com
spacex.com
healthcatalyst.com
janrain.com
uventurefund.com
x.ai
manscaped.com
hippo.com
hginsights.com
knod.net
fullcast.com
dailypay.com
shell.us