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Jon Soberg

admin — Fri, 31 May 2013 21:37:35 +0000

Jon Soberg has over 17 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, and operational executive. Prior to joining Blumberg Capital, Jon held CEO, COO and CFO positions at several startups, and has built large organizations from the ground up in several companies including Ditech, Broadband Digital Group and Adforce, which had a highly successful IPO. A CFA Charterholder and adjunct faculty in the Wharton Marketing Department, Jon has consulted for top companies including Toyota, HSBC, Neiman Marcus, Capital Group and Accenture. Jon started his career in technology at CMU’s Field Robotics Center.

Jon earned a B.S in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, an M.S. in Engineering from Northwestern University, and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management and Marketing from the Wharton School, where he is a Palmer Scholar.

Jon serves as a member or observer on the Board of Directors of Any.DO, Addepar, Brainrush, CarWoo,CookTasteEat, Coverhound, Credorax, ePetWorld, Kreditech, Mygola, PaidPiper, Paymill, The Fab Shoes, Urbanara, ZipZap, and Zanbato.

Tammi Smorynski

admin — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:49:55 +0000

Tammi joined Intel Capital in 2000. Prior to Intel Capital, Tammi was with J.P. Morgan & Co., focused on leveraged buyout transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, she was an Audit Officer at J.P. Morgan & Co. covering a diverse set of investment banking operations from derivatives trading to global custody. She passed the CPA Exam in 1991. Tammi is board observer of Gainspan, Impinj, RF Code, and has invested in and managed exit for Navini Networks (acquired by Cisco) and Crossbow Technology (acquired by Moog). Tammi earned an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting/International Management from Georgetown University.

General Interest: RFID, Sensors, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, MEMS, and Micro Power Harvesting

Jason Shih

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:35:17 +0000

DAQRI COO: Jason’s 25 year executive career includes Head of Products & Services at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown during which time his team built DBConnect in 2000, a client online trading site still in use today. Previously President/owner of a multi-family investment office in excess of $2B, he has also served as Chief Investment Officer to private families and led sales organizations within the wealth management industry. Jason holds a B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and a M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Brady Forrest

Ori — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:06:26 +0000

Brady Forrest recently took a position at PCH International to enable the hot new sector of Hardware startups to be successful. Previously he was an associate at Khosla Ventures, Shepherd/Co-Founder at Ignite, and O’reilly media, and has played the role of advisor for over 500 Startups.