This week's very special guest is Tech-Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and UCSB Professor John Greathouse!
Our guest today may be going for the overachievers hall of fame…John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups over the last fifteen years.
John was an active Angel Investor, Advisor and Board Member at: Central Desktop, RightScale, Eucalyptus, Frontier Technology, RedMojo (sold to Novell), RightCart (sold to Buy.com), Vcel (sold to Fotochatter) and AppFolio.
John Greathouse is a partner at Rincon Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses.
John has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, He is also a Co-Founder of RevUpNet, a performance-based online marketing agency.
At Computer Motion, John served as CFO and VP of Business Development. Computer Motion was a pioneer in the surgical robotics industry, went public in 1997 and was subsequently acquired by Intuitive Surgical for $148 million.
At Expertcity, John served as CFO and SVP of Strategic Development, with responsibility for marketing, sales, business development, finance and administration, and services.
Expertcity was acquired by Citrix for $236 million to become Citrix Online, which currently generates approximately $400 million in annual recurring revenue.
At CallWave, John served as the SVP of Sales & Business Development and assisted in the company’s 2004 IPO.
He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara's Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses.
If that resume isn’t impressive enough, I have one more to add: Ambassador of Good Will to Weary Hospitality Workers!
Where to find John Greathouse:
http://johngreathouse.com
https://twitter.com/johngreathouse/
