Chris Haroun Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco, CA, US

I launched Haroun Education Ventures to help students “dream bigger with a passion to learn, earn and return with no limits.” I humbly believe that all problems can be fixed with affordable high quality education. Please check out my online courses and MBA Degree Programs at http://learn.harounventures.com

The LEMO Foundation’s goal is to increase the East Palo Alto high school graduation rate from 40% currently to 100% through mentorship and scholarships to those that need it the most. The mission of the LEMO Foundation is “do not expect to accomplish your dreams if you are not willing to help others accomplish theirs.” We would love your help! Thank you: )

San Francisco, California, US

Providing Opportunity for Women is a student organization at San Francisco State University that aims to promote women in business and leadership roles. Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower women to reach their full professional potential through networking, mentorship, and guidance in collaboration with peers and influential women in business.

Stanford, CA, US

Advisor to Stanford GSB venture capital curriculumConsultant for student based MBA technology start-ups, including product strategy, liaison to the venture capital community, financial modeling, go-to-market/sales strategy, competitive analysis, capital raising strategy, etc.

New York, NY, US

• Advisor to the Columbia University Science, Technology, & Engineering Program (STEP).

Montreal, Qc, CA

• Guest Lecturer in Information Technology, Entrepreneurship and Finance classes.
• Mentor students with venture capital and business model feedback.
• Panel judge for annual McGill University Dobson Cup VC business model competition.
• Awarded McGill University Dobson Fellow, May 2014Student feedback: http://storify.com/y_johnkim/mgcr331-guest-speaker-series-oct-15

San Francisco, CA, US

-Looksharp / InternMatch.com helps students find internships and helps companies find interns.-Employers can view internship resources, post positions, and create Campus Hubs to brand their internship program and recruit students year round.-Students can learn how to find internships, create a profile, and easily search and apply to thousands of.

Palo Alto, California, US

• Bracket’s technology, the Computing Cell, isolates applications along with their associated data and other services needed to run them. Each cell can “float” across multiple cloud services, allowing businesses to keep.
• Cultivated relationship with the CEO and led Series B funding for company with multibillion-dollar revenue potential.
• Key role in generating significant new revenue through introductions to C-level introductions at many companies.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Recruited as key member of the executive leadership team, with focus on VC investment in emerging, rapid-growth Internet and software companies.
• Led investment in Bracket Computing (Board Observer); actively involved in portfolio companies including Nimble Storage, Cohesity, Quid, Versa Networks, Modern Meadow and several companies currently in stealth mode.
• Conduct due diligence and review of new opportunities to identify transformative businesses and technologies and talented management teams that would qualify for investment and are of strategic value to Artis Ventures.

Cambridge, MA, US

• Professor during the evenings for graduate-level courses on Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, including guest speakers from Salesforce, LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, Zendesk and many other Bay Area tech.
• Awarded the 2014-2015 Masters of Finance Professor of the year

• Founded and launched investment firm specializing in technology companies.
• Raised $25 million and executed private VC investment in Facebook and other emerging technology companies.

• Citadel: 2004-2006: Worked on a team that managed a $1+ billion market neutral hedge fund portfolio. Covered the software/internet sectors.
• Pequot: 2006-2008: Along with the founders of Citadel's equities business, participated as a member of the launch team for the West Coast division of Pequot (2006-2008).

US

-Hedge fund analyst covering the software/internet sector.

New York, New York, US

• Recruited following completion of business school internship; worked part-time during full-time business school program.
• Created an Internet commissions data analysis software application which was deployed across the organization to offices in Tokyo, London and New York management teams.
• Key member of NTT DoCoMo IPO team, the biggest initial public offering in Japanese history, raising $17.95 billion USD.

Dublin 2, IE

• Managed teams of up to 200 professionals on multimillion-dollar engagements.
• Served as Head of Technology Deployment for the merger of Nation’s Bank and Bank of America software application and networks; deployed the Internet banking website.
• Established and launched Accenture’s Internet/Software Research and Development Center; started research and development center designed to develop and test promising Internet/software applications.

Mba, Major In Finance

Bachelor Of Commerce, Majored In Management Information Systems