Jens Horstmann

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Passionate Entrepreneur, Investor, Producer @ StrongHer MyStepUp Entrepreneurship and Innovation Foundation
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San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States
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About Jens Horstmann

Jens Horstmann has 35 years of executive, technology and engineering experience in Silicon Valley and global High Tech industries. He is a founding Partner of MyStepUp, a non profit organization to support and fund women entrepreneurs. He co-founded and served as Managing Director of Salt Flats Capital, the venture arm of Salt Flats, a strategy and innovation firm that assists enterprises in their corporate transformation. Jens is a founding Director and Executive Producer at Crestlight Venture Productions, a global innovation services company and venture funds focused on Machine Learning, IoT and Life-science solutions. He served as VP of Entertainment Technology of NCR Corp. and advises other Fortune 500 companies. Previously, he was CTO, president and CEO of DVDPlay, the creator of Redbox’s original technology. Mr. Horstmann assisted Coinstar in their corporate VC activity, has angel invested in numerous start-ups and serves on several boards. He chaired the German American Business Association and MXGO, an intellectual property licensing firm. Jens founded B2B solution provider Ensemble Solutions in the mid 1990s, after its acquisition, became CEO of Open Grid, an early location based services pioneer and lectured at UC Berkeley. His prior experience includes senior engineering, research and development positions at Sun Microsystems, Siemens, LSI Logic, Deutsche Telekom and predictive analytics firm X1 Corp. He lives in Silicon Valley and the German Southwest and is an avid pilot.

Jens Horstmann's Current Company Details
StrongHer MyStepUp Entrepreneurship and Innovation Foundation

Strongher Mystepup Entrepreneurship And Innovation Foundation

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Jens Horstmann Work Experience Details
  • Crestlight
    Managing Director
    Crestlight Aug 2020 - Present
    Innovation on the Boundary of Chaos and Order! Creator of the Venture Studio for Startups, Investors, Corporations and Universities!
  • Crestlight
    Exec Producer & Managing Director
    Crestlight Jan 2010 - Present
  • Strongher Mystepup Entrepreneurship And Innovation Foundation
    Advisor
    Strongher Mystepup Entrepreneurship And Innovation Foundation Mar 2020 - Present
  • X1 Trading Systems Corp., X1 Asset Management Llc
    Managing Director, Ceo
    X1 Trading Systems Corp., X1 Asset Management Llc Apr 2015 - Present
    Investment and technology firm that specializes in proprietary Quantitative Trading Algorithms, Massive Parallel Computing and Machine Learning to provide above-market returns.
  • Crestlight Venture Productions
    Managing Director Connected Industry Fund
    Crestlight Venture Productions Jan 2011 - Present
  • Mxgo Technologies, Inc.
    President
    Mxgo Technologies, Inc. May 2006 - Dec 2021
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Licensing of Advanced Internet technology and Intellectual Property
  • Acceleware
    Director
    Acceleware Sep 2009 - May 2021
    Calgary, Alberta, Ca
    Served on the Board of Directors. Acceleware is an innovator of transformative clean tech enhanced oil recovery technology founded in 2004 by renowned applied computational electrodynamics and high performance GPU computing.
  • Salt Flats Capital, Llc
    Managing Director
    Salt Flats Capital, Llc Sep 2016 - Aug 2020
    Co-founder, partner and innovation strategy. Startup sourcing, evaluation, due diligence for Salt Flats Capital investments.
  • Kachingle, Inc.
    Advisor
    Kachingle, Inc. Mar 2008 - May 2017
    Mountain View, California, Us
    Former Chairman of Kachingle. Three years serving as advisor to Board, CEO and team.
  • Minutekey
    Cio (Acting)
    Minutekey Nov 2010 - Jan 2013
  • Coinstar
    Business Consultant
    Coinstar Apr 2011 - Jul 2012
    Bellevue, Washington, Us
    Assisted Outerwall, Inc. (fmr. Coinstar CSTR) with strategic business and technology advice related to their venture programs around several self serve automation initiatives establishing alternative growth opportunities beyond Redbox's DVD and Coinstar's coin business. Helped to evaluate and manage outsourcing partners and vendors for mechanical design, software and manufacturing.
  • Ncr Corporation
    Vp Entertainment Technology
    Ncr Corporation Dec 2009 - Aug 2010
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
  • Dvdplay
    Cto
    Dvdplay Apr 2006 - Dec 2009
    Campbell, Ca, Us
  • Dvdplay
    President & Ceo
    Dvdplay Oct 2002 - Apr 2006
    Campbell, Ca, Us
    Relocated company from So Cal and build team, outsourced manufacturing, franchised 500+ DVD kiosks to 35 operators, partnered with McDonalds and provide platform and hardware for what became Redbox DVD Rentals. Assisted McDonald's and later Coinstar team. Responsible for raising money, creating patents, partner relationships with large clients like McDonalds, Safeway and others.Recruit board of directors and success for CEO role. Continued as technology leader.
  • Opengrid
    Ceo & President
    Opengrid 1999 - 2002
    Founder, raise money, strategize, build team, strategic partnerships and revenue streams. Work with Board and bankers to maximize enterprise value and sell business.
  • Ensemble Solutions, Inc.
    Founder, Pres. & Ceo
    Ensemble Solutions, Inc. 1995 - 1999
  • X1 Corporation
    Managing Director
    X1 Corporation 1993 - 1995
  • Sun Microsystems
    Manager/Director Io Systems
    Sun Microsystems 1989 - 1993
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
  • Lsi Logic
    Mgr Application Engineering
    Lsi Logic 1986 - 1989
    LSI Logic Europe, LSI Systems Research Lab Palo Alto, Microprocessor Group Milpitas
  • Siemens Energy & Automation
    Engineer
    Siemens Energy & Automation 1982 - 1983
    Munich, De

Jens Horstmann Skills

Start Ups Strategic Partnerships Venture Capital Entrepreneurship Strategy Product Management Business Strategy Management Saas Business Development Program Management Cloud Computing Consulting Strategic Planning Product Development Go To Market Strategy Management Consulting Leadership Mergers And Acquisitions New Business Development Enterprise Software Executive Management Solution Selling E Commerce Mobile Devices Competitive Analysis B2b Business Intelligence Agile Methodologies Angel Investing Start Up Ventures Lead Generation Corporate Development Mobile Applications Outsourcing Analytics Crm Cross Functional Team Leadership Software Development Business Alliances Integration It Strategy Marketing Strategy Product Marketing Business Planning Big Data Mobile Technology Thought Leadership Software As A Service

Jens Horstmann Education Details

  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
    Technische Universität Braunschweig
    Ee/Cs
  • Stanford University
    Stanford University
    Cs

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