Business & Technology Executive with 20+ years of success funding, building, buying, and selling technology companies.Accomplishments:Participated in Due Diligence of hundreds of companies, Acquisitions & Integrations of ~40: VMware, RSA Security, Iomega, Data Domain, SpringSource, Greenplum, Isilon, NetWitness, Maginatics, NiciraLed managed or participated in 20+ Investments at EMC Ventures $B+ portfolioParticipated in the spin-out of Pivotal and VCE Joint Venture from EMC/VMwareWinner The Always On 2012 Power Players in the CloudHarvard Business School GraduateBoards and Advisory Roles:Clustrix(Acquired by MariaDB), Joyent(acquired by Samsung), Maginatics(acquired by EMC), NoPassword (Acquired by LogMeIn), Replica Labs (acquired by Occipital), Orbitera (Acquired by Google)Technical Experience:Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Cloud, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Scalability, Performance & Capacity Planning, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Amazon Web Service (AWS), SRE, DevOps, Agile Software Development, Continuous Delivery, Big Data, Analytics, Data Science, Data modeling. Cyber Security: Threat Modeling, Prevention & Detection, Vulnerability Analysis, Monitoring, Incident Response, Red Teaming, Governance Risk & Compliance
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CeoAmberdata Aug 2017 - PresentMiami, Florida, UsWe are the most trusted obvious choice for comprehensive digital assets data infrastructure spanning on-chain, market data, and metrics. Our platform is an ultra-reliable, scalable foundation that institutions are building their digital assets businesses on. Cryptocurrency Pre-trade, Risk, Analytics, Post-trade, Audit, Tax, Compliance, and Custody applications use Amberdata.io to accelerate their time to market and not building infrastructure. -
Technology PartnerRally Ventures Jan 2013 - Jan 2023Menlo Park, Ca, UsRally Ventures invests exclusively in early-stage business technology companies. We bring together an extended, fully engaged team with a personal stake in helping our portfolio companies navigate the most direct route to success. -
Board Member: Outside Director (Acquired By Mariadb)Clustrix, Inc. Jun 2015 - Sep 2018San Francisco, Ca, UsWe’re Delivering the World’s Leading Scale-Out SQL DatabasePerfectly Suited for High-Transaction Workloads and the Cloud.Clustrix provides the leading scale-out relational database engineered for the cloud or data center. ClustrixDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL and an ideal solution for high-transaction, high-value workloads typically found in businesses such as ad tech, e-commerce, gaming, social and large web and mobile businesses. Our customers use ClustrixDB for critical business applications that support massive transactional volume and real-time reporting of business performance metrics. ClustrixDB delivers more than twenty-five trillion transactions per month for customers including AOL, Flipkart, MakeMyTrip, Choxi, Photobox, Rakuten and Symantec.Headquartered in San Francisco, Clustrix is funded by HighBar Partners, Sequoia Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Don Listwin, and ATA Ventures. ClustrixDB is available in software that runs on commodity hardware and on any cloud. -
President Software / Cto (Acquired By Iheart Media)Unified Oct 2014 - Jul 2017New York, UsUnified is an enterprise marketing technology and data analytics company. Unified's software platform provides professional marketers efficiency and transparency into data management, marketing intelligence, audience insights and programmatic advertising. Unified supports over 600 customers worldwide including Microsoft, Toyota, Honda, Liberty Mutual, IHeartMedia, AbInbev and WPP managing 1B in Ad Spend.♣ Responsible for Building Unified's SaaS Business♣ Full P&L responsibility ♣ Led Software: Marketing, Sales, Product, Engineering, Data Science, DevOps & SRE♣ Developed: Business Model, Product, Engineering, Production Operations and GTM teams, processes and systems to support demanding customer base and aggressive business goals♣ Expanded Unified from its core strength in social media campaign management to become a recognized industry leading SaaS Platform for social media buyers/Agencies to manage their investments and brand managers looking for attribution, ROI analytics and audience insights♣ Help Unified raise over $64 million in venture fundingThe unified Platform is a Distributed System built upon Microservices. High Availability, Scalability & Robust Performance are core to design considerations. We leverage Amazon Web Service (AWS: EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, VPC, ELB, Route53, Spot Markets, SMS, SNS, API-Gateway, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, Inspector) We embrace the DevOps mindset and the Agile Software Development methodology. We have Big Data and do Data Engineering/Science: ETLs, Analytics, AI/Machine Learning, Streaming. We build in Java, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Redux, Python, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka. Employed Cyber Security: Threat (Modeling, Prevention & Detection), Vulnerability Analysis, Monitoring. -
Chief Technology Officer (Cto) - (Acquired By Csc)Servicemesh Jan 2013 - Apr 2014Acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in November 2013, ServiceMesh was a global provider of enterprise software and services that helped Global 2000 organizations realize a Cloud operating model. We built and sold a hybrid Cloud and DevOps management platform that enabled enterprises to automate the deployment, management, and governance of applications and platforms across public, private, and hybrid clouds. Our solutions changed the way enterprises acquired, operated and delivered IT infrastructure and services enabling business agility and reducing time to value.♣ Responsible for the vision, strategy and delivery of the Agility hybrid cloud management platform♣ Cross-functional role helping to lead revenue growth, engineering, product management, sales, marketing, business development, strategic partnerships and customer satisfaction♣ Built, drove and maintained strategic partner relationships with AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, VMW, EMC, Pivotal Labs, CSCO, HP, CTXS, DELL, RHAT, RAX, ATT, Savvis, Canonical, Mirantis♣ Led strategic planning, product strategy, competitive position, Intellectual Property and Open Source Strategy♣ Improved Platform Scalability, Availability, Security and Performance♣ Keynote speakers and evangelist at industry events and for media and analyst coverage
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Managing DirectorEmc Ventures Dec 2009 - Jan 2013Round Rock, Texas, UsMember of founding team, made capital placements gaining insight and access into markets of interest. Invested in Big Data/Analytics, Cloud, Virtualization, Security♣ Responsible for managing all operating aspects of EMC’s strategic investment portfolio, maintaining relationships with business stakeholders, portfolio companies, Venture Capital and Investment banking firms and business partners♣ Worked closely with the Investment management board and executives to ensure the operational success of EMC’s Strategic investment practice, its portfolio companies, de-risking investments and providing an appropriate strategic and financial return♣ Worked with the portfolio company’s management to keep strategic and financial objectives in view; facilitate exit opportunities that maximize these returns♣ Deal Sourcing - Identified, evaluated, qualified and secured interest from companies who are seeking capital♣ Due Diligence - Researched markets, management, products/services, strategic impact to EMC♣ Negotiation - Investment terms, Letter of intent, term sheet, investment agreement, MOU’s, etc. with company owners, management and other investors♣ Corporate Governance - Participated in BoD-meetings, maintained close working relationships, adviced and assisted management of portfolio companies, balancing interest of stakeholders-investors/shareholders, management/staff♣ Portfolio/Return Management - Work with the portfolio company’s management to keep strategic and financial objectives in view; facilitate exit opportunities that maximize these returns♣ Reporting - Quarterly/Annually report on, operations, deal-flow, portfolio updates and performanceLed, managed, or participated in the following Investments; ARISTA Networks(IPO), Joyent(acquired by Samsung), BigSwitch, ServiceMesh(acquired by CSC), Puppet Labs, Maginatics(acquired by EMC), DSSD(acquired by EMC) MongoDB, ParAccel(AMZN Redshift), Greenplum(acquired by EMC), and Nimbula -
Senior Director Advanced Technology Ventures, Office Of The CtoEmc Ventures Jan 2006 - Dec 2009Round Rock, Texas, Us♣ Helped define, steer and communicate EMC's long-term technical strategy♣ Defined and influenced target markets, key technologies, strategic partnerships, investments and acquisitions designed to optimize EMC’s path to strategy realization♣ Played a major role in setting technical direction for EMC's M&A activities in the areas of cloud computing, software-defined data center and data analytics♣ Responsible for setting the technology foundation for sustained competitive vitality and differentiation. ♣ Accountable for maintaining EMC keen focus on cross-business unit integration and organic growth via incubation of emerging technology and business models♣ Responsibilities include Identification, evaluation and development of opportunities to accelerate EMC’s growth, high-leverage incubations, strategic investments, M&A, VC community collaboration, partner-based technology integrations and the leverage of acquired/emerging technologies to foster and drive innovation for EMC♣ Built and managed distributed research and engineering teams in Ma, NY, Ca, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangalore. Focus Areas: Cloud, Distributed Computing, Security, Virtualization, Network/Systems Management♣ Member of key leadership teams, including Strategic Planning Advisory Council, CTO-Advisory Council, CTO Council, Industry Technical Advisory Council, Intellectual Property/Patent Committee♣ Sponsored University Research Collaborations: MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Fudan University, Beijing UniversityParticipated in Due Diligence of hundreds of companies and Acquisitions & Integrations of: VMware, Dantz, SMARTS, Rainfinity, Authentica, Kashya, nlayers, Akimbi, Network Intelligence, RSA Security, Avamar, Mozy, Voyence, PI, Iomega, Decho, Configuresoft, Data Domain, FastScale, SpringSource, Kazeon, Archer, Greenplum, TriCipher, Isilon, NetWitness, Asankya, Pivotal Labs, XtremIO, Syncplicity, Silver Tail, ScaleIO, Aveksa, TwinStrata, Cloudscaling -
Director Of Partner Engineering, Global Technology AlliancesEmc Ventures Jul 2001 - Jan 2006Round Rock, Texas, Us♣ Developed and executed EMC’s Global Technology Alliances Partner Strategy managing key partnerships including Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, MySQL, Sybase, and Brocade♣ Developed the goals and objectives for partnerships consistent with corporate strategy; aligned technology, marketing and services activities against those goals♣ Managed internal and external partner programs, coordinated internal resources and communication, and managed to cross-functional and inter-company program goals♣ Developed and executed joint partner marketing and MDF investments, aligning partner activities with corporate strategy, and managing communication across the broad partnership community♣ Managed geographically distributed team, developed and executed on strategic business plans, Identified, scoped and delivered strategic partner integrations (hardware, software, and services) and delivered leading edge solutions♣ Managed distributed engineering and technical marketing teams spanning Ca, Ma, NY, Japan, China -
Board Of Directors And Chairman Of The Technical Steering CommitteeEnterprise Grid Alliance (Ega) 2005 - 2007Founding member, on Board of Directors and Chairman of the Technical Steering Committee. The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA), was a consortium formed to develop enterprise grid solutions and accelerate the deployment of grid computing in enterprises. The initial EGA Board included EMC, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, Intel, NEC, Network Appliance, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. The EGA was an open, independent and vendor-neutral community addressing the near-term requirements for deploying commercial applications in a grid environment. The Alliance focused on obstacles that organizations faced using enterprise grids, by looking at best practices and solutions which were open and interoperable.
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Automated Operations Architect - Systems EngineeringLoudcloud (Ipo 2001) Aug 1999 - Jul 2001Us♣ Systems Engineer on a team of six responsible for designing, deploying and managing Loudcloud's Automated Operations environment♣ Automated all aspects of system administration, creating design specifications for new product offerings and integrating new hardware software offerings into our automation back-end. ♣ All infrastructure applied to a geographically disperse, 5000+ node network consisting of Sun/Solaris, Linux and WNT/W2K machines to support 100% scheduled uptime in an ultra-scalable, high security infrastructure spanning 5 global datacenters♣ Architected and deployed enterprise wide Bastion Hosts for secure compartment access♣ Other duties include mentoring team, providing technical presentations and technical escalation support♣ RSA/LDAP integration, Squid Proxies, CDN, Web Caching and built and maintained extensive Storage Area Networks using EMC Symmetrix storage arrays, Clariion storage arrays and Brocade fabrics♣ Joined < 50 employees stayed on through IPO -
Systems/Network Operations EngineerDigital Island (Ipo 1999) 1997 - Aug 1999♣ Designed, constructed, and supported production network operations environment supporting 1000+ production systems, front-line escalations in Solaris UNIX, NT, Cisco IOS, CSU/DSU, WAN/ATM circuits, web server administration, syslog servers, perimeter and core security and monitoring♣ Performed in a fast paced, high tech environment to develop 4 Data Centers (Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London) for Premier Managed Service/Hosting Provider♣ Functioned as a member of a team which designed and implemented a 5000+ host CDN network to forward deploy customer content to numerous locations across the globe while transparently caching and intelligently redirecting customers to the closest geographic location saving bandwidth and providing faster content♣ Joined < 30 employees; stayed on through IPO
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Submersible PilotVoyager Submersibles 1996 - 1997♣ Operated (piloted and navigated) tourist submarine tours in Honolulu Hawaii; Coast Guard Certified100-Ton Boat Captains license holder with Submersible Endorsement♣ Navigated as primary pilot or monitored and controlled atmosphere, communications, and navigation as back up pilot. Carried 60+ passengers > 100Ft Deep for 45min submarine tours off Waikiki
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Co-FounderInnovativestrategies.Com 1994 - 1997Founded Internet solutions consulting company. Architected, developed and supported Internet presence solutions using Linux /Apache or Windows platforms.
Shawn Douglass Education Details
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Harvard Business SchoolGmp -
University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of BusinessVenture Capital Program -
Babson CollegeExecutive Education
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Shawn Douglass attended Harvard Business School, University Of California, Berkeley, Haas School Of Business, Babson College.
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