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Great People Build Great Companies
We have the privilege to work with outstanding founders & teams across a variety of markets, in a number of roles from earliest concept, to initial customer traction, fundraising, to full exits.
About us
With general management experience, diverse backgrounds, huge networks, and domain expertise, our Operating Partners & Advisors can manage the complexity inherent in the most challenging engagements.
BVA is a team of fundable, highly-networked Operating Partners and Strategic Advisors focused on achieving key objectives across a range of engagements - from strategy assessment & development, hands-on business & corporate development, interim C-level management & team building, to fundraising and guiding a company to an optimized liquidity event.
The team
Tim Lauer
Operating Partner
Tim is an Operating Partner at BVA with expertise in product marketing, business development, and sales operations. Most recently, Tim was the Director of Business Development for Intel Capital.
His experience spans 20+ years in engineering, marketing and sales leadership roles.
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Gary Wang
Special Advisor
Gary is an Operating Partner specializing in corporate & business development, go-to-market, technology partnership, cross border, helping companies build and grow businesses. Gary had a successful 20+ years engineering, business development, sales and general management career
Omer Tadjer
Strategic Advisor - Talent
CEO of BVA portfolio company Comeet, Omer also serves as a domain expert in the area of hiring, recruiting, and team building and is passionate about applying his practical IT and management experience to creating valuable products and transforming the way the HR industry operates.
Chris Augur
Strategic Advisor - M&A
Chris has closed M&A transactions with Google, Intel, Oracle, ARM, Symantec, Seiko Epson, ViaSat, TPG, Conexant, Oak Technology, Gemalto, Fairchild as well as VC's and private investors.
He led these as a Managing Director at Intelligent Capital. Chris is also an experienced operating executive.
Dan Lankford
Strategic Advisor - Energy & Medical
Dan Lankford is an experienced business leader, entrepreneur, and investor. He has been CEO of 4 companies and chairman of 3 others. His experience as a CEO includes an IPO and a couple of successful sales in companies ranging from start-ups to $250M in revenue
Steve Bird
Strategic Advisor - Venture Capital
Steve focuses on investments in the enterprise software and electronic commerce areas. He has led successful investments in Broadbase (acquired by Kana), FrontBridge (acquired by Microsoft), Mimosa (acquired by Iron Mountain), and Entropic, Interwoven and ShoreTel, all of which became public companies
Darien Kindlund
Strategic Advisor - Security
Darien Kindlund is a veteran security principal, who has developed multiple tactical and strategic security programs, focused on advanced threat detection and response. Darien was awarded multiple patents while developing FireEye’s detection platform and holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University
Chris Robertson
Strategic Advisor - DevOps
Chris focuses on assisting BVA clients with their DevOps and IT Security and Compliance requirements. His primary areas of expertise are in architecting systems and leading teams to support hyper-growth periods, navigate complex regulatory environments, and get early products to market
Ken Aitchison
Strategic Advisor - Semi & Process
Ken is an Special Advisor at BVA following a successful and extensive Technology and management career including CEO, GM, Board of Directors, VP of Technology and other senior executive roles for leading companies such as Novellus (now Lam Research), BOC Edwards, The Aerospace Corporation, Genus, and others
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