Our Team

Jeff Stevenson
Managing Partner

Jeff Stevenson has over 22 years of experience in the high tech industry ranging from venture capital, business development, sales, engineering and Information Technology. Prior to founding Venture Crossing LLC, he was a General Partner with Alcatel Ventures, the venture arm of Alcatel, where he headed up all investment activity for the Silicon Valley office in the areas of networking, semiconductors, and enterprise software.  Prior to Alcatel Ventures, he was the Sr. Vice President of Sales at RealNames Corporation where he built the sales organization from scratch and attained record sales and bookings in less than a year.  Prior to RealNames, he was Sr. Director of Business Development for Vitalsigns Software which was acquired by International Network Services (INSS) and subsequently acquired by Lucent Technologies (LU).  Prior to VitalSigns, he joined Netscape Communications (AOL) as the company was first being started where he negotiated and managed the early strategic partnerships with IBM, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Apple and others.  Prior to Netscape, Mr. Stevenson held executive management and senior engineering positions with NetManage Inc. (NETM) and Ungermann Bass/Tandem.  He also brings a unique, real-life perspective when consulting with startups after having spent 5 years as a communications engineer designing and deploying enterprise software, LANs and WANs and Data Centers while working for ChevronTexaco Information Technology Company. .

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Mark Weingarten
Board of Advisors

Mark Weingarten brings over 18 years of experience in the communications and networking sector.  As president of Vathos Ventures, Mr. Weingarten works with emerging technology companies in the areas of sales, business development and marketing.  He assists his clients through key growth phases which may also include venture financing.   Clients include LogLogic, Zoove, Newport Networks, and Generate.    Prior to Vathos Mr. Weingarten held vice president positions at CoSine Communications in sales, business development, and marketing.    Prior to joining CoSine he held senior sales management positions at FreeGate Corporation and Ascend Communications.

Weingarten holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology.

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