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Zenas Hutcheson

Venture Capitalist & CEO

Zenas Hutcheson

Venture Capitalist & CEO

Biography

Zenas has been a venture capitalist and successful serial CEO for 30 years.

Prior to joining Rally Ventures, Zenas co-founded and has co-managed Vesbridge Partners since 2004. Previously, he served as the co-Managing Partner of SPVC (formerly St. Paul Venture Capital), which he joined in 1997. Zenas was previously CEO of Vivo Networks (acquired by Real Networks), CAECO (acquired by Mentor Graphics), and Control Automation (acquired by Universal Instrument). Zenas also served as a Board member of PictureTel, Natural Microsystems, and Concord Data Systems. He started his career at Bain & Co. and BNY.

In his spare time, Zenas enjoys racing sailboats and hunting Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock.

Boards: Corvil, Kwicr, TA Labs, Visitrend, saltDNA, CEO Experience: Vivo Networks, CAECO, Control Automation, Expertise: Early-Stage Business Technology Companies, Notable Investments: Vivo Software (acquired by Real Networks); Acopia Networks (acquired by F5 Networks); Granite Systems (acquired by Telcordia); Castle Networks (acquired by Siemens); GeoTrust (acquired by Verisign); Sistina Software (acquired by Red Hat); Corvil Ltd.

Three “nevers” in your life: Never stop learning. Never give up. Never say never.

Zenas was a speaker at IEEE N3XT® 2015 Toronto.