Alsop Louie Partners

A co-founder of Alsop Louie Partners who spent his first two decades as a business journalist and editor (Inc. Magazine, InfoWorld) before becoming a general partner at New Enterprise Associates in 1996, where he led investments in TiVo, Glu Mobile, and others. He co-founded Alsop Louie with Gilman Louie in 2005 and served on the Sonos board from 2005-2013.

Partner at Alsop Louie Partners and co-founder of the Dent Conference and community. He previously ran a consultancy helping companies build strong teams and cultures, and is a part-time lecturer in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington.

A Partner at Alsop Louie Partners, Jim Whims was previously a cofounding general partner of Techfund Capital (US and Europe), investing in companies such as 3DFX and Portal Player. He co-founded Worlds of Wonder, led the turnaround at Software Toolworks, and directed the initial U.S. launch of the Sony PlayStation. He holds a BS from Northwestern University.

Partner at Alsop Louie Partners who began investing at In-Q-Tel in 2001, specializing in cybersecurity, defense, infrastructure, and enterprise SaaS. Before investing he held operating and CEO roles at Integrated Systems, TakeFive Software, and Talarian, and was an early backer of Aerospike.

Mark Fields is a partner at Alsop Louie Partners whose career spans banking, corporate finance, and venture investing. Before ALP he was CEO of secure communications platform Wickr, and earlier spent 15 years at CME Group where he founded and led CME Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm. He holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers and an MBA from Pepperdine, and sits on the boards of ALP portfolio companies including Baton Systems, Ion Storage Systems, and Ascent Technologies.

Nancy Lee is the Chief Financial Officer and a Partner at Alsop Louie Partners. She previously spent 20 years handling finance at Walden International, a venture firm with funds across North America and Asia.

Partner at Alsop Louie Partners and a consultant specializing in information technology, security, and intelligence systems. Former President and CEO of Cylink and former Deputy Director of the NSA, with numerous board roles at security companies.

Bill Coleman is a venture partner at Alsop Louie Partners and serves in advisory roles at Carlyle Group and Vitruvian Partners across early-stage, growth, and large-cap private equity investing. He previously served as CEO of Veritas, where he led the company's transition to multi-cloud data management, and founded BEA Systems in 1995, growing it to $1 billion in annual revenue before taking it public. His earlier career includes positions at Sun Microsystems, where he contributed to the development of Solaris, and at VisiCorp during the creation of VisiCalc and the first personal computer window system.

Venture Partner at Alsop Louie Partners who has advised founders on reaching product-market fit and led the firm's campus associate program focused on commercializing university research. She was Executive Chairman of portfolio company Gfycat through its acquisition by Snap, and is also Founder and Managing Partner of Brave Capital. She holds B.S., M.S., MBA, and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford, where she also lectures on emerging technology and venture capital.

Jim Ward is a Venture Partner at Alsop Louie Partners, working with the GPs on investment strategy and brand building while engaging with portfolio companies. He is also CEO of Integral Reality Labs and previously served as co-CEO of Meow Wolf and as President of LucasArts / SVP of Lucasfilm, following an earlier career in advertising.

John Dillon is board chairman of Aerospike, where he was CEO from 2015 to 2021, and has over 30 years of experience building high-growth technology companies. He previously served as CEO of Hyperion Solutions, Salesforce.com, Navis, and Engine Yard, and held senior sales roles at Oracle; he holds a BS in Engineering from the US Naval Academy and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Joseph Alsop founded Progress Software (PRGS) and served as its CEO until 2009; the company provides application infrastructure technology. He holds a BSEE from MIT (1967) and invests in and advises companies in the northeastern US applying information technology.

An MIT physics graduate (2020) who was the first hire at nuclear fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems and now leads its commercial fusion power plant development. She is also a partner at FT Energy Partners, founded the food-security nonprofit The Food Ark, and is an internationally ranked fencer.

Tom Kalinske is a Venture Partner with a long career in the toy, game, and educational products industries. He previously led companies including Mattel, Sega of America, Universal Matchbox Group, and LeapFrog, and has served on various company and nonprofit boards.

Venture partner at Alsop Louie Partners and CEO of Remedy Health, an AI-powered telehealth company. He previously worked on SpaceX's satellite internet project, studied physics and computer science at MIT, and has a background in plasma physics including work at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. His investment interests focus on hard tech such as spaceflight, imaging, and neuroscience, and applying advanced technology to legacy industries.

Parker Ruth is a Stanford doctoral student researching the intersection of computing and biomedical technologies, with work spanning mobile health systems, wearable devices, and global health. He earned dual bachelor's degrees in computer engineering and bioengineering from the University of Washington and holds NSF and Tau Beta Pi fellowships.

Sierra Lee is a Campus Associate and University of Washington computer science student (class of 2024) with a background in machine learning and software development. She co-founded DubHacks Next, UW's first student-run startup incubator, and has interned at early-stage startups, Microsoft's AI Platform team, and VMware.