About
Bill Portelli is an executive who has served as CEO, advisor, and board director at technology companies. He is currently Head of Strategy at xMentium, an AI company, and holds board seats at early- to mid-stage venture-backed technology firms. His background includes mixed-signal IC development, open source, and information technology, with prior roles as SVP/GM and corporate officer at Cadence and CTT in the semiconductor and electronic design automation market, and as founding CEO of CollabNet.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Experience
- xMentiumHead of Strategycurrent2023 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
- Augment VenturesAdvisor - Deep Techcurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- HTECAdvisory Boardcurrent2016 — presentSerbia
- 1touch.ioBoard Chairman, Board Adviser and COOcurrent2020 — presentIsrael
- Metadata.ioMember Board of Directors & Advisorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SyncariAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
- Workspot, IncMember Board Of Directors2023 — 2024Cupertino, CA
- Parsable (Acquired by CAI Software)Chairman of the Board2018 — 2024San Francisco, CA
- CEO QuestPartner and Managing Director2016 — 2024San Jose, CA
- Convercent (Acquired by OneTrust 3/21)Member Board Of Directors2018 — 2021Denver, Colorado
- CollabNet, Inc (now Digital.ai) acquired by TPGBoard Chairman; CEO & Founder1999 — 2019South San Francisco, CA
- Cadence Design SystemsSenior Vice President & General Manager1997 — 1999San Jose, CA
- Cooper and Chyan TechnologySr Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development1995 — 1997Cupertino, CA
- Zycad CorporationSr VP and General Manager1988 — 1996
- General InstrumentCustom IC Design Manager1979 — 1983Hicksville, Long Island, NY
Education
- Rutgers UniversityBSEE, Microelectronics; Computer Science1975 — 1979
Skills & more
Strategic ThinkingStrategic PlanningLeadership29Management39Strategy56SaaS99Open Source52Enterprise Software99Subversion9Board of Directors1Change ManagementConsultative Selling
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Product StrategyMarketing StrategyCustomer AcquisitionBusiness DevelopmentBoard LevelBusiness ManagementSoftware DevelopmentCloud ComputingStart-upsBusiness StrategySoftware EngineeringAgile- Connected Worker® Professional Certification Examination — CAI Parsable
- ASU GSV Summit 2016 — ASU+GSV Summit
From Bill's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Rutgers University93
Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at Stripes
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Shared employers
Also worked at 1touch.io7
Yoav TzruyaGeneral Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Roi YosefSenior Associate at Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)Boaz AlbaranesPartner, Head of Israel at Mindset VentureStan KreydinPartner at boldstart venturesRebecca MitchemPartner & COO at Neotribe VenturesPradeep TagareHead of Investments at National Grid Partners
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Also worked at Syncari4
Colleagues at Augment Ventures
Abhi Dinkar
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
Akhil Saklecha
Advisor - Healthtech at Augment Ventures
Alex Motey
Venture Fellow at Augment Ventures
Amit Narayan
Advisor - Energy and Renewables at Augment Ventures
Arun 'Rak' Ramchandran
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
Casey Cowell
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures
David Armstrong
Partner, Chief Financial Officer at Augment Ventures
Gina Carfagno
Advisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment Ventures