Dave Wright
InvestorCEO Partner at Ardent Venture · Board director at Palla Financial
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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About
Dave Wright founded three technology companies: GameSpy Industries (acquired by News Corp via IGN Entertainment in 2005), Jungle Disk (a cloud storage service acquired by Rackspace in 2008), and SolidFire, an all-flash enterprise storage company acquired by NetApp in 2016. His background spans storage, infrastructure, and consumer technology. He mentors for the TechStars program in Boulder and advises early-stage companies, and holds a B.S. from Stanford University.
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Cloud ComputingConsumerData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Board director at Palla Financial
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Experience
- Ardent Venture PartnersCEO Partnercurrent2021 — presentBoulder, CO
- Palla FinancialBoard Chairmancurrent2023 — present
- NetAppVice President of Technology Strategy2017 — 2021Boulder, CO
- NetAppVice President and General Manager, SolidFire2016 — 2017Boulder, CO
- TechstarsMentor2018 — 2020Boulder, Colorado, United States
- SolidFire, Inc.CEO2010 — 2016Boulder, CO
- Shotput VenturesPartner2009 — 2010Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- RackspacePresident of Jungle Disk2008 — 2009
- Jungle DiskCEO2007 — 2008
- IGN / GameSpy / Fox Interactive MediaChief Architect1998 — 2007
Skills & more
Strategy2Cloud Computing76Storage55Start-ups69Virtualization39Distributed Systems16Data Center38Software Development20Storage Area Networks5System Architecture22Software Engineering18Architecture12
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High AvailabilityScalabilityMobile DevicesStrategic PartnershipsEntrepreneurshipProfessional ServicesSANProduct ManagementGo-to-market StrategyEnterprise SoftwareMySQLOperating SystemsFrom Dave's professional profile.
Colleagues at Ardent Venture
Alexis Echano
Investor at Ardent Venture
Alfred Johnson
CEO Partner at Ardent Venture
Chris Young
CEO Partner at Ardent Venture
Dan Preiss
Partner at Ardent Venture
Felipe Mejia
Investor / Principal at Ardent Venture
Haroon Mokhtarzada
CEO Partner at Ardent Venture
Jon Hallett
CEO Partner at Ardent Venture
Mike Shehan
CEO Partner at Ardent Venture
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dave Wright?
- Dave Wright founded three technology companies: GameSpy Industries (acquired by News Corp via IGN Entertainment in 2005), Jungle Disk (a cloud storage service acquired by Rackspace in 2008), and SolidFire, an all-flash enterprise storage company acquired by NetApp in 2016. His background spans storage, infrastructure, and consumer technology. He mentors for the TechStars program in Boulder and advises early-stage companies, and holds a B.S. from Stanford University.
- Where does Dave Wright work?
- Dave Wright is CEO Partner at Ardent Venture and Board director at Palla Financial.
- What does Dave Wright invest in?
- Dave Wright invests in Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software.
- Where did Dave Wright go to school?
- Dave Wright studied at Stanford University (Computer Science).
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