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.
Invests in
Cloud ComputingConsumerData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
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
Education
- Stanford UniversityComputer Science1997 — 1998
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.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,578
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Palla Financial2
Also worked at NetApp33
Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesKamesh RaghavendraChief Product Officer at The HiveLucy MangasGo-To-Market at Roble VenturesCindy WorthingtonInvestor Relations Advisor at How Women InvestMoe KermaniManaging Partner at Vanedge Capital
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Also worked at Techstars378
Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsRustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture Group
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Also worked at SolidFire, Inc.1
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