Where does Erik Huddleston work?

Erik Huddleston is Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund and Board director at Trendkite.

Where did Erik Huddleston go to school?

Erik Huddleston studied at The University of Texas at Austin (BA, Plan II Honors Program).

Erik Huddleston

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Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund · Board director at Trendkite

Austin, Texas, United States

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About

Erik Huddleston is Chief Executive Officer at Aprimo. He has held leadership roles across go-to-market strategy, product, and operations at B2B SaaS companies, with experience managing sales, marketing, product, and development functions in global organizations. Huddleston serves as an independent board member and CEO advisor, with board service at high-growth SaaS companies in salestech, martech, and vertical SaaS sectors.

Board director at Trendkite

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Trendkite's investors · 7

Circadian VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $1.5M checks Harmony PartnersNew York Mercury FundHouston · $250K – $4M checks · since 2015 Multiplier CapitalWashington · $3M – $15M checks Noro-Moseley PartnersAtlanta · $5M – $20M checks · since 2015 Raptor GroupMiami Beach Silverton PartnersAustin · $200K – $2M checks · since 2015

Experience

AprimoChief Executive Officercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
Quantified CommunicationsBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
AdthenaBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
TeleVetBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
Mercury FundMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2018 — present
EkosBoard Member2020 — 2025
TechstarsMentor2014 — 2021Austin, Texas Area
CisionPresident2019 — 2020Austin, Texas
Galvanize IncMentor2016 — 2020Austin, Texas Area
TrendKiteCEO2014 — 2019Austin, Texas Area
Dachis GroupCTO and EVP Product2010 — 2014
InovisChief Technology Officer2008 — 2010
InovisVP Products and Strategic Applications2007 — 2008
BetweenMarketsFounder2000 — 2007Austin, Texas Area
eCustomersChief Architect1999 — 2000
i2 TechnologiesAcquisition Transition Role1998 — 1999
Smart TechnologiesHead of Unix Development/Senior Software Architect1994 — 1998

Skills & more

Product Evangelism8SaaSAgileProduct ManagementCloud Computing53Analytics27Solution Selling29Product Strategy3Product Marketing12Software Engineering7Software Development47Agile Methodologies55

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Social BusinessSocial Media MarketingSocial Media MeasurementSocial MarketingStart-upsEntrepreneurshipGo-to-market StrategyBig Data

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Colleagues at Mercury Fund

Adrian Barwinski

General Partner at Mercury Fund

Adrian Fortino

General Partner at Mercury Fund

Aileen Allen

Partner at Mercury Fund

Alex Gras

Principal at Mercury Fund

Andreas Galliker

Chief Financial Officer at Mercury Fund

Andrew Clark

Director at Texas Ventures

Aziz Gilani

Associate at Mercury Fund

Blair Garrou

Co-founder & General Partner at Mercury Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Erik Huddleston?: Erik Huddleston is Chief Executive Officer at Aprimo. He has held leadership roles across go-to-market strategy, product, and operations at B2B SaaS companies, with experience managing sales, marketing, product, and development functions in global organizations. Huddleston serves as an independent board member and CEO advisor, with board service at high-growth SaaS companies in salestech, martech, and vertical SaaS sectors.
Where does Erik Huddleston work?: Erik Huddleston is Venture Advisor at Mercury Fund and Board director at Trendkite.
Where did Erik Huddleston go to school?: Erik Huddleston studied at The University of Texas at Austin (BA, Plan II Honors Program).

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