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Jeff Schmidt

Investor

Head of Commercialization at Energize Ventures · Head of Commercialization at Energize Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Jeff Schmidt leads commercialization at Energize, supporting portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy, sales, customer success, and business development, and connecting portfolio firms with Energize's strategic LPs and corporate network. He previously supported portfolio business development at Norwest Venture Partners and served as CRO of DroneDeploy, with prior roles at ClearSlide, Hightail, and Pivotlink.

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Experience

  1. Energize CapitalHead of Commercializationcurrent2022 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  2. Sourcemap: the Supply Chain Mapping CompanyBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  3. Banyan InfrastructureBoard Member2026
  4. Norwest Venture PartnersBusiness Development, Portfolio Services2021 — 2022
  5. DroneDeployChief Revenue Officer2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  6. ClearSlide, acquired by BigtincanSVP Global Sales, Services and Business Operations2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Hightail, acquired by OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX)GM, Enterprise2013 — 2014Campbell, California
  8. Pivotlink (now SMARTFOCUS)Chief Revenue Officer2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Coremetrics, acquired by IBM (NYSE: IBM)Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Services2006 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  10. WebEx Communications Inc. (NASDQ: WEBX - now CSCO)Vice President, Enterprise Business Unit2003 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Blue Pumpkin Software (NASDQ: VRNT)Vice President, General Manager America's1999 — 2003Mountainview, California
  12. Lucent Technologies, Octel Messaging Division (NYSE: ALU)District Manager1992 — 1999Milpitas, California

Education

  1. California State University, NorthridgeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Speech Communications

Skills & more

Enterprise Software7SaaS6Mergers & AcquisitionsManagement1Business PlanningExecutive ManagementGo-to-market Strategy2SEOStrategy5Solution Selling1Sales ManagementWeb Analytics
+12 moreLeadershipLead GenerationTeam LeadershipBusiness AlliancesE-commerceStrategic PlanningProject ManagementChannel StrategyCloud ComputingCRMDemand GenerationProfessional Services

From Jeff's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended California State University, Northridge18

Serafina MaulupeExecutive Assistant at Navitas CapitalBrian KadotaDirector of Venture Operations at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthMarcel LopezSupply Chain and Operations Partner at True Beauty VenturesJenna BryantGeneral Partner at Embedded VenturesPamela KleinVenture Partner at Ysios CapitalEden GolanProgram Manager at Vetted Accelerator

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sourcemap: the Supply Chain Mapping Company3

Juan MuldoonPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesEileen WarisPrincipal — Ventures at Energize VenturesShayna HarrisAdvisor at Rocana Ventures

Also worked at Banyan Infrastructure7

Juan MuldoonPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize VenturesTem TumurbatCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Nomadic Venture PartnersDougInvestor at Wavemaker PartnersDoug ParkerFounding Partner at Wavemaker ImpactAlyssa SpagnoloAssociate at OMERS VenturesAlec PageManaging Partner at Sun Road Syndicate

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Also worked at Norwest Venture Partners67

Jon KossowManaging Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersLaura BoydPrincipal, Head of M&A & Capital Markets at Norwest Venture PartnersLaura TseVP of Finance at ParadigmScott WilliamsonPortfolio Partner: Product at OSS CapitalMoshe ZilbersteinGeneral Partner at Next47Robert MittendorffGeneral Partner at B4 Capital

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Also worked at DroneDeploy13

Alexander NiehenkePartner at Scale Venture PartnersRory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersM.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at Drone Deploy at Scale Venture PartnersJohn ToughCo-Founder & Managing Partner, Member of Investment Committee at Energize VenturesKatie McClainPartner & COO, Member of Investment Committee at Energize VenturesJuan MuldoonPartner — Co-Head of Ventures at Energize Ventures

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Colleagues at Energize Ventures

Aaron Donenberg
Portfolio Finance Associate at Energize Ventures
Agustina Soriano Sergi
Senior Associate — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Alan Glass
Partner — Co-Head of Endurance at Energize Ventures
Ana Hugener
Principal — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Anson MacKinney
Senior Associate — Ventures at Energize Ventures
Becks Bondi
Director of Operations at Energize Ventures
Chloe Bierut
Community & Events Manager at Energize Ventures
Chris Bozzetti
Controller at Energize Ventures