About
Juan Carlos Soto is a former VP of IBM Cloud Integration who joined IBM through its acquisition of StrongLoop, where he was CEO. He previously held senior roles at Informatica, Sun Microsystems, HP, and startups including Valimail and Skipstone Ventures, and holds degrees from Stanford, the University of Colorado, and the University of Florida.
Experience
- Luminix, Inc.COO and Strategic Alliancescurrent2023 — present
- Luminix, Inc.Advisorcurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Copper Sky Capital (formerly AZ-VC)Venture Partnercurrent2024 — presentScottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Together LabsBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- AIdeaBlocksAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- VaadinChairman Of The Boardcurrent2020 — present
- CurrikiBoard Member and Member of Finance Committeecurrent2022 — present
- Shasta VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- St Mary Magdalen ChurchFinance Council Membercurrent2024 — present
- ProdlyBoard Member2024 — 2025
- ValimailBoard Observer2021 — 2024
- ValimailInterim Chief Operations Officer2022 — 2023
- Ascend.ioBoard Observer2022 — 2024
- ResilincBoard Observer2022 — 2023
- First Round Fast TrackMentor2021
- IBMVice President, IBM Garage and Solution Engineering2020
- IBMVice President, Hybrid Cloud Integration, API Economy, and StrongLoop2016 — 2020Silicon Valley
- GraphQL Foundation Governing BoardBoard Member2019 — 2020
- Entytle, Inc.Advisor2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- StrongLoop, Inc., an IBM companyCEO2015 — 2016
- StrongLoop, Inc., an IBM companyCEO2014 — 2015
- GLGConsultant2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- On sabbaticalConsultant and Advisor2014
- InformaticaSVP & GM, B2B and Cloud Business Units2010 — 2014
- Sun MicrosystemsVice President, Cloud Computing and Developer Products Marketing2008 — 2010
- Sun MicrosystemsVice President, Global Market Development and Engineering2006 — 2009Menlo Park, CA
- Sun MicrosystemsVice President, Software, Market Development Engineering, Advanced Development, and xDesign2005 — 2007
- Sun MicrosystemsVP and CTO of Software and Sr. Director, Market Development Engineering1997 — 2006
- SunVice President1997 — 2010
- SkipStone Ventures, LLCManaging Director and Co-Founder2000
- Diba, Inc.Director, Product Development1996 — 1997
- Hewlett Packard, Network Server DivisionVarious: Technology Management and Business Management1994 — 1996
- Hewlett Packard (now Agilent), Colorado Springs DivisionVarious: Engineering and Product Marketing1985 — 1994
Skills & more
Ethical LeadershipStrategic PlanningManagement74Strategy99Leadership41Strategic Leadership4Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)4Executive Team3Global Operations1Systems Management60Executive Management94Engineering31
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MarketingCloud ComputingTechnology EvangelistProduct ManagementStart-upsMiddlewareBusiness AlliancesDistributed SystemsProduct MarketingGo-to-market StrategyPartner ManagementPre-salesLanguages Spanish
From Juan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Copper Sky Capital
Anthony Soohoo
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Ashok Santhanam
Managing Director at Copper Sky Capital
Avery Cannon
Chief Financial Officer at Copper Sky Capital
Benjamin Brockwell
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Brad Kotansky
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Drew Harman
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Issac Roth
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Jack Selby
Managing Director at Copper Sky Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Juan Carlos Soto?
- Juan Carlos Soto is a former VP of IBM Cloud Integration who joined IBM through its acquisition of StrongLoop, where he was CEO. He previously held senior roles at Informatica, Sun Microsystems, HP, and startups including Valimail and Skipstone Ventures, and holds degrees from Stanford, the University of Colorado, and the University of Florida.
- Where does Juan Carlos Soto work?
- Juan Carlos Soto is Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital.
- Where did Juan Carlos Soto go to school?
- Juan Carlos Soto studied at Stanford University (MS EM, Engineering Management); University of Colorado (MS CS, Computer Science); University of Florida (BS CE, Computer Engineering (HW and SW)).
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