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Juan Carlos Soto

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Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital · Venture Partner at Shasta Ventures

Berkeley, California, United States

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Juan: together at IBM
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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

  1. Luminix, Inc.COO and Strategic Alliancescurrent2023 — present
  2. Luminix, Inc.Advisorcurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Copper Sky Capital (formerly AZ-VC)Venture Partnercurrent2024 — presentScottsdale, Arizona, United States
  4. Together LabsBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  5. AIdeaBlocksAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  6. VaadinChairman Of The Boardcurrent2020 — present
  7. CurrikiBoard Member and Member of Finance Committeecurrent2022 — present
  8. Shasta VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  9. St Mary Magdalen ChurchFinance Council Membercurrent2024 — present
  10. ProdlyBoard Member2024 — 2025
  11. ValimailBoard Observer2021 — 2024
  12. ValimailInterim Chief Operations Officer2022 — 2023
  13. Ascend.ioBoard Observer2022 — 2024
  14. ResilincBoard Observer2022 — 2023
  15. First Round Fast TrackMentor2021
  16. IBMVice President, IBM Garage and Solution Engineering2020
  17. IBMVice President, Hybrid Cloud Integration, API Economy, and StrongLoop2016 — 2020Silicon Valley
  18. GraphQL Foundation Governing BoardBoard Member2019 — 2020
  19. Entytle, Inc.Advisor2014 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  20. StrongLoop, Inc., an IBM companyCEO2015 — 2016
  21. StrongLoop, Inc., an IBM companyCEO2014 — 2015
  22. GLGConsultant2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  23. On sabbaticalConsultant and Advisor2014
  24. InformaticaSVP & GM, B2B and Cloud Business Units2010 — 2014
  25. Sun MicrosystemsVice President, Cloud Computing and Developer Products Marketing2008 — 2010
  26. Sun MicrosystemsVice President, Global Market Development and Engineering2006 — 2009Menlo Park, CA
  27. Sun MicrosystemsVice President, Software, Market Development Engineering, Advanced Development, and xDesign2005 — 2007
  28. Sun MicrosystemsVP and CTO of Software and Sr. Director, Market Development Engineering1997 — 2006
  29. SunVice President1997 — 2010
  30. SkipStone Ventures, LLCManaging Director and Co-Founder2000
  31. Diba, Inc.Director, Product Development1996 — 1997
  32. Hewlett Packard, Network Server DivisionVarious: Technology Management and Business Management1994 — 1996
  33. 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
+12 moreMarketingCloud ComputingTechnology EvangelistProduct ManagementStart-upsMiddlewareBusiness AlliancesDistributed SystemsProduct MarketingGo-to-market StrategyPartner ManagementPre-sales

Languages Spanish

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Colleagues at Copper Sky Capital

Anthony Soohoo
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Ashok Santhanam
Managing Director at Copper Sky Capital
Avery Cannon
Chief Administrative Officer at Founders Circle 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
Claire Ainsworth
Partner at Triple Point Ventures
Drew Harman
Venture Partner 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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