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Juan Carlos Soto

Investor

Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital

Berkeley, California, United States

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.

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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

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMS EM, Engineering Management
  2. University of ColoradoMS CS, Computer Science
  3. University of FloridaBS CE, Computer Engineering (HW and SW)

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

From Juan'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

+ 1,572 more

Also attended University of Colorado10

Adam AverbachChief Compliance Officer & General Counsel at Ibex InvestorsJaclyn Freeman HesterGeneral Partner at FoundryJames WinterHead of Marketing at Telescope PartnersChris MarksManaging Partner at Firebrand VenturesSally HatcherGeneral Partner at Buff Gold VenturesKarthik ReddyBusiness at Campus Founders Fund

+ 4 more

Also attended University of Florida119

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners

+ 113 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Resilinc3

Nicolas El BazeSenior Advisor at Partech VenturesMichael McMillanVice President, Portfolio Operations at Long Ridge Equity PartnersRavi MohanManaging Director at Shasta Ventures

Also worked at IBM493

Kenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesKT MooreAdvisor at Clear Ventures

+ 487 more

Also worked at GLG42

Natalie JohnstonInvestment Principal at 4BIO CapitalEric KwongDirector, Finance/Ops at FINTOP CapitalEvan AuyangGroup President at Animoca BrandsMinh DoChief Operating Officer at Animoca BrandsWilliam WinkenwerderChairman & Director, CitiusTech at Empactful CapitalCraig CooperPartner at Serpentine Ventures

+ 36 more

Also worked at Sun Microsystems116

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorGlen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalPatrik BackmanGeneral Partner at OpenOceanDeny KhoungPortfolio Support at 8VCZack UrlockerInvestor at Index VenturesNick CheethamGTM and Culture Expert at Notion Capital

+ 110 more

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