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Lanham Napier

Investor

Co-Founder & Chairman at BuildGroup

Texas

FoundedDigniFi Holding

About

Co-founded BuildGroup in Austin with Jim and Klee. Previously CEO of Rackspace, where he grew sales from $1.5M to over $1.5B, and joined portfolio company Amelia in 2023.

Experience

  1. Forge Growth InfrastructureChairman & Foundercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. BorderPlex Digital AssetsExecutive Chairmancurrent2024 β€” presentAustin, Texas, United States
  3. BuildGroupCo-Foundercurrent2015 β€” presentAustin, Texas, United States
  4. Project 23Foundercurrent2015 β€” present
  5. SquirroBoard Member2022 β€” 2025Zurich, Switzerland
  6. AmeliaBoard Member2022 β€” 2024New York, United States
  7. BenefitfocusBoard Member2015 β€” 2023Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  8. Anaconda, Inc.Board Member2015 β€” 2020Austin, TX
  9. Rackspace HostingCEO2000 β€” 2014
  10. Silver Brands VenturesDirector1997 β€” 2000
  11. Merrill LynchAnalyst1993 β€” 1995

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business1995 β€” 1997
  2. Rice UniversityBA, Economics1989 β€” 1993
  3. MHS

Skills & more

Leadership99Strategy39Management55Strategic Planning29Team Leadership7Cloud Computing99Competitive Analysis99Selling99Customer Service99Time Management53SaaS99Managed Services99
+12 moreVirtualizationEnterprise SoftwareSolution SellingStart-upsDisaster RecoveryData CenterSalesStrategic PartnershipsGo-to-market StrategyNetwork SecurityTeam BuildingSales Process

Languages spanglish

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DigniFi HoldingBoard seat

via BuildGroup Β· filed Jul 2020 Β· $10M raise

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