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About
Randy Hawks is a co-founder and Managing Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, with over 40 years in the technology industry as a general manager and venture investor. He focuses on sensors, networking, and security, and over more than 25 years as an investor has held numerous venture-backed company board seats, including audit, compensation, and CEO search committee roles. Prior to Claremont Creek, he was a General Partner at Novus Ventures and Venture Partner at Horizon Ventures, and earlier served as CEO of Captiva Software and COO of Identix, along with senior roles at AT&T Paradyne, ITT Information Systems (Qume), and Texas Instruments. He holds a BSEE from the University of Arkansas and completed the Stanford University Executive Management Program.
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Invests in
CybersecurityIoT
Experience
- Claremont Creek VenturesManaging Director
- Golden Capital NetworkInvestorcurrent2002 — present
- Horizon VenturesVenture Partner2002 — 2004
- IdentixCOO1984 — 2000
- Captiva SoftwareChairman1998 — 1999
- Wheb SystemsCEO1996 — 1998
- ATT ParadyneSenior Vice President1994 — 1996
- QumeVP Marketing1981 — 1984
- Texas InstrumentsMarketing Manager1973 — 1981
Skills & more
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Private EquityInvestmentsMergersStrategic PartnershipsIPOBoard of DirectorsDeal SourcingInvestment BankingStrategic PlanningLeadershipStrategyManagementFrom Randy's professional profile.
Deals · 1
SmartZip AnalyticsBoard seat
via Claremont Creek Ventures · filed Mar 2017 · $12.4M raise
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Colleagues at Claremont Creek Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Randy Hawks?
- Randy Hawks is a co-founder and Managing Director of Claremont Creek Ventures, with over 40 years in the technology industry as a general manager and venture investor. He focuses on sensors, networking, and security, and over more than 25 years as an investor has held numerous venture-backed company board seats, including audit, compensation, and CEO search committee roles. Prior to Claremont Creek, he was a General Partner at Novus Ventures and Venture Partner at Horizon Ventures, and earlier served as CEO of Captiva Software and COO of Identix, along with senior roles at AT&T Paradyne, ITT Information Systems (Qume), and Texas Instruments. He holds a BSEE from the University of Arkansas and completed the Stanford University Executive Management Program.
- Where does Randy Hawks work?
- Randy Hawks is Managing Director at Claremont Creek Ventures.
- What does Randy Hawks invest in?
- Randy Hawks invests in Cybersecurity, IoT.
- What boards does Randy Hawks sit on?
- Randy Hawks holds tracked board seats at SmartZip Analytics.
- Where did Randy Hawks go to school?
- Randy Hawks studied at Stanford University (Executive Managment Program); University of Arkansas.
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Also worked at Claremont Creek Ventures7
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Also worked at Horizon Ventures3
Also worked at Identix26
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