About
Shawn Douglass is CEO and Co-Founder of Amberdata, with over 20 years of experience funding, building, acquiring, and selling technology companies. At EMC Ventures, he led, managed, or participated in more than 20 investments and was involved in approximately 40 acquisitions and integrations, including VMware, RSA Security, Data Domain, and Nicira, as well as the spin-out of Pivotal and the VCE joint venture. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has held board and advisory roles at companies including Clustrix, Joyent, Maginatics, NoPassword, Replica Labs, and Orbitera.
CEO at Amberdata
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Co-founders at Amberdata
JE
Joanes EspanolExecutive Officer, Promoter
TG
Tongtong GongExecutive Officer, Promoter
Experience
- AmberdataCEO (Acquired by Kaiko)2017 — 2026Miami, Florida, United States
- Rally VenturesTechnology Partner2013 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Clustrix, Inc.Board Member: Outside Director (Acquired by MariaDB)2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- UnifiedPresident Software / CTO (Acquired by IHeart Media)2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- ServiceMeshChief Technology Officer (CTO) - (Acquired by CSC)2013 — 2014Silicon Valley
- EMC VenturesManaging Director2009 — 2013Palo Alto, Ca
- EMC VenturesSenior Director Advanced Technology Ventures, Office of the CTO2006 — 2009
- EMC VenturesDirector of Partner Engineering, Global Technology Alliances2001 — 2006
- Loudcloud (IPO 2001)Automated Operations Architect - Systems Engineering1999 — 2001
- Digital Island (IPO 1999)Systems/Network Operations Engineer1997 — 1999
- Voyager SubmersiblesSubmersible Pilot1996 — 1997
- Innovativestrategies.comCo-Founder1994 — 1997
Skills & more
Strategy90Strategic Planning12Leadership25Negotiation19Management41Cloud Computing99SaaS99Enterprise Software99Start-ups99Business Development78Venture Capital47Mergers & Acquisitions23
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Competitive AnalysisGo-to-market StrategyProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsRisk ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipNew Business DevelopmentVirtualizationIntegrationBusiness AlliancesHigh AvailabilityNetworkingLanguages Japanese
- Product Management and Strategy — Emeritus
- GDPR for Security Professionals — ISC2
- Certified ScrumMaster — Scrum Alliance
- CISSP — ISC2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shawn Douglass?
- Shawn Douglass is CEO and Co-Founder of Amberdata, with over 20 years of experience funding, building, acquiring, and selling technology companies. At EMC Ventures, he led, managed, or participated in more than 20 investments and was involved in approximately 40 acquisitions and integrations, including VMware, RSA Security, Data Domain, and Nicira, as well as the spin-out of Pivotal and the VCE joint venture. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has held board and advisory roles at companies including Clustrix, Joyent, Maginatics, NoPassword, Replica Labs, and Orbitera.
- Where does Shawn Douglass work?
- Shawn Douglass is CEO of Amberdata.
- What companies did Shawn Douglass found?
- Shawn Douglass founded Amberdata.
- Where did Shawn Douglass go to school?
- Shawn Douglass studied at Harvard Business School (GMP); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Venture Capital Program); Babson College (Sustaining High Performance, Executive Education).
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Ivan ZhouBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded Decagon +2Wendy JohanssonExecutive Education: Product ManagementFounded Misaludhealth +2Jay ParrishMBAFounded ROME Therapeutics +1Nanxi LiuFounded Nanoly Bioscience +1David HehmanMBAFounded ExitHero +1Patrick SigristVenture Capital Executive ProgramFounded IORQ +1
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Babson College mafia44
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Unified mafia5
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Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesAnn PauloseSenior Investor Relations Associate at GreycroftAjay RayasamPrincipal at Osage University PartnersRobert VerwaayenGeneral Partner at Keen Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at Amberdata2
Also worked at Rally Ventures14
Jeff HinckManaging Director at Rally Ventures Management, LlcJustin KaufenbergManaging Director at Rally Ventures Management, LlcBen FriedVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcZenas HutchesonVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcMichael JenningsVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcTom PetersonVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, Llc
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