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Experience
- MVP VenturesPrincipal-in-Residence2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- Scale AIStrategy & Operations2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Rolls-RoyceCorporate Strategy Manager2023 — 2024Indianapolis, IN
- Rolls-RoyceBusiness Operations & Project Management2018 — 2023
Skills & more
Go-to-Market StrategySupply Chain ManagementCorporate StrategyEnergyNuclearDefense ContractingAerospaceMarket Analysis1Business Operations1Sustainability1Strategy1Corporate Development1
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Business TransformationSales OperationsStrategic PlanningRisk ManagementOperations ManagementTeam LeadershipChange ManagementHybrid CompetenceMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Dynamics CRMLeadershipTeamwork- Finance Foundations: Business Valuation — LinkedIn
- Sales Pipeline Management — LinkedIn
- Finance for Non-Financial Managers — LinkedIn
- Qualifying Opportunities — FranklinCovey
- Capturing Federal Business — Shipley Associates: We Help Companies Win Business
- Intermediate Python for Data Science — DataCamp
- Six Sigma Green Belt — Indiana State University
- Sycamore Leadership Certificate — Indiana State University
From Tanner's professional profile.
Colleagues at MVP Ventures
Alex Li
Investor at MVP Ventures
Andre De Baubigny
Managing Partner at MVP Ventures
Anna Wang
Accounting Manager at MVP Ventures
Cecilia Ng
Partner, Talent & People at MVP Ventures
Daniel Moyer
Director of Growth at MVP Ventures
David Fried
Partner, Capital Markets at MVP Ventures
Geoff Winegar
Partner, Investments at MVP Ventures
Grayson Kinsella
Partner, Chief Portfolio Officer at MVP Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tanner Smith?
- Principal, Investments at MVP Ventures
- Where does Tanner Smith work?
- Tanner Smith is Principal, Investments at MVP Ventures.
- Where did Tanner Smith go to school?
- Tanner Smith studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Indiana State University (B.S., Operations & Supply Chain Management).
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Indiana State University14
Mads HebbelstrupCorporate Advisory at SuperSeedTeri WilleyP2C Managing Director & Officer at Pathway to CuresKyle DenuOperating Partner at LFM Capital, LLCGriffin JohnsonGeneral Partner at Animal CapitalJenny LaneInvestor at LOUD CapitalRobert G. PetitChief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer at OS Therapies
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Shared employers
Also worked at MVP Ventures24
Will McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer HippeauCecilia NgPartner, Talent & People at MVP VenturesAqil PashaVice President at Jump CapitalAndre De BaubignyManaging Partner at MVP VenturesWeston MoyerManaging Partner at MVP VenturesKevin FongPartner at MVP Ventures
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Also worked at Scale AI96
Alexandr WangCo-founder of Scale AI; Chief AI Officer at MetaLucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesWilliam HockeyCo-founder of Plaid; founder & CEO of ColumnBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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Also worked at Rolls-Royce69
Frank BalasSenior Investment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgLewis JonesInvestment Principal at Seraphim SpaceWendy LamAdvisor at ChrysalixBen StoryInvestor at NEW VISTA CAPITALChris HandyPartner, Head of West Midlands at LDCMike EdwardsInvestment Director at Volution Ventures
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