EP # 36 - John Greathouse, Serial Entrepreneur

This week's very special guest is Tech-Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and UCSB Professor John Greathouse! Our guest today may be going for the overachievers hall of fame…John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups over the last fifteen years.John was an active Angel Investor, Advisor and Board Member at: Central Desktop, RightScale, Eucalyptus, Frontier Technology, RedMojo (sold to Novell), RightCart (sold to Buy.com), Vcel (sold to Fotochatter) and AppFolio.John Greathouse is a partner at Rincon Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses. John has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, He is also a Co-Founder of RevUpNet, a performance-based online marketing agency.At Computer Motion, John served as CFO and VP of Business Development. Computer Motion was a pioneer in the surgical robotics industry, went public in 1997 and was subsequently acquired by Intuitive Surgical for $148 million.At Expertcity, John served as CFO and SVP of Strategic Development, with responsibility for marketing, sales, business development, finance and administration, and services. Expertcity was acquired by Citrix for $236 million to become Citrix Online, which currently generates approximately $400 million in annual recurring revenue.At CallWave, John served as the SVP of Sales & Business Development and assisted in the company’s 2004 IPO.He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara's Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses.If that resume isn’t impressive enough, I have one more to add: Ambassador of Good Will to Weary Hospitality Workers!Where to find John Greathouse:http://johngreathouse.comhttps://twitter.com/johngreathouse/