Alex Karakozoff, Venture Capital & Private Equity

Hello, I'm Alex Karakozoff, Angel Investor and Startup Executive

Alex Karakozoff's Bio:

- Five exits as an executive/investor, including a 13x multiple on investment - Repositioned failing social media startup twice, creating a 5x return - Realigned public company, resulting in stock rise from $.59 to $4.70 - Drove revenue from $10 million to $113+ million in 4 years - Catapulted startup from zero to $41 million in 15 months - Reinvigorate sales in a failed startup from $0 to $14M, while becoming the #1 enterprise software cloud computing firm - Revitalized under performing $156 million flagship product line via pivotal marketing role Specialties: o Startups o Turnarounds o U.S. distribution for Canadian tech companies o Technology development advisory in Canada

Alex Karakozoff's Experience:

Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer at DSP Funds
December 2011 - November 2013
Hedge Fund based on trading Twitter sentiment
President & COO at iSentium Technologies
July 2010 - November 2013
Analyzing Twitter To Anticipate Stock Market Moves Concept inventor, Co-Patent Holder & Board member driving a 8x increase in value Achieved distribution agreements with top Wall Street technology firms
VP Sales at PrecisionIR Group Ltd
December 2007 - February 2009
o Key executive in re-positioning the 3rd largest investor relations (IR) firm to a full line provider of IR technology. o Restructured product sales team into a world class, solutions oriented sales dynamo.
General Manager at Rackable Systems (Now SGI)
January 2007 - June 2007
Handled integration of Terrascale into Rackable. o Spurred quarterly sales from $600K to $1.6M in 90 days while building pipeline from $2M to $7M. o Successfully released next gen product line. Merged with SGI.
Board Member and Consultant at Terrascale (Now SGI)
December 2003 - November 2006
o Consulted on sales and marketing initiatives o Chair of Audit and Compensation Committee o Company returned $47M on a $3M investment. Sold to Rackable.
SVP, Sales & Marketing at AXS-One (Now Unify)
March 2003 - October 2004
o Reversed public company 7-year decline, revenue 70%+ and new customers 500%+. o Top visionary in 2 Gartner Magic Quadrants for Wall Street compliance software. o Increased stock price from $.59 to $4.70. Sold to Unify.
SVP, Sales & Marketing at iLumin Software Services (Now CA)
May 2001 - March 2003
o Re-start of a failed venture funded company, driving organic revenue growth from $0 to $4M. o Repositioned to a leading Wall Street compliance software firm. o Sold to Computer Associates (CA).
VP, Sales - Outsourcing (Now HP) at PeopleSoft
January 2000 - May 2001
o Built outsourcing division from scratch and rapidly grew bookings to $41 million. o Personally secured 66% of early Fortune 2000 customer base. Division sold to HP Services.
Area VP, Sales at Business OnLine (Now Oracle Outsourcing)
December 1998 - January 2000
o #1 Region, revenue to $14M in 1st year o This Pre-IPO startup became the #1 ERP SAAS provider. Merged into Oracle.
Venture Partner at EJB World Trade
June 1998 - December 1998
o Provided $400M healthcare focused, private equity group with technology and investment consulting for company's first foray into infotech investments.
Board Member at Norsam
November 1996 - August 1998
Raised $6.5M in initial offering in equity and debt via Rule 506, unregistered stock offering to large number of small investors. Cross-License Agreement with DeBeers for placing permanent marks on diamonds. Licensed 3 patents from Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California .
Branch Manager at SGI
February 1992 - June 1998
o Managed 80 employees with P&L, building stagnant organization from $10M to $113M+ and ranked #1 field organization worldwide o Revitalized under performing division as Director of Field Marketing in turnaround of $156 million flagship product line o As Manager Of Business Development created new channel partnerships delivering $20+ million in sales
Senior Marketing Manager at Amdahl Software
1985 - 1992
o Senior Marketing Manager, Unix Systems Division 1990 - 1992 Field marketing for UNIX-based systems software and system integration services. o National Account Executive 1987 - 1989 Selling servers and storage with overlay responsibility for 10 Account Managers. o Executive Marketing Manager 1985 - 1986 Responsible for executive marketing programs, customer/press briefings and sales training. Ranked in the top 20% of managers in the company
Entrepreneur & Angel Investor at ALK Angel Holdings, LP
October 2004
Current portfolio: o Acuity Ventures - Co-investor With Institutional VC o Acustream - Finding Unbilled Revenue In Electronic Health Records o Gcommerce - EDI For Small Industrial Manufacturers o iSentium - Analyzing Twitter To Anticipate Stock Price Moves o Norsam - Nano Technology Micromachining o Terrascale - High Performance Computing Storage (SOLD to SGI) o Tungle - Easy Meeting Scheduler (SOLD to Blackberry) o Xandros - Linux System Software Expert in U.S. technology distribution for Canadian companies

Alex Karakozoff's Education:

Stanford University
AB
Concentration: Economics
Saint Ignatius
Concentration: College Prep

Alex Karakozoff

Angel Investor and Startup Executive | Venture Capital & Private Equity

Hello, I'm Alex Karakozoff, Angel Investor and Startup Executive

Alex Karakozoff's Bio:

Alex Karakozoff's Experience:

Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer at DSP Funds

President & COO at iSentium Technologies

VP Sales at PrecisionIR Group Ltd

General Manager at Rackable Systems (Now SGI)

Board Member and Consultant at Terrascale (Now SGI)

SVP, Sales & Marketing at AXS-One (Now Unify)

SVP, Sales & Marketing at iLumin Software Services (Now CA)

VP, Sales - Outsourcing (Now HP) at PeopleSoft

Area VP, Sales at Business OnLine (Now Oracle Outsourcing)

Venture Partner at EJB World Trade

Board Member at Norsam

Branch Manager at SGI

Senior Marketing Manager at Amdahl Software

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor at ALK Angel Holdings, LP

Alex Karakozoff's Education:

Stanford University

Saint Ignatius