Chris Rust Location
- Menlo Park, CA, US
Chris Rust Work
- 2024 - now Founding Investor, Board Member @
- 2023 - now Founding investor, Board Member @
- 2022 - now Founding Investor, Board Member @ Wherobots.AI
- 2022 - now Founding investor, Board Member @
- 2021 - now Seed investor, Advisor @
- 2021 - now Investment Team, Series C Co-Sponsor @
- 2021 - now Founding investor, Board Member @
- 2019 - now Founding Investor, Board Member @
- 2019 - now Seed investor, Board Member @
- 2019 - now Seed investor, Board Member @ Concentric.AI
- 2016 - now Partner @
- 2017 - now Founding Investor, Advisor @ Atmosic Technologies
- 2016 - now Founding Investor, Board Member @ Arrcus
- 2014 - now Series A Investor, Advisor @
- 2015 - now Advisor, Series A Investor @
- 2017 - now Seed investor, Board Member @
- 2014 - 2022 Series A Investor, Advisor @
- 2013 - 2021 Series A Investor, Advisor @
- 2011 - 2019 Board Observer, Advisor @
- 2008 - 2013 Advisor, Series A Investor, Board Observer @
- 2004 - 2013 Partner @
- 2012 - 2012 Investment Team and Series A Co-Sponsor @
- 2010 - 2010 Investment Team and Series B Co-Sponsor @
- 2007 - 2010 Board Member @
- 2009 - 2009 Investment Team and Series D Co-Sponsor @ Optichron
- 2008 - 2008 Investment Team and Series A Co-Sponsor @ Trusteer
- 2005 - 2007 Board Member @
- 2005 - 2005 Board Member @ Commerce5
- 1999 - 2005 Board Member @
- 2000 - 2002 Board Member @ Afara WebSystems
- 1998 - 2002 Partner @
- 1999 - 2002 Board Member @
- 1998 - 2002 Board Observer @ Telera
- 1999 - 2002 Board Observer @
- 2000 - 2001 Board Member @ Nexsi Systems
- 1999 - 2001 Board Member @ VxTel
- 1999 - 2000 Board Member @ SwitchOn Networks
- 2000 - 2000 Seed Investor @ Springbank
- 1998 - 2000 Board Observer @ Abrizio
- 1998 - 2000 Director of Product Management, Board Observer @
- 1998 - 2000 Board Observer @ Syndesis
- 1998 - 1998 Board Observer @
- 1997 - 1998 Senior Director of Product Management @
- 1996 - 1997 Director of Product Management @ ComCore
- 1995 - 1996 Broadband Product Manager @ Sourcecom
- 1993 - 1995 Co-Founder and Lead Infrastructure Architect @ RoadRunner / Time Warner Cable Internet
- 1991 - 1995 Member of Technical Staff @ US West Advanced Technologies
- 1988 - 1992 Member of Technical Staff @
- 1984 - 1987 Electronic Technician to Software Engineer @ Wang Laboratories
- 1987 - 1987 Electronic Technician to Field Engineer @
Chris Rust Education
- University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Engineering (MEng), Engineering Management (Engineering Management)
2000 - 2003 - University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Science (MS), Telecommunications Engineering (Telecommunications Engineering)
1989 - 1991 - University of Massachusetts Lowell
Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
1987 - 1988 - University of Massachusetts Lowell
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering
1983 - 1987
Chris Rust Skills
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Digital Twins
- Industrial Process Control
- Board of Directors
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Start-ups
- Cloud Computing
- Strategic Partnerships
- Telecommunications
- Product Management
- Business Development
- Enterprise Software
- Strategy
- Mobile Devices
- Venture Capital
- SaaS
- Semiconductors
- Networking
- Leadership
- Data Center
- Product Marketing
- Analytics
- IP
- Entrepreneurship
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Corporate Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Wireless
- Business Alliances
- Storage
- Sales
- Software Development
- Big Data
- Databases
- High Performance Computing
- Network Security
- Mobile Applications
- Network Virtualization
- Enterprise sales
- Growth Strategies
- Start-up Ventures
- Leadership Mentoring
- Business Strategy
- Team Leadership
- Venture Financing
- New Venture Development
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- Wireless Technologies
- Distributed Systems
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Microsoft Word
- Training
- Change Management
- Management
- Marketing
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Flash Memory
- Row
- Software as a Service Saas
- Start Ups
- Microsoft Office
- Machine Learning
- Start Up Ventures
- Teaching
- Engineering
- Social Media
- Summit
- Memory
- Research
- Go to Market Strategy
- Internet Protocol Ip
- Internet Protocol
- Software as a Service
Chris Rust Summary
- Chris Rust, based in Menlo Park, CA, US, is currently a Investment Team, Series C Co-Sponsor at Lilt. Chris Rust brings experience from previous roles at MEXT, Cynch AI, Wherobots.AI and AICRETE. Chris Rust holds a 2000 - 2003 Master of Engineering (MEng), Engineering Management in Engineering Management @ University of Colorado Boulder. With a robust skill set that includes Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Twins, Industrial Process Control, Board of Directors, Semiconductor Manufacturing and more. Chris Rust has 3 emails and 3 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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