Contributor

Display Name

Joseph

First Name

Joseph

Last Name

Raffa

Phone

650-254-1600

About Me

Email addresses:
[email protected]
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A strong and sustained track record of leadership and delivering value based on innovation in software and hardware, across large and small companies and all major functional disciplines. Passion for building excellent and innovative teams, and for creative deal making:
• Active early stage investor at Adams capital, involved in all aspects of company-building, corporate partnering, governance and fundraising, leading equity investments in startup company financings
• CEO of NuCORE Technology, joined a small group of Japanese founders, raised over $30 million in financing and built deep partnerships with consumer electronics OEMs, resulting in a successful company acquisition by a public company
• Vice President and General Manager and Synopsys, responsible for the company’s core product line and one-third of the company’s revenue
• Product marketing manager at HP, led a team to drive the complete lifecycle for a $1 billion line of desktop workstations, including product line justification, product and market requirements, partnering with software vendors and product launch

Professional Information

Company

Paladin Capital Group

Title

Venture Advisor

Summary

Part-time project work while seeking full time positions. Projects have included sourcing new deals and conducting due diligence for prospestive new investments in information technology, energy and security startups. Paladin Capital is a venture capital firm investing in companies whose commercial products can also be applied to solve homeland security and national security issues.

Specialties

Board of director experience — have served on four boards, venture capital, corporate development, general management, product marketing, business development, strategic marketing, corporate partnering

Time Period

2010-06 – Present