Gerry Langeler
Director, Writer, and Volunteer in Portland, Oregon USA
From my education at Cornell and Harvard, to the successful vision for Mentor Graphics, to OVP Venture Partners, my participation in 30-plus years of Oregon’s economic growth has been creative and ambitious. Now, I’m using my experience to teach you how to succeed through my book - The Success Matrix - Winning in Business and in Life (available at Amazon)
After co-founding and leading Mentor Graphics, the fastest-growing public software company to $200M in constant dollar sales ($400M in current $) in US history, I have spent almost three decades as a Managing Director at OVP Venture Partners. We have overseen $750 million in capital, focusing on early-stage companies in vital industries: clean-tech, digital biology, information technology. We have backed over 125 start-ups and seen over 55 liquidity events, including 25 IPOs and a host of public acquisitions, including my first "unicorn" in 2020.
I have served as a board member with early-stage technology companies in software, cleantech, communications, digital media, security, and biotech - including 6 public companies, with other important board member roles in the not-for-profit sector including the Riverdale Public School District, the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI), the Oregon Facilities Authority and the Oregon Growth Board.
In 2020, I concluded an enjoyable and educational 3-year volunteer stint at a new adventure helping encourage more voter engagement in our democracy (and push back on voter suppression) as Director of Research and Communications at the National Vote at Home Institute. www.voteathome.org