Les Santiago

Les' skills include an unique blend of entrepreneurship, software development, business modeling and development, product management, risk management and financial analysis and strategy. Most recently, Les co-founded an early stage mobile security startup with a serial entrepreneur and a professor from Stanford University and served as VP of Business Development. The company completed an IP sale to a large defense contractor in late 2011. Les also played product management and marketing and software engineering roles at leading technology companies such as Netsoft (acquired by NetManage) and Oracle.

Les is also a former Wall Street research analyst and M&A banker and has worked at some of the country's leading financial firms such as Citigroup, UBS, Piper Jaffray, Robertson Stephens and Thomson Reuters. He co-founded and served as CEO of Tiburon Advisory Services which offers capital raising, business development, insurance and research services to small to mid market technology companies and high net worth individuals.

Les was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with an MBA in Finance and Marketing and from the University of Southern California with a MS in Computer Engineering. He completed his undergraduate academic work from Bangalore University earning a Bachelors in Electronic Engineering with First Class Distinction.