Experience
Paul Slaats has over three decades of technology operating and investing experience, having served as founder, CEO, senior executive, and board director in technology businesses across SaaS software, cloud-based managed services, data analytics, machine learning and AI, mobile and social media applications, digital marketing, and e-commerce.
In addition to his founder and operating experience, from 1996 through 2010, Paul was a Managing Director and head of acquisitions at Internet Capital Group, sourcing and leading platform investments and buildouts of dozens of cloud-based businesses. Paul’s prior industry experience includes leadership roles in business development at SAP and product development, marketing, and sales management with IBM.
Paul is also a co-founder and board executive of two business accelerator platforms focused on AI-based business process reinvention, full stack software development, agile advisory services, and distributed ledger applications.
His broad, cross-functional leadership experience combined with deep technical acumen make him uniquely capable of supporting both the firm and portfolio management teams to prioritize, align, and drive execution for growth, market expansion, unit economics optimization, and rapid product and business model innovation.
Paul believes that lean-principled, data-driven, and integrated approaches to rapid platform innovation, agile go-to-market strategies, and world-class leadership teams are essential in optimizing capital efficiency, embracing new technologies, and building a winning and continuous improvement culture that is the true foundation of business transformation.
Education
Paul earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Purdue University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago.
Personal
Paul is a Midwestern native who met his wife waiting for a parking bus at O’Hare. He is active in several sports, loves live music, and is a proud parent of two sons and a daughter, all engineers and product managers in enterprise software, AI, and data science.
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