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John Petote

John Petote is an Angel Investor who has invested in over 100 start-up and early stage companies as well as various VC funds...

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Craig Cummings

Mr. Craig Cummings has founded and co-founded several technology-driven start-up companies, including two that...

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Loren McFarland

Strong background in Strategic and Financial decision support; primarily focused on Medical Device industry. SEC reporting...

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Kevin O'Connor

Kevin O'Connor has over 30 years of experience in the tech space – both as an entrepreneur and investor. Most recently...

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John Gerngross

John founded Santa Barbara based Condor Engineering and served as Chief Executive Officer...

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Dave Dwelley

Dave spent 32 years in Silicon Valley as a field engineer, analog IC designer, and design center manager at...

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Joost Thesseling

Joost Thesseling has thirty years of experience in consulting, finance and private equity investing. From 2000 - 2022...

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Mike Mansbach

Mike Mansbach is strategy, culture and leadership driven.

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Zohar Ziv

Zohar has over 25 years of executive management experience and an excellent track record across a diverse set of business...

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Elizabeth Cholawsky

Elizabeth Cholawsky, PhD joined HG Insights as CEO in 2018. Elizabeth is a seasoned/established executive leader in...

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David Spaulding

Executive Recruiter specializing in senior Scientists, Managers, and Executives in biotech/pharma...

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Craig Ensley

Craig is a transformative CEO & Board Member who has led technology firms at every scale and phase of growth...

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Brad Webb

Brad is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in the medical devices and biotechnology industries. Over a 20...

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Christian Felipe

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David Kalt

David Kalt is a serial entrepreneur focused on scaling consumer focused technologies and marketplaces...

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Greg Goodman

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George Tharakan

After designing microprocessors at Intel, George Tharakan became a professional investor...

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Jay McGonigle

Jay is the ex-Chairman and CEO of the Corporate Executive Board Company...

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Kasey Lundquist

Kasey Lundquist is a General Partner at Rise Together Ventures...

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Robert Johnson

Bob is the Managing Partner of Founders Capital Partners, a venture capital angel group focusing on early-stage technology...

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David Higdon

David Higdon is a Managing Partner at Kern Venture Group. David’s focus is investment strategy, deal flow...

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Theo Kracke

Theo has been a resident of Santa Barbara since 1981. After graduating in 1985 with an Honors degree in Business Economics from...

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David Kramer

Jonathan Lipsitz

Steve Hicks

Mike Pfau

Michael Probstel

Rafael Saavedra

Pierrick Vulliez

Peter Camenzind

SBAA Members

Our members are accredited investors who have extensive experience as successful entrepreneurs, experienced executives, and early-stage investors.

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