Pemo Theodore

Susan Mason Partner Aligned Partners, has over 25 years of operating management and venture capital experience.  She is the co-founding partner of Aligned Partners, an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in capital efficient start-ups in the enterprise space. Prior to Aligned Partners, she was a General Partner with ONSET Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm with $600 million under management.  Susan specializes in investing in the information technology area, specifically communications, security and financial technology.  As an investor and board member, Susan has played a pivotal role in the development of companies including Securent (acqd CSCO), Alteon (IPO), Gadzoox (IPO), SilverTail Systems (acqd EMC), Omney (acqd MA), and many others.  Prior to entering venture capital investing, she held positions in high-technology engineering, marketing and business development.  She led a highly successful consulting practice, helping Fortune 1000 corporations capitalize on emerging markets and technologies.  Early in her career, she held positions in marketing and engineering design of high-performance systems and microprocessors for Fujitsu Microelectronics, Fairchild Semiconductor and NCR Microelectronics. Susan received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.  She is a regular guest speaker on entrepreneurial topics at Stanford University, UCLA and many of the local events in Silicon Valley. She is a founding board member of the Center for Venture Education, which operates the Kauffman Fellows Program.  She has served as its Chairman and continues to serve on the board as Chair Emeritus.

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