Gerry Langeler
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Gerry Langeler

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For over 20 years, Gerry has served as a Managing Director with OVP Venture Partners (OVP), the most experienced venture capital firm in the Pacific Northwest. OVP was formed in 1983, and has raised seven venture capital funds, the most recent at $250 million. The firm focuses on early-stage companies in clean tech, digital biology, and information technology. Since its founding, OVP has backed over 125 start-ups - and seen over 55 liquidity events including 25 IPOs, and over 30 others being acquired by public companies. From 1981 to 1992, Gerry was co-founder of Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) where he served as President. He helped lead Mentor to over $400 million in sales and $1 billion in market capitalization. The company remains the fastest growing public software company to $200 million (in constant dollars) in US history. Now at over $1 billion in revenues, Mentor ranks as the second largest software company in the Pacific Northwest, behind only Microsoft. His service as a board member covers the range from digital media, energy, enterprise software, network security, and wireless communications to biotechnology. He is the author of The Success Matrix - Winning in Business and in Life (Logos Press, 2014); Take the Money and Run! An Insider's Guide to Venture Capital (Smashwords.com and Lulu Press 2011) and The Vision Trap (Harvard Business Review, March 1992), which continues to be widely used in business schools and corporate training sessions. He also authored a chapter in Venture Capital Best Practices, Aspatore Books, 2005 and a chapter in Great Patents, Logos Books, 2011. From 1972 to 1978, Gerry served in the US Air Force Reserve. He was elected to and served as School Board Chair of the Riverdale Public School District. He previously chaired the Riverdale School Foundation. He has served as Chair of the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) Board of Trustees, and Chair of the State of Oregon Facilities Authority - a bonding agency for not-for-profits. In 2011, he was awarded the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2012, he was selected by Oregon's Governor to serve on the Oregon Growth Board, where he is co-chair. He holds an BA in Chemistry from Cornell University and a MBA from Harvard University.
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