The Venvee Team
At Venvee, our team is our pride. Below you can learn more about the crew,
our exceptional advisors, and our industry leading partners.
Venvee Leadership
James Bauer
Founder - CEO - President
With significant leadership experience and communication skills, James brings passion, vision, and alignment to the diverse and highly skilled Venvee Crew. With an undeterrable attitude, he sees no height unachievable.
M.S. Engineering Technology Management – Colorado School of Mines
B.S. Geophysics – Colorado School of Mines
Andy Mazzarella
CFO
Andy brings significant financial experience to the Venvee Crew as a past investment banker who has served as CEO, CFO and/or Director of numerous early-mid stage technology companies, where he consummated successful acquisition sales for prices ranging from $100 Million to almost $1.0 Billion.
MBA – Harvard
B.S. Physics – Pomona College
Kane Bruce
CTO
Kane drives technical direction and innovation in a way few others can, maximizing operational efficiency with a focus on development velocity and team well-being through adaptable engineering principles. His 8+ years of software engineering and architectural experience produces a deep expertise and varied perspective that has uplifted numerous key objectives at large corporations and international labs.
M.S. Computer Science – Colorado School of Mines
B.S. Computer Science – Colorado School of Mines
Matt Richards
CPO
Matt has over 10 years of experience leading a product-centric company. He has deep expertise in agile business practices, and a passion for efficient, iterative design. With a background in computer science, graphic design, and business, he is a well-rounded and strong product leader.
MFA in Design and Technology – Parsons School of Design
BA in Computer Science – Columbia University
Mike Weis
CRO
Mike has spent his entire career in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and marketing technology industry partnering with leadership executives of the world’s largest brands. His passion is leveraging technology and data to find and engage customers and consumers. He’s worked with iconic brand partners like P&G, General Mills, Nestle, and Unilever, whom he worked for earlier in his career. Additionally, Mike was the senior VP of CPG partnerships for Quotient, and the VP of business development for Catalina USA.
B.S. Business Marketing – San Jose State University
Stephen Thoemmes
VP, Edge and CV
Stephen brings creative, cutting-edge research from experimental publications to industry-standard scalability and reactivity. Stephen’s years of professional experience with Lockheed Martin Space, Microsoft Research, and Colorado School of Mines blend with his passion for knowledge discovery and utilization. In industry and academia, Stephen’s research encompasses computer vision (image classification, image detection, pose estimation, action recognition), time series forecasting (auto-ML), data clustering (representation learning, recommendation systems), bioinformatics (genetic association studies, big data), and media synthesis (diffusion models), each scaling from the constraints of the edge to the immensity of the cloud.
Partial Ph.D. – AI, ML, Bioinformatics – Colorado School of Mines
B.S. Computer Science – Colorado School of Mines
Torin Johnson
VP, Operations
Torin is a driven and creative leader who balances task and people-centric approaches, fueled by a desire for discipline and mind/body personal growth in both himself and others. Coming from an educational background in CS, he is well versed in current technical topics and trends, and understands efficient technical development operations. However, he is also a skilled writer and speaker with experiences in business analytics at Rockies Venture Club and Operations Management at the Colorado School of Mines McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, allowing him to clearly communicate technical information to business focused individuals, and business information to technically focused individuals.
M.S. Computer Science – Colorado School of Mines
B.S. Computer Science – Colorado School of Mines
Venvee Advisory
Harold Korell
CEO, President, Chairman - Southwestern Energy - 1997-2010
With 54 years as an Engineer, Manager, & Executive for companies including Mobil, Tenneco, McCormick, American Exploration, Southwestern Energy, and California Resources, Harold has significant business and Leadership expertise.
From 2000 to 2010, Southwestern Energy was the top performing company in the S&P 500 in total shareholder returns.
Dr. Sid Saleh
Director - McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dr. Saleh has deep expertise in entrepreneurial and innovation based pedagogy. He has experience ranging from product management at Apple, to start-ups in the space of aviation, an international conjoint analysis consulting firm, and academic course instruction at the Colorado School of Mines and CU Boulder.
Bud Rockhill
Managing Partner - Traxion Venture Network
Bud has deep experience in entreprenrurship, entrepreneurial education, and finance. He is the interim director and Lead Entrepreneur in Residence at the Colorado School of Mines Venture Program.
CEO – Spectrum Athletics Club: 2009-2015
CEO – Destination Cinema Inc.: 1999-2004
COO – Club Sports International: 1988-1998
Todd McLean
President - BOK Financial Insurance
Todd has deep expertise in foundational business operations, financials, and ethics. He is a representative of Metro Denver EDC, and has been the COO of several companies with successful acquisitions.
President CoBiz Insurance – 2015-2018
COO The Assist Group – 2014-2015
COO Revelation Global – 2013
Executive VP and Investor Qmedtrix Systems, Inc. – 2002-2012
Zack Bennett
Author, Speaker, and Advisor
Zack is an entrepreneur at heart, and has been part of the leadership team of many successful ventures, as well as an award winning author.
Founder and CEO of Abaxx Technologies: 2017-2020
Senior VP, Business Development and Customer Success – Evrythng: 2014-2016
Founder & CEO – Logistics LoopLogistics Loop: 2012 – 2013
Business and Customer Success
James Bauer
CEO
Andy Mazzarella
CFO
Matt Richards
CPO
Mike Weis
CRO
Torin Johnson
VP Operations
Engineering and Development
Kane Bruce
CTO
Stephen Thoemmes
VP Edge and CV
Chris Mahon
ML and CV Engineer - Edge
Connor Mahon
Software Engineer
Miles Crain
ML Engineer - Edge
Khloe Downie
ML Engineer - Edge
Owen Eicher
ML Engineer - Edge
Donovan Keohane
Cloud Engineer
Nathan Bruce
Cloud Security
Industry Partners
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