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Austin Hill is an active entrepreneur, angel investor and technology advisor to a number of start-ups and venture capital funds. Currently CEO & Co-founder of Akoha Inc.
Computing, Entertainment, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet, Media
Skills:
Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Leadership, Marketing, Product design, Public speaking
Interested in:
Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup
Tags:
Angel investor, canadian angel investing, entrepreneur, social entrepreneur, social games
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
iNovia Capital. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Venture Partner
Time period:
January 2008 - Present
Description:
iNovia Capital manages seed and early stage venture capital funds, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs and innovators build successful companies in the sectors of information technology, life sciences and cleantech.
Employer:
Montreal Startup. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Board Member
Time period:
January 2008 - Present
Employer:
Le Reseau Anges Quebec. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Board Member
Time period:
January 2008 - Present
Employer:
Standout Jobs. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Chairman, Co-founder and Angel Investor
Time period:
January 2007 - Present
Description:
As the founding investor and co-founder of Standout Jobs I help the founders form the vision for the product, obtain venture financing and provide ongoing management & advisory work to the company. I assist in all all areas related to Product Development, Marketing, Fundraising, Hiring and assist with Sales.
Employer:
Akoha Inc. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
CEO & Co-Founder
Time period:
June 2006 - Present
Description:
As the co-founder and CEO of Akoha I am responsible for the strategic vision, marketing, hiring and fundraising for Akoha - a new startup in the area of Internet social gaming.
Employer:
Brudder Ventures. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Managing Partner
Time period:
May 2006 - Present
Description:
Brudder Ventures is an early stage angel investment and advisory capital firm who's focus is investing in and mentoring early stage entrepreneurs based in Canada. Brudder Ventures provides entrepreneurs with access to capital, networks and learning opportunities to help them grow their business.
Employer:
Radialpoint Inc. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Executive-Vice President Research & Learning
Time period:
June 2005 - June 2006
Description:
As the EVP Research & Learning of Radialpoint I was responsible for leading an advanced research team and our product managers strategic product roadmap. Working with the largest Internet broadband providers in the world we assisted our customers and internal product managers in planning and executing on strategic product issues. I also oversaw product and corporate marketing for Radialpoint working with customers to align internal product development with customer needs.
Radialpoint was previously named Zero-Knowledge Systems, a company I was the co-founder of.
Employer:
Synomos Inc. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
CEO & President
Time period:
January 2004 - June 2005
Description:
Synomos was a wholly own subsidiary of Radialpoint developing enterprise data protection software to assist large enterprises manage data policies in data warehouses. As the CEO of the company I worked with large enterprise customers on contracts, lead product development and oversaw all aspects of marketing and sales. I was responsible for the orderly shut down of this division in June 2005 when Radialpoint chose to halt development of the division.
Employer:
Zero-Knowledge Systems Inc. Montreal, Quebec - San Jose, California
Position:
President, Co-founder and Executive-Vice President
Time period:
January 1997 - January 2004
Description:
As the co-founder of Zero-Knowledge Systems and it's President from 1997 to 2001 I led the company through three rounds of financing raising $75 million. I was responsible for strategic product vision, marketing and was the evangelist for the companies groundbreaking privacy and security offerings. As a leading expert on privacy, security and the social impact of technology I was a frequent industry speaker and appeared regularly in mainstream and industry press and television discussing privacy issues on the Internet.
During this time, Zero-Knowledge Systems grew to more then 200 employees, had operations in Silicon Valley and Montreal and was working with leading companies such as Nokia, Microsoft and IBM.
I was actively involved in the recruiting and building of our teams, developing new products and negotiating major contracts with vendors and customers.
In January 2001, I recruited a Chief Executive Officer for the company and assisted him as the Executive Vice President of the company until August 2003.
Employer:
TotalNet Inc. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Chief Technology Officer
Time period:
December 1995 - March 1997
Description:
Totalnet was created by the merger of Infobahn Online Services, Accent Internet and an investment by Malofilm in December 1995. As the co-founder and CEO of Infobahn I took the role of Chief Technology Officer for Totalnet assisting the company in building a national Internet network providing dialup and commercial Internet services for more then 40,000 customers.
As the 3rd largest ISP in Canada with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec and Winnepeg I oversaw the technical operations and software departments of the company.
Employer:
Infobahn Online Services. Montreal, Quebec
Position:
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Time period:
August 1994 - December 1995
Description:
Infobahn Online Services was an early Internet Service Provider in Montreal. As the founding entrepreneur I raised the angel financing and oversaw all aspects of the companies technical, marketing and service delivery. Infobahn Online Service was merged with Accent Internet to create Total.Net in December 1995.
Employer:
CyberSpace Data Security. Calgary, Alberta
Position:
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Time period:
January 1991 - December 1993
Description:
Cyberspace Data Security was an early consulting firm providing security penetration and testing services to customers such as the Calgary Board of Education and TransAlta Security.
I founded the firm and was its sole full time employee where I provided customers with contracted security penetration testing.
INFORMATION
Clubs:
Information and Technology Association of Canda (ITAC) - Past Board Member
Electronic Privacy Information Center - Advisory Board Member
Atwater Library Digital Literacy Project - Advisory Board Member
Coburn Ventures - Research Fellow
Awards:
2002 - Technology Pioneer, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2001 - Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Emerging Entrepreneur in Quebec
Akoha is an online and offline social game played with mobile, web and social media (Video, Microblogging, Socal Nets). Founded to answer the question "What if playing a game could make the world a better place?", Akoha is a new concept in gaming.
