John Grillos
Education
University of Chicago
MBA, Finance and Information Science 1969-09-01 - 1971-12-01
Illinois Institute of Technology
BS, EE, Math, Computer Science 1966-12-01 - 1969-06-01Work Experience
JohnMGrillos Coaching
Current
JohnMGrillos Coaching
Sapphire Ventures
Current
Sapphire Ventures
Augmented Reality Inc
Current
Augmented Reality Inc
IntelliVen
Current
IntelliVen
Stony Hill Advisors
2022-06-01 - 2023-07-01
Stony Hill Advisors
University of Pennsylvania
2017-04-01 - 2023-07-01
University of Pennsylvania
mentumm
2021-01-01 - 2023-03-01
mentumm
Elios Society
2000-01-01 - 2021-06-01
Elios Society
Smart Sparrow (acq 2020)
2016-06-01 - 2018-01-01
Smart Sparrow (acq 2020)
Vysk Communications
2014-09-01 - 2016-03-01
Vysk Communications
Skills
Summary
My passion is helping CEOs pursue their big dreams. These days I am doing that by helping to build a startup infrastructure in Tennessee along the lines of what I was a part of in Silicon Valley. My contribution takes three forms-- CEO coaching, angel investing and M&A coaching/advising, I have five decades of experience as a CEO, entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist/angel investor and CEO coach. I founded and built two companies. I finances scores of technology companies as the Managing Director of four venture capital firms (founded two of them) with combined capital under management exceeding $500 million. I successfully managed nine companies through periods of disruption in their growth. I have been a highly influential director of 27 for-profit (private and public) and non-profit organizations.
