Will Decker

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Open Innovation Leader | Vc | Advisor @ SVG Ventures | THRIVE

Will Decker's Current Company Details

Svg Ventures | Thrive

Open Innovation Leader | Vc | Advisor

Will Decker Work Experience Details

  • Strategy Consultant / Mentor
    Svg Ventures | Thrive ['Sep 2024', 'Present']
    Los Gatos, Ca, Us
    SVG Ventures is the leading sustainable food & ag tech venture capital and accelerator company. Support the managing team on their next phase of growth.
  • Venture Partner
    Future Laboratory Ventures ['Aug 2024', 'Present']
    Support CEO and startup companies on developing US opportunities.
  • Investor/ Advisor
    Goes Health ['Jun 2024', 'Present']
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Award winning, category creating mobile app that helps people offline and outdoors when they need to assess safety and risk. I'm working with the CEO and team on everything GTM, in particular retail and brand partnerships.
  • Advisor
    Divinia ['May 2024', 'Present']
    Cupertino, Ca, Us
    Divinia is a leading deeptech startup leveraging NLP science and research to develop AI tools that drive more effective sales and marketing efforts. I'm helping the CEO and advisor team in top line growth opportunities and capital strategies.
  • Strategic Advisor
    Umego.Ai ['May 2024', 'Present']
    San Anselmo, Ca, Us
    Advisor to CEO and leadership team. Building the future of human centric AI supporting high touch clientelling and relationship management.
  • Advisor
    Garwood Center For Corporate Innovation ['Feb 2024', 'Present']
    Berkeley, Ca, Us
    Advisor to UC Berkeley Haas Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation. Worked with Pr. Chesbrough and Pr. Darwin, bringing in my access to founders of emerging tech companies and my expertise in practicing open innovation with over 70 F500 global companies. Led the first emerging technology showcase for the Berkeley Innovation Forum hosted at NASA Ames.
  • Co-Founder, Partner Future Commerce Fund
    Plug And Play Tech Center ['May 2021', 'Dec 2023']
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Built fundraising deck, recruited LPs and helped close the first industry focused fund for Plugand Play. On the investment committee for one of the most active and successful portfolios focused onconsumer, commerce, sustainability and AI.
  • Co-Founder, Head Of Media & Advertising
    Plug And Play Tech Center ['Jun 2019', 'Dec 2023']
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Co-founder of Media & Ad, a new innovation platform focused on transforming the media and advertising industries by introducing new ideas and technology from startups. Responsible for sales and top line growth via corporate partnerships, deal flow and program startup sourcing, developing a mentor and services community and demo day content.
  • Head Of Brand & Retail
    Plug And Play Tech Center ['May 2017', 'Dec 2023']
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Head of the Brand & Retail innovation platform, the world's largest program for CPG, Fashion, Retail and ECommerce companies to find and activate new ideas and solutions from startups. Grew program from 10 partners to over 70. First international office, first industry fund and first digital product. Programs operated in leading commerce hubs locations around the globe with several unicorn success stories.
  • Innovation And Strategy Consultant
    Ey ['Apr 2014', 'Apr 2017']
    London, Gb
    Helped boards and execs at organizations enhance resiliency and future proof by using strategic tactics and developing capabilities to address disruption risk from new business models, tech and digital innovation and rapidly changing consumer behavior.
  • Ceo, Founder
    Smallwhere, Inc ['Aug 2013', 'Aug 2015']
    SmallWhere, Inc. is an eCommerce company that builds websites for hard to find warehouse items still stuck on shelves. Founded the company and led all product design, architecture, development, testing and operations.
  • Vp Mobile Commercial Banking
    Wells Fargo ['Feb 2011', 'Jul 2013']
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Drove 200% growth y/y after historically relatively flat or no growth. Mobile app and site saw $4.1B in activity.
  • Vp Strategy, Home Equity
    Wells Fargo ['Sep 2008', 'Jan 2011']
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Tackle some of the toughest questions facing Home Equity markets during the peak of the financial crisis.
  • Marketing Manager, B2B
    Yahoo! Mobile ['May 2008', 'Sep 2008']
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Grew mobile ad sales by evangelizing with internal sales teams and clients. Helped close a key gap in US ad revenue for mobile.
  • Marketing Manager, Consumer
    Yahoo! Mobile ['Aug 2006', 'May 2008']
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Helped grow the largest global mobile audience by establishing new retail and online partnerships.
  • Product Marketing Internship
    Yahoo! Search Marketing ['Jun 2005', 'Aug 2005']
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Designed omnichannel ad product for brand marketers that ultimately provided over $40M annually.
  • Product Finance Manager, Auto Finance
    Wells Fargo ['May 2003', 'Jun 2004']
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Managed central pricing model for auto loan and lease portfolios.
  • Avp, Market Information Analyst
    Bank Of America 2001 - 2003 · 2 yrs
    Charlotte, Nc, Us
    Supported franchise-wide customer analytics for marketing.
  • Research Analyst
    Paine Webber 2000 - 2001 · 1 yr
    Us
    Identified new equity investment opportunities for institutional investor clients.

Will Decker Education Details

  • The University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business
    Strategic Management 2004 - 2006
  • University Of California, Berkeley
    Mathematics 1996 - 2000

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