Team

Partners to technical founders.

Operators, technologists and open source company builders working alongside founders from first commit to enterprise scale.

Bradden Blair, Ph.D.

General Partner

Managing Partner, Open Technology Ventures | CEO/Founder, Open Technology Incubator, Former Clinical Professor and program director, University of Utah (Eccles School of Business), Ph.D. Health Promotion & Education; MBA/MHA; Biomedical Informatics (Univ. of Utah)

Travis Oliphant, Ph.D.

General Partner

Pioneer of scientific Python and open-source AI foundations, Co-Creator, NumPy/SciPy/Numba, Founder of Anaconda, Quansight, NumFOCUS, and OpenTeams, Former Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering (BYU), Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering (Mayo Clinic)

Jessica Egbert, Ph.D.

General Partner

Venture Partner and Executive Management Consultant, Board member, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Former EVP Strategy & Engagement (19 years), RMU, Founder, Limelight Leadership; former VP Strategy, RevRoad, Ph.D. Educational Leadership

Raven Clissold

SVP of Operations

SVP, Operations, Open Technology Incubator, Leads operating cadence, execution, and cross-functional delivery across incubation platform, Former program leadership roles, University of Utah (Eccles School of Business), MBA, University of Utah

Arjun Rai

Senior Associate & EIR

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Open Technology Incubator, incubating and scaling early-stage ventures solving meaningful problems for humanity. Serving OpenTeams.com, Open Technology Incubator, Open Technology Ventures and OpenTo.org/Applied AI Society. B.B.A. New York Institute of Technology; professional certifications from Harvard, Columbia, Wharton, The Product School, IBM

Kirk Dorius, J.D.

General Counsel

General Counsel, Open Technology Incubator, Corporate, IP, licensing, and M&A diligence leadership for OTI and portfolio companies, Founder, Dorius Law PC; former counsel at Fish & Richardson and other leading firms, Former executive roles commercializing advanced technology ventures, J.D. (Franklin Pierce/UNH); B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Alfred MacDaniel, J.D.

Chief Legal Officer

Chief Legal Officer (Venture), OTI & Funds Under Management, Former CFO/GC/CCO across venture-backed healthcare companies (including acquisitions), Former CFO & General Counsel, Santé Ventures ($270M platform), Managing Partner, Arkeion Partners; Managing Director, GateCap Ventures, J.D. University of Texas; B.A./B.B.A. UT Austin

Advisors