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| {{short description|American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur}} | |||
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| '''Christopher P. Lynch''' is an entrepreneur and investor based in Boston, Massachusetts. | |||
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| ⚫ | | name = Christopher P. Lynch | ||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|4|22}} | |||
| | nationality = American | |||
| | occupation = Venture capitalist | |||
| | education = ] (1986), ] McCallum Graduate School of Business (1991) | |||
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| '''Christopher P. Lynch''' (born April 22, 1963) is an American venture capitalist. He invested in ],<ref>{{cite news | last = Williams | first = Alex | title = Sqrrl Raises $2 Million For Secure, Scalable Big Data Technology Originally Developed At NSA | publisher = TechCrunch | url = https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/20/sqrrl-raises-2-million-for-secure-scalable-big-data-technology-originally-developed-at-nsa/ | accessdate = August 20, 2012}}</ref> DataRobot,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/techstars-datarobot-boston-atlas.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130926075058/http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/techstars-datarobot-boston-atlas.html| archive-date = September 26, 2013| title = TechStars grad DataRobot gets Boston office, Atlas investment - Boston Business Journal}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite news | last = Darrow | first = Barb | title = Threat Stack nets $1.2M to protect your cloud servers | publisher = GigaOm | url = http://gigaom.com/2013/10/22/threat-stack-nets-1-2m-to-protect-your-cloud-servers/ | accessdate = October 23, 2013}}</ref> Nutonian <ref>{{cite news | last = Harris | first = Derrick | title = Nutonian raises $4M to extract the laws of physics from data | publisher = GigaOm | url = http://gigaom.com/2013/10/23/nutonian-raises-4m-to-extract-laws-of-physics-from-your-data/ | accessdate = October 23, 2013}}</ref> and Hadapt.<ref>{{cite news | last = Huang | first = Gregory T. | title = Big Data Startup Hadapt Backed by $6.75M from Atlas | publisher = Xconomy | url = http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/11/08/big-data-startup-hadapt-now-backed-by-6-75m-from-atlas/ | accessdate = November 8, 2012}}</ref> He co-founded ], a Boston-based Big Data incubator in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/2012/11/07/big-data-center-opening-cambridge/Suutqva9ORpZ1j2n1URkMP/story.html|title=Entrepreneurs team up to open data center|date=November 6, 2012|website=boston.com}}</ref> Lynch was a founding member of ArrowPoint communications and Acopia Networks where he was CEO. Additionally, he was CEO at Vertica System. | |||
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| ==Early life== | |||
| Prior to his time at HP, Lynch was Senior Vice President of Data Solutions at ], and CEO at Acopia Networks 2002 until the company was acquired by F5 Networks in September 2007.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Moore | first = Galen |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/04/26/daily41.html |date=April 29, 2010 |publisher=Boston Business Journal |title=Vertica grabs former Acopia CEO | accessdate = March 28, 2012}}</ref> At ], he was Vice President of Worldwide Content Delivery Networking, and he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support for ], where he was instrumental in ArrowPoint’s initial public offering.<ref>{{cite news | title = ArrowPoint soars in debut | publisher = CNN Money | date = March 31, 2000 | url = http://money.cnn.com/2000/03/31/technology/arrow/ | accessdate = March 26, 2012}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2012}} ArrowPoint was subsequently acquired by Cisco Systems for $5.7 billion in June 2000. | |||
| Christopher P. Lynch was born in Yonkers, New York, to Paul and Nora Lynch. The family of five children soon returned to the Boston area where father Paul had roots. He graduated from Arlington High School in Massachusetts in 1981 and attended Suffolk University where he earned his bachelor's degree in business management in 1986. He earned his MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business in 1991. In May 2011, Lynch received an honorary doctorate of commercial science degree from Bentley University<ref>{{Cite news | last = Staff | first = Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/05/22/area_college_commencements/|title=Area college commencements | newspaper = Boston.com | publisher= The Boston Globe | date = May 22, 2011}}</ref> and addressed the graduates during the commencement ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6vDHu6gcg|title=Bentley Graduate Commencement 2011 #4 Address - Christopher Lynch Part 1|last=BentleyUniversity|date=May 25, 2011|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> | |||
| At Lucent Technologies, he was Vice President of North and South American sales for the Gigabit Ethernet Products Unit, {{citation needed|date=March 2012}}, before that, he was Vice President of American Sales at Prominet, where he built a sales and channels organization that generated revenue at an annual rate of $40 million over a seven-month period,{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} which led to the company's acquisition by Lucent Technologies for $200 million in January 1998.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} Lynch also held sales leadership positions at Bay Networks, Wellfleet Communications, and Digital Equipment Corporation.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| Lynch earned his MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University in 1991 and his bachelor’s degree in business management from Suffolk University in 1986. In 2011, Mr. Lynch received an honorary doctor of commercial science degree from Bentley University,{{citation needed|date=March 2012}} and had the opportunity to address the graduates during the commencement ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://commencement.bentley.edu/speakers |date=2011-05-21 |publisher=Bentley University |title=Bentley University 2011 Commendence Ceremony}}</ref> | |||
| ===Early career=== | |||
| Lynch also invested in various start-up companies, including and . | |||
| Lynch began his technology sales and marketing career by joining ] (DEC) in 1987 as a sales representative. From there he joined Wellfleet Communications led by another DEC alum, Paul Severino (which merged with SynOptics to form Bay Networks in 1994). Lynch then went to Prominent as Vice President of sales, purchased by ] in 1997, where he held the position of V.P. of North American Data Sales. | |||
| ===Arrowpoint=== | |||
| In 1997, Lynch left Lucent to continue his relationship with mentor ] of ] (investor in Prominent & Arrowpoint) to join ArrowPoint Communications with Chin-Cheng Wu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2012/03/16/hp-lead-big-data-exec-chris-lynch-resigns/|title=HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns|first=John|last=Furrier|website=forbes.com}}</ref> ArrowPoint provided Web switches and Web network services (WebNS) software allowing customers to optimize the use of the web for e-commerce and content delivery. Lynch was Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support through its initial public offering in 2000.<ref>{{cite news | title = ArrowPoint soars in debut | publisher = CNN Money | date = March 31, 2000 | url = https://money.cnn.com/2000/03/31/technology/arrow/ | accessdate = March 26, 2012}}</ref> Later that year the company sold to Cisco for Cisco Systems for $5.7 billion,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/ArrowPoint-technology-hits-Cisco-jackpot/2100-1033_3-240427.html|title = ArrowPoint technology hits Cisco jackpot}}</ref> the ]. After the acquisition Lynch was Vice President of Worldwide Content Delivery for Cisco. | |||
| ===Vertica=== | |||
| ⚫ | At ] Lynch was president and CEO,<ref>{{Cite web | last = Moore | first = Galen |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/04/26/daily41.html |date=April 29, 2010 |publisher=Boston Business Journal |title=Vertica grabs former Acopia CEO | accessdate = March 28, 2012}}</ref> leading the company from a late-stage startup to the top ranked Big Data company globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikibon.org/v/Big_Data_Market_Size_and_Vendor_Revenues|title=Big Data Market Size And Vendor Revenues - Wikibon|website=wikibon.org}}</ref> In 2011 Vertica was acquired by Hewlett Packard in a deal whose terms were undisclosed. At HP Lynch was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of ]'s Database Business Unit,<ref>{{cite news | last = Furrier | first = John | title = HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns | work = Forbes.com | date = March 16, 2012 | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2012/03/16/hp-lead-big-data-exec-chris-lynch-resigns/ | accessdate = March 28, 2012}}</ref> a role he took after HP's acquisition of Vertica Systems in February 2011, where he was CEO.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Huang| first = Gregory | url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2011/03/28/vertica-ceo-chris-lynch-talks-hp-acquisition-fires-back-at-netezza-ibm-in-%E2%80%9Cbig-data%E2%80%9D-battle/ |date=March 28, 2011 |publisher=Xconomy Boston |title=Vertica CEO Chris Lynch Talks HP Acquisition, Fires Back at Netezza, IBM in "Big Data" Battle | accessdate = March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last = Moore | first = Galen |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/print-edition/2011/04/08/billericas-vertica-plans-growth-path.html |date=April 8, 2011|publisher=Boston Business Journal |title=Billerica's Vertica plans growth path after Hewlett-Packard acquisition | accessdate = March 28, 2012}}</ref> | ||
| ===Boards and recent ventures=== | |||
| Lynch is as an advisor and mentor to many Boston area entrepreneurs and is on the board of RayV Networks (acquired by Yahoo!), docTrackr (acquired by Intralinks), and H-Streaming (acquired by Adello). He was Chairman of Azuki Systems, co-founded by ArrowPoint and Acopia founder Chin-Cheng Wu (acquired by Ericsson in 2014). He is personally invested in a number of early-stage startup companies, including PowerInBox<ref>http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/09/26/daily1-Startup-PowerInbox-rings-up-16M-in-new-funding.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001134804/http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/09/26/daily1-Startup-PowerInbox-rings-up-16M-in-new-funding.html |date=October 1, 2011 }} PowerInBox] and </ref> and Kinvey. Lynch is a noted supporter of St. Baldrick's Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to pediatric cancer research. | |||
| ===Hack Reduce=== | |||
| In 2012, Lynch co-founded ] along with Frederic Lalonde as a way to cultivate a community of Big Data experts in Boston.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2012/11/big-data-center-hackreduce-cambridge.html?page=all| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140410035315/http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2012/11/big-data-center-hackreduce-cambridge.html?page=all| archive-date = April 10, 2014| title = 'Big data' center hack/reduce getting big buzz - Boston Business Journal}}</ref> It is located in the historic ] building at 275 Third Street in ] in ], Massachusetts. Hack Reduce was founded in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Big Data Initiative, which is a financial contributor. | |||
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Revision as of 13:19, 25 October 2024
American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur
| Christopher P. Lynch | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1963-04-22) April 22, 1963 (age 61) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Suffolk University (1986), Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business (1991) |
| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
Christopher P. Lynch (born April 22, 1963) is an American venture capitalist. He invested in sqrrl, DataRobot, Threat Stack, Nutonian and Hadapt. He co-founded hack/reduce, a Boston-based Big Data incubator in May 2012. Lynch was a founding member of ArrowPoint communications and Acopia Networks where he was CEO. Additionally, he was CEO at Vertica System.
Early life
Christopher P. Lynch was born in Yonkers, New York, to Paul and Nora Lynch. The family of five children soon returned to the Boston area where father Paul had roots. He graduated from Arlington High School in Massachusetts in 1981 and attended Suffolk University where he earned his bachelor's degree in business management in 1986. He earned his MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business in 1991. In May 2011, Lynch received an honorary doctorate of commercial science degree from Bentley University and addressed the graduates during the commencement ceremony.
Career
Early career
Lynch began his technology sales and marketing career by joining Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1987 as a sales representative. From there he joined Wellfleet Communications led by another DEC alum, Paul Severino (which merged with SynOptics to form Bay Networks in 1994). Lynch then went to Prominent as Vice President of sales, purchased by Lucent in 1997, where he held the position of V.P. of North American Data Sales.
Arrowpoint
In 1997, Lynch left Lucent to continue his relationship with mentor Paul Ferri of Matrix Partners (investor in Prominent & Arrowpoint) to join ArrowPoint Communications with Chin-Cheng Wu. ArrowPoint provided Web switches and Web network services (WebNS) software allowing customers to optimize the use of the web for e-commerce and content delivery. Lynch was Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support through its initial public offering in 2000. Later that year the company sold to Cisco for Cisco Systems for $5.7 billion, the second largest purchase in Cisco's history. After the acquisition Lynch was Vice President of Worldwide Content Delivery for Cisco.
Vertica
At Vertica Lynch was president and CEO, leading the company from a late-stage startup to the top ranked Big Data company globally. In 2011 Vertica was acquired by Hewlett Packard in a deal whose terms were undisclosed. At HP Lynch was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett-Packard's Database Business Unit, a role he took after HP's acquisition of Vertica Systems in February 2011, where he was CEO.
Boards and recent ventures
Lynch is as an advisor and mentor to many Boston area entrepreneurs and is on the board of RayV Networks (acquired by Yahoo!), docTrackr (acquired by Intralinks), and H-Streaming (acquired by Adello). He was Chairman of Azuki Systems, co-founded by ArrowPoint and Acopia founder Chin-Cheng Wu (acquired by Ericsson in 2014). He is personally invested in a number of early-stage startup companies, including PowerInBox and Kinvey. Lynch is a noted supporter of St. Baldrick's Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to pediatric cancer research.
Hack Reduce
In 2012, Lynch co-founded Hack Reduce along with Frederic Lalonde as a way to cultivate a community of Big Data experts in Boston. It is located in the historic Kendall Boiler and Tank Company building at 275 Third Street in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hack Reduce was founded in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Big Data Initiative, which is a financial contributor.
References
- Williams, Alex. "Sqrrl Raises $2 Million For Secure, Scalable Big Data Technology Originally Developed At NSA". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- "TechStars grad DataRobot gets Boston office, Atlas investment - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on September 26, 2013.
- Darrow, Barb. "Threat Stack nets $1.2M to protect your cloud servers". GigaOm. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- Harris, Derrick. "Nutonian raises $4M to extract the laws of physics from data". GigaOm. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- Huang, Gregory T. "Big Data Startup Hadapt Backed by $6.75M from Atlas". Xconomy. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- "Entrepreneurs team up to open data center". boston.com. November 6, 2012.
- Staff, Globe (May 22, 2011). "Area college commencements". Boston.com. The Boston Globe.
- BentleyUniversity (May 25, 2011). "Bentley Graduate Commencement 2011 #4 Address - Christopher Lynch Part 1" – via YouTube.
- Furrier, John. "HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns". forbes.com.
- "ArrowPoint soars in debut". CNN Money. March 31, 2000. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
- "ArrowPoint technology hits Cisco jackpot".
- Moore, Galen (April 29, 2010). "Vertica grabs former Acopia CEO". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- "Big Data Market Size And Vendor Revenues - Wikibon". wikibon.org.
- Furrier, John (March 16, 2012). "HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns". Forbes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- Huang, Gregory (March 28, 2011). "Vertica CEO Chris Lynch Talks HP Acquisition, Fires Back at Netezza, IBM in "Big Data" Battle". Xconomy Boston. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- Moore, Galen (April 8, 2011). "Billerica's Vertica plans growth path after Hewlett-Packard acquisition". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/09/26/daily1-Startup-PowerInbox-rings-up-16M-in-new-funding.html Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine PowerInBox] and
- "'Big data' center hack/reduce getting big buzz - Boston Business Journal". Archived from the original on April 10, 2014.