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'''Christopher P. Lynch''' (born April 22, 1963) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. 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>http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/techstars-datarobot-boston-atlas.html</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=6 November 2012|website=boston.com}}</ref> Lynch was a founding member of ArrowPoint communications and Acopia Networks where he served as CEO. Additionally, he was CEO at . '''Christopher P. Lynch''' (born April 22, 1963) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. 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>http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/techstars-datarobot-boston-atlas.html {{Bare URL inline|date=November 2021}}</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=6 November 2012|website=boston.com}}</ref> Lynch was a founding member of ArrowPoint communications and Acopia Networks where he served as CEO. Additionally, he was CEO at .


==Early life== ==Early life==
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In 2012, Lynch co-founded ] along with Frederic Lalonde as a way to cultivate a community of Big Data experts in Boston.<ref>http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2012/11/big-data-center-hackreduce-cambridge.html?page=all</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 serves as a financial contributor. In 2012, Lynch co-founded ] along with Frederic Lalonde as a way to cultivate a community of Big Data experts in Boston.<ref>http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2012/11/big-data-center-hackreduce-cambridge.html?page=all {{Bare URL inline|date=November 2021}}</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 serves as a financial contributor.


== References == == References ==

Revision as of 16:27, 22 November 2021

American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur
Christopher P. Lynch
Born (1963-04-22) 22 April 1963 (age 61)
NationalityUnited States
EducationSuffolk University (1986), Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business (1991)
Occupation(s)Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur

Christopher P. Lynch (born April 22, 1963) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. 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 served as CEO. Additionally, he was CEO at Vertica Systems.

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 served as 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 served as Vice President of Worldwide Content Delivery for Cisco.

Vertica

At Vertica Lynch served as 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 served as 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 serves as an advisor and mentor to many Boston area entrepreneurs and serves 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 serves as a financial contributor.

References

  1. Williams, Alex. "Sqrrl Raises $2 Million For Secure, Scalable Big Data Technology Originally Developed At NSA". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  2. http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/techstars-datarobot-boston-atlas.html
  3. Darrow, Barb. "Threat Stack nets $1.2M to protect your cloud servers". GigaOm. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  4. Harris, Derrick. "Nutonian raises $4M to extract the laws of physics from data". GigaOm. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  5. Huang, Gregory T. "Big Data Startup Hadapt Backed by $6.75M from Atlas". Xconomy. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  6. "Entrepreneurs team up to open data center". boston.com. 6 November 2012.
  7. Staff, Globe (May 22, 2011). "Area college commencements". Boston.com. The Boston Globe.
  8. BentleyUniversity (25 May 2011). "Bentley Graduate Commencement 2011 #4 Address - Christopher Lynch Part 1" – via YouTube.
  9. Furrier, John. "HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns". forbes.com.
  10. "ArrowPoint soars in debut". CNN Money. March 31, 2000. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  11. "ArrowPoint technology hits Cisco jackpot".
  12. Moore, Galen (April 29, 2010). "Vertica grabs former Acopia CEO". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  13. "Big Data Market Size And Vendor Revenues - Wikibon". wikibon.org.
  14. Furrier, John (March 16, 2012). "HP Lead Big Data Exec Chris Lynch Resigns". Forbes.com. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  15. 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.
  16. Moore, Galen (April 8, 2011). "Billerica's Vertica plans growth path after Hewlett-Packard acquisition". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  17. http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/09/26/daily1-Startup-PowerInbox-rings-up-16M-in-new-funding.html Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine PowerInBox] and
  18. http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2012/11/big-data-center-hackreduce-cambridge.html?page=all
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