John Hartnett is listed as Managing Partner on the SVG Ventures team page and is described on THRIVE's team page and in the firm's press releases as Founder & CEO of SVG Ventures | THRIVE. His own bio states he spent nine years at Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) as Executive Vice President of Global Markets and played a lead role in the 2003 merger and integration of Palm and Handspring, and that he was previously Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing & Operations at MetaCreations (Nasdaq: MCRE) and held senior management positions at Claris, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Computer, at AT&T/Teradata and at Digital Equipment (DEC). The bio states he founded the Irish Technology Leadership Group in 2007, served on the US Secretary of State's Northern Ireland Economic Working Committee in 2009, and created the Forbes AgTech Summit as a joint venture with Forbes Media. It also states he has served on private and public boards including Aer Lingus; no current board seat is stated by the firm or by any portfolio company page found, so none is recorded here. He holds a graduate qualification from the Marketing Institute of Ireland, a post graduate diploma in accounting and finance, and completed executive management programs at Stanford University and Harvard University.
Education
Graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland
Post graduate diploma in accounting and finance
Executive management programs, Stanford University
Executive management programs, Harvard University
Previous Experience
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) - senior management
AT&T / Teradata - senior management
Claris, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Computer - senior management