John Thornton joined Austin Ventures in 1991 and focuses on software investing and firm strategy. Previously, John was with McKinsey & Co., where he served clients in the U.S. and Europe. He has worked with companies such as Active Power (NASDAQ: ACPW), Dazel (NYSE: HP), Metasolv (NASDAQ: MSLV), Mission Critical (NASDAQ: NTIQ), Motive (NASDAQ: MOTV), Pentasafe (NASDAQ: NTIQ), SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), TechRepublic (NYSE: IT), Tivoli (NYSE: IBM), Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN), and Waveset (NASDAQ: SUNW).
John received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his BA summa cum laude from Trinity University, where he graduated first in his class. He is a current advisory board member of Ballet Austin and The Harry Ransom Center, a founding board member of the Entrepreneur's Foundation, and a former trustee of both Trinity University and the Austin Museum of Art.
John has worked with companies such as:
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Profitability analysis and improvement software |
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Data management, transaction & marketing services for sports and recreation |
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NASDAQ: ACPW |
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Acquired by Versant |
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Acquired by IBM NYSE: IBM |
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Acquired by Hewlett Packard NYSE: HPQ |
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Provides capital and operating expertise to enterprise software companies |
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Tools for managing and administering Microsoft SQL Server |
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Content Delivery Solution |
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Acquired by IBM NYSE: IBM |
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Acquired by Oracle NASDAQ: ORCL |
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Acquired by NetIQ |
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NASDAQ: MOTV |
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Acquired by NetIQ |
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Identity Compliance Software |
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NYSE: SWI |
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IT management software |
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Acquired by Gartner |
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Acquired by IBM NYSE:IBM |
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NASDAQ: VIGN |
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Acquired by Sun Microsystems NASDAQ: JAVA |
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Price optimization and management software |