Curtis McKee
Partner at Third Point LLC
Curtis McKee
Partner at Third Point LLC
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner, Third Point Ventures
2021 - Current
Current Investments : Atom Computing (Series B lead, Board Member), Balbix (Series C, Board Member), Unravel Data (Series D lead, Board Member), PsiQuantum (Series D follow) Exits: Banyan Security (SonicWALL - Jan/24)
Member Board of Directors
2022
Unravel Data is disrupting multiple areas of data observability with their multi-product platform approach to DataOps, cloud cost optimization and end-to-end data observability.
Member Board Of Directors
2022
Member Board Of Directors
2021
Member Board Of Directors
2021 - 2024
Acquired by SonicWALL - January 2024 https://www.crn.com/news/security/sonicwall-acquires-zero-trust-security-specialist-banyan
Associate Vice President, Corporate & Investor Development
2021 - 2021
Head of Corporate Development, Ventures & Investor Relations Sourced and led acquisition and integration of Awake Security & Big Switch Networks Led private investments in strategic ecosystem partners
Director, Corporate & Investor Development
2019 - 2021
Head of Corporate Development: • Deal source, deal team lead, integration leader for all mergers & acquisitions & investments • Lead valuation and business synergy modeling to defining business terms of a transaction • Lead engagements & negotiations in partnership with CXO, GC, and direct cross-functional integration team Co-Head of Investor Development: • Co-developed investor presentation, interface with investment community, and lead quarterly earnings calls • Attend investor conferences with Arista CFO to speak with investment community as the Investor Relations liaison
Venture & Corporate Development @ Intel Capital
2013 - 2019
Part of Intel Capital's Equity Investing team: 2019 Focuses: Application Development, AI DevOps, Cloud/Datacenter, Networking/Connectivity and Software Defined Everything Board Observer: -Paperspace (Acquired by DigitalOcean - July, 2023) -Nyansa (Acquired by VMware - January, 2020) -Sedona Systems (Acquired by Cisco - May, 2021) -Schoology (Acquired by PowerSchool - October, 2019) Investment Manager: -Big Switch Networks (Acquired by Arista Networks, Feb. 2020) Deals closed in 2017: -Nyansa - AI/ML Network Analytics & Performance Management Platform (sourced, DD) - Series B -Scorestream - High School Sports Social & Scoreboard platform (DD) - Series A Deals closed in 2018: -VenueNext - Smart Venue, IOT Platform as a Service (DD) - Series B -Paperspace - Deep Learning DevOps Platform as a Service (Sourced, DD) - Series A Investment team member for: -Sprinklr. (NYSE: CXM) -Cloudstream/JadooTV -Interlude -Goldbely (Series A) -Avnera (SkyWorks Solutions) -Punchbowl -Vexata • Deals range from M&A and Venture investing to Business Development and Global Partnerships • Deal lead for investment and acquisition, FMV analysis of equity, business valuation, negotiation with target/banker, M&A strategy material for comps, valuation, models, payouts, and corp strategy, and venture investment sourcing and diligence. Strategic Transactions Group - Business Development, M&A, and Global Partnerships 2014 - 05/2016 • Head of Corporate Development for the Enterprise & High Performance Computing (HPC) Group, and Datacenter Engineering Group • Part of the HPC strategy team focused on building a next generation HPC and Cloud platform around Open Source technologies • Structured, negotiated and closed strategic technology sponsorship agreement with a European agency. • Leading BD and M/A activities for acquiring cloud technologies, drove due diligence on cloud orchestration SW • Closed IP Licensing Agreements for Xeon processor technologies with Server OEMs ($MMs)
Technical Assistant to the VP / GM of the Datacenter Software Division (DSD)
2012 - 2013
DSD is a software organization focused on scaling Intel's efforts in the “Software Defined Datacenter” by providing comprehensive SW solutions around Intel Architecture (IA) platforms in the Big Data, Cloud, Enterprise, and HPC markets. Products included the Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop (IDH), Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre (IEEL), Intel Caching Acceleration Software, Intel Datacenter Manager, and the Intel Service Assurance Administrator for Openstack. Core Responsibilities : • The Voice of DSD: - Drove development of 20+ keynotes and marketing presentations at Intel, public forums and industry events - Created content for Executive level business update meetings, Intel Sales & Marketing Summit and business and operational review updates to CxO level audience • Chief of Staff: - Daily management of DSD’s business including managing the weekly calendar for the VP - The development and implementation of DSD’s one-voice plan across the company - Built the DSD Channels, Marketing and Business Operations team - Planning, and coordinating all quarterly F2F Staff meetings, Open Forums, and weekly staff calls • Operations Director: - Coordination with Finance, HR, PR, Venture and Global Operations of ongoing activities and business engagements. - Trusted adviser to the team through providing excellent support and advice on DSD business activities - Working with cross functional teams in the bigger Intel Super Groups of Operations that handle site strategy, planning, training, and other operational initiatives • Outbound Engagements / Business Development / Strategic Initiatives: - Planning executive trip appearances and activities including meetings with employees, customers, agencies and press relations globally - Assisting, supporting Board of Directors (BoD) slide material creation for Deal Approval Meetings.
Business Development Manager, Comms & Networking Group (CNG)
2011 - 2012
- Drove design wins and account management for top tier customers for the Switch and Router Division (SRD) of CNG in the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group (DCSG). - Managed Software Define Networking (SDN) business related customers in support of Intel’s involvement with Open Flow and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). - Japan Server, Storage and Network Account coverage for LAN Access Division (LAD) and SRD products which include Ethernet Switches, NICs, PHYs, LOMs, and adapters. - Enabled new Client Connectivity Division (CCD) customers and accelerated the Thunderbolt ecosystem in Japan and Bay Area by championing high priority Thunderbolt technology consumer and storage products to market.
Head Of Business Development
2008 - 2011
• Was responsible for managing account base and driving major design win activity in the Bay Area and Pacific Northwest Region for Datacenter, Cloud, Enterprise and Service Provider customers • Led BD activities within Datacenter/Cloud Computing Customers that created demand and awareness of Fulcrum’s technology • Built strong high-level relationships within customer base that resulted in new products and partnerships at other vertical accounts • Negotiated and closed complex pricing agreements, MPAs, MCPLAs, MOUs and licensing agreements • Regular attendee of INTEROP, SuperComputing, RSA, Ethernet Summit, Cloud Connect, and ATCA Summit conferences • Managed and trained local sales manufactures reps in the Bay Area and Pacific Northwest
Sr. Staff Field Applications Engineer
2006 - 2008
• FAE support for networking customers supporting StrataXGS and ROBO switches and Ethernet PHY product lines for Broadcom Enterprise Networking Business Unit • Responsible for technically managing major OEM accounts including Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks (Brocade) and Apple
Application Engineer – Enterprise Business Unit
2005 - 2006
• Hardware/Software Applications support for Marvell Linkstreet SOHO switches, Prestera switches and PHYs • Customers include Cisco Systems as well as world wide support to customers in Asia, Europe and the Middle East • Develop technical documentation for product line such as application notes, white papers, presentations, schematics