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David Benham Benham

Limited Partner at Mighty Capital

San Luis Obispo, California

Overview 

David Benham is a Climate Cleantech Enthusiast and Non-profit Founder, currently serving as the Executive Director of Climate Impact Motivated Angels. With a background as a CTO leader at Cisco Systems, he has expertise in Cloud Computing, Go-to-market Strategy, and Sustainability, and has held leadership roles in various organizations such as Cleantech Open and E8 Angels. Highlights of his career include founding a non-profit organization focused on climate impact, and serving in key leadership roles at Cisco Systems, including Director of Video Collaboration CTO and Director of Video IPTV Solution Architecture.

Work Experience 

Climate Impact Motivated Angels

  • Executive Director

    2024 - Current

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Cleantech Open

  • Ambassador & Mentor

    2022

    I volunteer as an ambassador and mentor for the non-profit Cleantech Open, one of the oldest and largest cleantech accelerators (~100 startups/year since 2005).

Cleantech Open Midwest is a division within the larger Cleantech Open network that accelerates start-up businesses.

cleantechopen.org
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E8 Angels

  • Member

    2020

    Due diligence of startups focused on Carbon/GHG Accounting, MRV, Renewables, electrified transportation+charging for potential early-stage investments.

E8 Angels is an investment company that provides capital, guidance, and networking opportunities to early stage cleantech companies.

e8angels.com
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Mighty Capital

  • Limited Partner

    2020

Mighty Capital is an early-growth venture capital firm that capitalizes on the growing influence of product management in corporate success.

mighty.capital
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Sabbatical

  • Chief Officer

    2018 - 2020

Sabbatical

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Cisco Systems, Inc

  • Director, Video Collaboration CTO

    2009 - 2018

    My team led Cisco's strategy for video, audio and media resiliency for the collaboration business -- from Webex to telepresence -- as well as established industry standards for video codecs, webrtc and conferencing privacy and other related technologies from the Chief Technology Office.

  • Director, Video IPTV Solution Architecture

    1995 - 2009

Cisco DevNet is your source for everything developer at Cisco Systems.

developer.cisco.com
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Alliance for Open Media

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2018

    The Alliance for Open Media unites top tech leaders and adopters in a collaborative effort to define, standardize and offer an open, royalty-free and interoperable solutions for the next generation of video media delivery.

Alliance for Open Media is a Joint Development Foundation project formed to define and develop media codecs.

aomedia.org
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International Multimedia Telecommunication Consortium (IMTC)

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2018

    I led the transfer of Cisco's Telepresence Interoperability Protocol to IMTC to facilitate the distribution of TIP Protocol licenses as well as to host interoperability events and to develop future enhancements to the protocol.

Internet Streaming Media Alliance

  • Vice President Board Of Directors

    2000 - 2004

    An industry non-profit [501(c)(6)] organization that I founded to define interoperable streaming over the Internet media solution.

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