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J.s. Gamble

Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business

Reston, Virginia

Overview 

J.S. Gamble is the Managing Principal at Blu Venture Investors and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. With a background in executive management at companies like Comcast and GTE Wireless, Gamble has a strong track record in venture capital, private equity, and strategic partnerships, and has made investments in companies like NS8 at various stages, including Pre-seed and Seed rounds.

Work Experience 

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Blu Venture Investors, LLC

  • Co-Founder and Managing Principal

    2010 - Current

    Co-Founder and Co-Leader of a Private Equity Investment Group with portfolio investments in Technology, CyberSecurity and other Companies. Board Observer for Link Labs, Inc. Former Member, Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund Investment Advisory Board. CIT Mach37 Star Mentor. Previously served as Acting CEO of Smart Imaging Systems, Inc., Board of Directors, Sensics, Inc. and Board Observer for Interfolio, Inc.

Blu Venture Investors is a venture capital firm that supports early stage companies, primarily focused on cybersecurity.

bluventureinvestors.com
GU

Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business

  • Adjunct Professor

    2012

    Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and other business formation courses in the Graduate Program at MSB

MACH37 Cyber Accelerator, a cybersecurity market centric accelerator.

  • Mach37 StarMentor

    2011

    Serve as StarMentor to the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator, a cybersecurity market centric accelerator developed by the Center for Innovative Technology. MACH37 launched 35+ Cybersecurity Companies since 2013. March 2014 to present.

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Center for Innovative Technology

  • Investment Advisory Board Member at Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund

    2011 - 2020

    Investment Advisory Board Member. Serve on the Investment Advisory Board (IAB) for the CIT GAP Funds, a family of seed-stage venture funds capitalized by the Commonwealth of Virginia and federal government and private funding sources. $18MM+ invested and leveraging $331MM in Private Fund co-investments or grants. June 2011 to June 2020. Serve as StarMentor to the MACH37 Cyber Accelerator, a cybersecurity market centric accelerator developed by the Center for Innovative Technology. MACH37 launched 35+ Cybersecurity Companies since 2013. March 2014 to present. Appointed to and served on Board of Directors, The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority and the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT Parent Organization Board). July 2016 - April 2017.

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation promotes early commercialization and finance for companies and market development projects.

virginiaipc.org
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eClerx

  • Advisory Board Member

    2009 - 2020

    eClerx is a leader in the KPO industry providing data analytics, data management and process improvement consulting and outsourcing services to global enterprise clients. Leading companies in the cable/telecommunication services, financial services, computer, technology and retail industries partner with eClerx to better manage their information and process complexities.

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Comcast

  • SVP - Wireless Operations

    2006 - 2008

  • Region SVP, Washington Metro/Virginia Region

    1999 - 2006

  • Area Vice President, Baltimore Metro Area

    1995 - 1999

Comcast is a global media and technology company.

corporate.comcast.com

GTE Wireless

  • HQ, Region & Market Lvl roles incl. GM & Marketing

    1991 - 1995

M&

McKinsey & Company

  • Associate

    1989 - 1991

    NY/DC Office

McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity

mckinsey.com
PW

Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

  • Manager, Consulting Services

    1981 - 1987

Education 

Investments 

NS8

Convertible Note

Total funding: $150M

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