John Taysom
Joint Owner at Otter Valley Farms
John Taysom
Joint Owner at Otter Valley Farms
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Joint Owner
2013 - Current
Rare breed lamb
Visiting Professor
2015
Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University College, London.
Foundation Council
2018 - 2023
Digital Advisory Group
2017 - 2023
NED and Co-founder
2016 - 2022
2012 Senior Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative
2010 - 2012
Research into good targeting with better privacy.
Advanced Leadership Fellow
2011 - 2012
Non Executive Director
1995 - 2009
NED prior to their IPOs at Digimarc, TIBCO, Equinix, remaining on the board when they floated on NASDAQ. Board observer at Yahoo and Infoseek up to their IPOs
CEO and Founder, Greenhouse Fund and RVC (originally Reuters Venture Capital)
1995 - 2008
Founded the group and made the first investment in Yahoo in 1995. Board observer at Yahoo and Infoseek up to their IPOs. Other investments included: Verisign, Infoseek, Digimarc, Intertrust, Sportsline, Phone.com (when it was unwired planet), Equinix, UltraDNS, Forbes.com, Moreover, WhereonEarth, Advertising.com, and many others: and in Europe Orchestream, Fantastic both of which completed European IPOs. relevant article: http://nichiera.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-master-change-first-dread-it.html
Board Member
1998 - 2000