Joseph Ruscio
General Partner at Heavybit Industries
Portland, Oregon
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2018 - Current
Part-time Partner
2016 - 2018
Advise member companies, providing high-level strategic support including help with hands-on leadership, go-to-market, fundraising, etc. Sit on the Board of Directors to assist in managing the fund as well as source and perform diligence on prospective new member companies.
Heavybit is the leading investor in dev-first companies with an unrivaled track record helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
Seed Investor & Board Observer
2019
Pre-Seed Investor & Board Observer
2019
Orbit is a platform that makes community the engine for growth in businesses.
Raised $22,741,945.00 from Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Harrison Metal and Heavybit.
Seed Investor
2019
Sanity is a platform for structured content that lets teams build digital experiences.
Raised $50,700,000.00 from Shopify.
Chief Strategist for Cloud
2017 - 2018
Senior Director of Engineering
2015 - 2017
Led Engineering for Solarwinds Cloud products including: Librato, Papertrail, and Tracelytics. Helped drive Cloud strategy including acquisitions.
SolarWinds develops a technology that manages IT infrastructures.
Raised $532,500,000.00 from AlpInvest Partners, Thoma Bravo, HarbourVest Partners, Silver Lake and Neuberger Berman.
Chief Technology Officer
2010 - 2017
Chief Software Architect
2007 - 2010
Director of Engineering
2005 - 2007
Lead Software Engineer
2004 - 2005
Graduate Research Assistant
2003 - 2004
Software Engineering Intern
1998 - 2002
Motorola exists to invent, build and deliver the best mobile devices on the planet, improving the lives of millions of people.
Education
Master of Science (M.S.)
2002 - 2007
B.S.
1997 - 2001