Chris Stern

Director/Board Member at Open Ocean Capital (NL)

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Chris Stern was the founder of Blue Label Interactive, Inc. (founded in 2002) and Spacient Technologies, Inc. (founded in 2000), where he held the titles of Board Member & CFO and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
Currently, he is the Managing Director at Trimble Ventures, and a Board Member at Open Ocean Capital (NL).
He is also an Advisor at Grit Labs Management LLC.
In the past, he worked as Vice President at Trimble, Inc. and served as an Advisory Board Member at Optimatics LLC from 2018 to 2021.
He also worked at the University of California from 1994 to 1997.
Mr. Stern holds an undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University, a graduate degree from the University of California, and a graduate degree from Harvard Business School.

Chris Stern active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Trimble Ventures Trimble Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Trimble Ventures (Trimble Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.	Private Equity Investor	30/06/2021
Open Ocean Capital (NL)	Director/Board Member	31/01/2018
Grit Labs Management LLC Grit Labs Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Grit Labs Management LLC (Grit Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jennifer Gill Roberts. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Chris Stern

Companies	Position	End
Optimatics LLC Optimatics LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Optimatics LLC provides an infrastructure planning software. The firm's product Optimizer, is a cloud-based optimization software solution, that analyzes water distribution and collection systems by evaluating asset types and size combinations against multiple objectives such as cost, hydraulic performance, energy, and water quality. The company was founded by Jeffery Frey and Angus Simpson in 1996 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.	Consultant / Advisor	30/03/2021
Spacient Technologies, Inc. Spacient Technologies, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Part of Trimble, Inc., Spacient Technologies, Inc. provides enterprise technology and location-based field service management solutions for governments, utilities, and corporations. The company is based in Long Beach, CA. The company was founded by Chris Stern. Spacient Technologies was acquired by Trimble, Inc. on November 22, 2006.	Chief Executive Officer	30/12/2008
Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of KONAMI Group Corp., Blue Label Interactive, Inc. develops mobile entertainment software. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded by Chris Stern. Blue Label Interactive was acquired by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. on June 22, 2006.	Founder	30/12/2006
University of California	Consultant / Advisor	30/12/1997
TRIMBLE, INC.	President	-

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Loyola Marymount University	Undergraduate Degree
Harvard Business School	Graduate Degree

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TRIMBLE, INC.	Technology Services

Private companies	6
Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of KONAMI Group Corp., Blue Label Interactive, Inc. develops mobile entertainment software. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company was founded by Chris Stern. Blue Label Interactive was acquired by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. on June 22, 2006.	Technology Services
Spacient Technologies, Inc. Spacient Technologies, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Part of Trimble, Inc., Spacient Technologies, Inc. provides enterprise technology and location-based field service management solutions for governments, utilities, and corporations. The company is based in Long Beach, CA. The company was founded by Chris Stern. Spacient Technologies was acquired by Trimble, Inc. on November 22, 2006.	Electronic Technology
Grit Labs Management LLC Grit Labs Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Grit Labs Management LLC (Grit Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jennifer Gill Roberts. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.	Finance
Open Ocean Capital (NL)	Finance
Trimble Ventures Trimble Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Trimble Ventures (Trimble Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.	Finance
Optimatics LLC Optimatics LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Optimatics LLC provides an infrastructure planning software. The firm's product Optimizer, is a cloud-based optimization software solution, that analyzes water distribution and collection systems by evaluating asset types and size combinations against multiple objectives such as cost, hydraulic performance, energy, and water quality. The company was founded by Jeffery Frey and Angus Simpson in 1996 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.	Technology Services

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