Bob van Nortwick

About Bob van Nortwick

History of building and scaling high performing and rapidly growing teams and companies, all of which have delivered top-tier results. Built a 1,600-person business unit from scratch at AWS that generated >$18 billion in annual revenue. Co-Founder of a startup bank that eventually IPO\'d. Helped scale the operations and product and revenue teams of a fintech unicorn startup. Deep experience planning and implementing programs, strategic initiatives and building new business units. History of exceptional team-building and developing leaders. Experienced building go-to-market functions, including sales, business development, technical support, programs, strategy, marketing, operations and product development. High standards with strong bias for action and ownership in situations with high levels of ambiguity and growth.SKILLS• Building and scaling go-to-market organizations• Developing and building effective teams and \"leaders of leaders\"• Operational efficiency and process implementation• Strategic partnerships and relationships• Business strategy• Program development • Building and scaling high performing teams• Mentoring and coaching entrepreneurs• Angel and venture capital investments• Product development & strategy• Cloud computing & enterprise IT technologies• Financial modeling & analysis

Experience

1. Expert Advisor

   Primary Venture Partners

   Sep 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   I provide strategic advice and guidance to founders and operators within the Primary portfolio and broader network. Experts enjoy access to early stage businesses, emerging trends and technology, and an expanded network of exceptional leaders, and resources through a top-tier seed-stage firm. Primary is New York City’s premier early stage venture firm working alongside founders to build unicorns like Alloy, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, and many more.

Education

• Oregon State University

  BS

  1984 — 1988

• Pacific Coast Banking School

  Graduate Program

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Management
• Venture Capital
• New Business Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Debt
• Cloud Computing
• Strategic Partnerships
• Financial Modeling
• Capital
• Marketing
• Strategy
• Start-Ups
• Product Management
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development