Grant Gochnauer

About Grant Gochnauer

Grant Gochnauer is Co-Founder and CTO of Vodori, an enterprise SaaS software provider which enables device and pharmaceutical companies to accelerate their ability to get commercial content to market while ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines. Vodori Cloud is a FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant solution servicing 100s of customers globally. Grant is the lead architect and engineer on Vodori Cloud and is responsible for designing and leading the overall architecture design, implementation, and operations of Vodori\'s product suite. He is a hands-on servant leader whose passion for technology encourages his team to look for innovative solutions to hard complex technical and business challenges. Relentlessly curious, Grant understands how to leverage the latest technology and engineering strategies to optimize product architecture and operations while reducing risk and complexity. This desire to learn and implement modern techniques enables his team to be extremely effective and cultivates a sense of ownership and excitement.While technology is at the heart of Grant\'s passion, he ultimately loves to build products customers love. His level of energy and enthusiasm keeps the team highly engaged, growth oriented, and consistently delivering high quality software. Grant serves on the board of a number of non-profit organizations in Chicago and is passionate about early childhood education and equal rights. He enjoys giving back to other entrepreneurs and startup founders and has served on the board of Northwestern University\'s Farley Entrepreneurship program and Chicago\'s Junto Institute for over 8 years. He is an active investor with Purple Arch Ventures.

Experience

1. Investment Committee Advisor

   Purple Arch Ventures An Alumni Ventures Fund

   Jan 2016 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Purple Arch Ventures is a community of accredited Northwestern alums who pool money into a VC fund to invest in Northwestern-connected companies. Simply put, we believe we can invest better together than we can alone. We create a diverse portfolio for our investors, co-investing with leading VC funds across industry, stage, and geography. Our goal is to raise a new fund each year that benefits entrepreneurs, the school\'s ecosystem, and our investors.

Education

• Northwestern University

  BA, Computer Information Systems

Skills

• Css
• Mobile Applications
• Spring
• Web Applications
• Entrepreneurship
• Web Development
• Software Engineering
• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Java
• Software Development
• Sql
• Linux
• Product Management
• Unix
• Start-Ups
• Lean Software Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Philanthropy
• Javascript
• Saas
• Lean Operations
• Organizational Leadership
• Elasticsearch
• Consulting
• Html
• Strategy