Mark Poag

Co-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures

Role
Investor at Celestial Ai
Location
Houston, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Mark Poag

I am the Co-Founder and General Partner of Fitz Gate Ventures which is a network-driven venture capital firm currently investing out of its third fund. Prior to Fitz Gate I was the head of Product, Marketing, Legal and Alliances and Board Secretary at Datacert, Inc, an enterprise software company (sold 2014), and Founder and CEO of Digicontract, Inc, a SaaS company (sold 2001).In addition to leading Fitz Gate Ventures, I teach venture capital investing as an Adjunct Professor at the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business and as a Lecturer at Princeton University\'s Graduate School where I won the Clio Hall Award. I am Co-Chair of the Princeton University Alumni Schools Committee of Houston and the former President of the Princeton Alumni Association of Houston.Feel free to email me at m•••@fitzgate.com.

Experience

  1. Investor

    Celestial Ai

    Jan 2020 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

    Celestial AI is the creator of the Photonic Fabric™, which unleashes advancements in AI.

Education

  • Tulane University Law School

    Doctor of Law - JD

    1993 — 1997

  • Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

    MBA

    1993 — 1997

  • Princeton University

    AB, History

    1989 — 1993

  • Memphis University School

    High School Diploma

    1985 — 1989

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership
  • Solution Selling
  • Business Planning
  • Product Management
  • Product Marketing
  • Salesforce.com
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Start-Ups
  • Strategy
  • Legal
  • Enterprise Software
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Marketing
  • Team Leadership
  • Software as a Service (Saas)
  • Business Development
  • Negotiation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
  • Project Management
  • Saas
  • Business Counsel
  • Sales Process
  • Crm
  • Management
  • Strategic Partnerships

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