Founder and CEO of Querium Corp.,
Former Chairman and current board member of e-Learning publisher Thinkwell Corp.,
Co-founder of Texas VC firm CenterPoint Ventures,
Serial Entrepreneur,
Experienced Software Product Development Manager and Product Evangelist,
Board Member at CampusQuad,
Former Customer Service Exec,
Former Board Memberships: [Medical Present Value, Applied Science Fiction, NetBotz, Encentris Corp f.k.a. Omnispace Technologies, MyTech],
Consultant, Advisor and Board Member of High Tech Startups, Computer Scientist,
Graduate Astrophysicist.
Specialties: Software Product Development, Evangelism, eLearning, Business Planning, Product Management, Customer Service, Enterprise Applications, Corporate Governance, Private Equity
Founder and CEO @ Querium is a mobile-ready web service that quickly diagnoses student competencies and trains students on step-by-step procedures and critical cognitive skills required for modern careers. Unlike existing training and education software solutions, Querium has students ‘show your work’ for instant feedback, while answering student concerns about ‘why do I need to learn this?’ using career-aligned bite-sized lessons, and providing game-like coaching and encouragement. From February 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Austin, TXBoard Member @ Remain a board member at Thinkwell after Carl Tyson is promoted to Chairman & CEO. From July 2013 to Present (2 years 4 months) Austin, Texas AreaPresident @ KNCL Management provides a range of strategic consulting services to high-tech startups. KNCL Management also acts as General Partner of KNCL Associates Ltd, an investment partnership that makes angel investments and LP investments in venture capital firms. From February 2001 to Present (14 years 9 months) Austin, Texas AreaBoard Member @ Since 1997, SFBI has supported economic development in Santa Fe by helping entrepreneurs launch successful companies In a wide range of industries by providing office, light manufacturing and lab space in a 30,000 sq ft facility. SFBI serves an average of 17 companies at any one time. From June 2012 to Present (3 years 5 months) Santa Fe, NMBoard Member @ Campus Quad was founded in 2012 with the vision to drive greater student engagement and success. The company launched the Campus Quad platform connecting today's app-driven mobile student in real-time to the people, places and programs that enrich the college experience and drive extra-curricular engagement. From January 2013 to January 2015 (2 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaChairman @ Thinkwell is a specialist in online learning. Thinkwell's multimedia products in math, science, and social science integrate technology, art, and video with great teaching to produce a new path to success for students. Thinkwell's products and courses are being used by thousands of students at schools and universities across the globe. Kent has been Chairman of the Board since February, 1999. Thinkwell's venture investors include Rho Ventures and the LBJ Family. From February 1999 to June 2013 (14 years 5 months) Austin, Texas AreaBoard Member @ MPV is a software-as-a-service for revenue optimization at healthcare providers. The company's expert system technology models insurance contracts and helps clients recover 100% of what they are owed on healthcare claims. Kent lead the original Series A venture capital investment in MPV. MPV was acquired by 'big-three' credit reporting company Experian in 2011. From 1999 to 2002 (3 years) San Antonio, Texas AreaGeneral Partner @ As a founding partner of this Texas-based VC firm, Kent helped raise, invest and manage approximately $450M in venture capital funds aimed at I.T. companies in Texas. CenterPoint's successful exits included Silicon Labs IPO, Active Power IPO, and MPV's acquisition by Experian. From October 1996 to February 2001 (4 years 5 months) Austin, Texas AreaBoard Member @ ASF licensed revolutionary technologies in the imaging space. The company's Digital ICE technology was an industry standard for image correction for scanners. ASF was acquired by Kodak in 2003. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) Austin, Texas AreaBoard Member @ Encentris created an enterprise project management system for use in coordinating world-wide I.T. projects. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaBoard Member @ Object Reservoir is a cutting-edge software technology company that provides a unique approach and revolutionary solutions to challenging problems in the global Exploration and Production industry. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) Austin, Texas AreaBoard Member @ NetBotz developed easy-to-manage rack-mount appliances for monitoring the server room environment. The products incorporated video-cameras and environmental sensors. The company was acquired by American Power Conversion (APC) in 2005. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) Austin, Texas AreaVP Customer Operations @ Kent joined the senior management team at Tivoli to run customer support and program management in the months leading up to the shipment of Tivoli's first product. Tivoli's VC investors included Austin Ventures, Kleiner-Perkins, Matrix and Norwest. Later as the company's international sales expanded, Kent took over international service responsibliity. Tivoli had a successful IPO in 1995 and was acquired by IBM in 1996. From October 1991 to March 1996 (4 years 6 months) Austin, Texas AreaDirector of Product Planning @ As a founding employee of this venture-backed startup in the Dallas area, Kent oversaw software development for layered products, and later for the ConvexOS operating system. Convex's VC investors included Sevin-Rosen, Sequoia, Interwest, and Rho. Kent ran the software support call center, was a product manager in the marketing organization, worked on the launch of Convex's second generation product, and finally served as Director of Product Planning, where he lead a team that conceived the company's Scalar Parallel Processor system. Convex had a successful IPO in 1987, and was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1995. From October 1982 to October 1991 (9 years 1 month) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaRegional Systems Engineer/Evangelist @ Apollo Computer was an early venture-backed company headquarted near Boston. Apollo's VC investors included Greylock, Matrix and Venrock. The company was one of the first vendors of engineering workstations. Kent was involved in the sale and installation of many early Apollo customers. Apollo merged with Hewlett-Packard in 1989. From 1980 to 1982 (2 years) Greater Boston Area, Dallas Texas AreaSoftware Project Manager @ Kent began his time at Data General as a co-op student in DG's Dallas Texas sales office. On graduation to SMU, Kent moved to DG's headquarters outside Boston, where he became the youngest software project manager at DG, and oversaw the company's flagship Fortran compiler. He later started development work on DG's first C programming language compiler. From 1975 to 1980 (5 years)
BS, Computer Science @ Southern Methodist University From August 1975 to 1978 M.Astron., Astronomy @ James Cook University From August 2001 to 2003 Kent Fuka is skilled in: Business Planning, Corporate Fundraising, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Management Consulting, Conflict Resolution, Customer Satisfaction, Software Development, Educational Publishing, Product Management, Multimedia, Enterprise Software, Software Engineering, Program Management, International Business, International Project..., International Business..., Computer Architecture, Network Administration, System Administration, Distributed Systems, Call Center, Fundraising, Marketing, Customer Service, Mathematica, International Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Executive Management, Academic Publishing, SaaS, Strategic Planning, Cloud Computing, Business Development, Strategy, Management, Business Strategy, Product Marketing, Integration, Team Leadership, Leadership, Software Project..., Strategic Partnerships, Sales, Networking, Team Building
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http://www.thinkwell.com,
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