Vinny Lingham's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Background:Vinny Lingham is currently a General Partner at Multicoin Capital in Austin, Texas. Vinny immigrated to the United States from India in 1991 and has been working in technology since then. After obtaining a degree in engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, Vinny started his own company, Civic.com (now CiviCo), in 2006. CiviCo was a social networking site that allowed users to share photos, essays, and other content. Vinny was Operations and Marketing Manager for CiviCo from 2006 to 2009 and then became President of the company. From 2009 to 2013, Vinny was CEO of Gyft, Inc. (previously Clicks2Customers) and from 2013 to 2014 he was CEO of First Data Corporation. From 2014 to 2017 Vinny was also a member of the Board of Directors at The Silicon Cape Initiative. Vinny Lingham started working at Dimension Data in 2001 and left the company in October 2001 to become a Principal at YPO in Norcal (later renamed Yola). From 2007 to 2011, Vinny was also a Board Member at The Bitcoin Foundation. Vinny Lingham also previously worked with shark Tank South Africa as a Shark Tank Partner from October 2016 to December 2016. Vinny Lingham is also a Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Civic Technologies in Palo Alto, California. Vinny is [email protected]

🎓 Education

Vinny Lingham has a BA in Business Administration from Hudson Park High School and a BCom from University of Cape Town. Vinny Lingham did not complete her finalLevel at University of Cape Town in 1997 but completed herScaling Entrepreneurial Ventures and Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Harvard Business School Executive Education in 2017. Vinny Lingham holds a Honours, E-Commerce from University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, cum laude. Vinny Lingham has spent previous 4 years working with companies, startups and start-ups in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States notably working with Baylee, Campfire and Tripwire.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Co-founder & CEO of Civic.comVinny Lingham is currently a General Partner at Multicoin Capital in Austin, Texas. He has a lot of experience in the realm of technology, having co-founded and CEO of Civic Technologies in Palo Alto, California. He also has experience in the area of identity management, having worked at First Data Corporation from August 2014 to December 2015 as SVP Product Development. Additionally, he is also a continuing responsibility as CEO of Gyft, Inc. - which was acquired by First Data Corporation in August 2014.As a Board Member at The Silicon Cape Initiative, Vinny Lingham is also highly experienced in how to startup and grow technology companies. He is also a Board Member at The Bitcoin Foundation from December 2015 to October 2019.In his previous roles, Vinny Lingham is also highly experienced in the realm of sharks Tank. He was a Shark at Shark Tank South Africa from October 2016 to December 2016. Vinny Lingham also worked in the role of Shark at Shark Tank South Africa from October 2016 to December 2016 as aCo-founder & Chief Executive Officer. He also has experience in the impact of technology on society, having been a Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer at Civic Technologies from August 2014 to December 2015.