Todd Jerry

Mr. Jerry has been with Anthem Venture Partners since its inception in late 2000.
Prior to its acquisition by QLogic, he served on the board of Troika Networks, and prior to its acquisition by Google, he also served on the board of NevenVision.
Prior to Anthem, Mr. Jerry was with Avalon Investments, a $100 million early-stage, operationally focused technology venture capital firm.
At Avalon, he was involved with evaluating, negotiating, and executing numerous technology investments in software and communications, as well as working very closely with portfolio management.
Prior to Avalon, Mr. Jerry helped grow a start-up wine import business and developed and implemented the company's e-commerce and software systems.
At the same time, he started his own private-label wine brand that was marketed and sold in Southern California.
Mr. Jerry began his career at Chrysler Corporation as part of the company’s management training program for engineers, and went on to hold various other management and engineering positions throughout the company.
His accomplishments include developing industry-first engine design software, performing youth image perception research, supervising international product plans for the Jeep and Truck group, and managing a $4 million testing program to adapt the Dakota pickup truck to the South American market.
Mr. Jerry holds an MBA degree from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA, a M.S.
in Mechanical Engineering from Oakland University, and a B.S.
with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
At Carnegie Mellon, he performed research on the application of artificial intelligence to design.