Ronald Conway
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Ronald Conway has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005). He was recently included in The Vanity Fair 100 most influential people in the Information Age. He was awarded Best Angel at The 2009 TechCrunch Crunchies Awards. He was named #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top "deal-makers" in 2009 and is actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. Ron was with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions (1973-1979), Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO (1979-1990) and took Altos public on Nasdaq in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) (1991-1995). PTS was acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft (Nasdaq SKIL).

Philanthropically, Ron is a member of the UCSF Medical Center Chancellor's Advisory Board in SF, Board Member of The Tiger Woods Foundation, and SF Homeless Connect, and on the Benefit Committee of Ronald McDonald House, College Track, and the Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation.

Blog Entries by Ronald Conway

Sf.citi: Harnessing the Power of San Francisco's Tech Community to Create Jobs and Improve the City

Posted January 26, 2012 | 01/26/12 04:42 PM ET

San Francisco's technology sector is thriving. Home to 1,539 tech companies employing more than 30,000 people, the city's tech industry will soon eclipse the record number of jobs reached more than a decade ago.

Yet surging job growth is far from the only direct benefit of San...

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The Making of the Ed Lee "2 Legit 2 Quit" Video

Posted October 25, 2011 | 10/25/11 03:52 PM ET

Today my campaign committee to elect Ed Lee, San Franciscans for Jobs and Good Government, released a viral video rolling out tech and San Francisco celebrities in a remake of Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit" video. The video features cameos by San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson, NFL Hall-of-Famer Ronnie...

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