Rob Valli has twenty years of successful executive and entrepreneurial leadership in investment banking and technology ventures.

Mr. Valli’s professional background and experience dovetails business, higher education, leadership, and service; making him uniquely qualified to add incremental value as an advisor to new technology-based ventures. He is laser-focused on identifying, cultivating, and brokering ways of interacting that are mutually beneficial for all constituents; leading to relationship growth and higher global recognition for all concerned parties.

Rob’s combination of intellectual curiosity, exceptional leadership skills, professional vision, and deep commitment to furthering technology entrepreneurship; distinguish him as an advisor with global reach for collaborative capital.

Rob Valli is an accomplished professional who prides himself on being proactive, rather than reactive; an achiever, rather than an aspirer; and an advocate of academia. Rob is the consummate “team player” who is committed to listening, learning, fostering and facilitating. A man with whom honour is sacred and virtue safe.

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

• Founder and CEO, BAN
• Founder, Investors Without Borders
• Co-Founder, Cambridge Intelligence

DIRECTOR

• Valli Ventures
• President of Investment Board, Parigi Equity
• Stanford GSB Alumni Association
• AIESEC, US
• Globex United
• Avalon Ltd., Russia
• MIT/Stanford VentureLab
• Satwik Ventures
• TV Partners
• D & B Ventures

ACADEMIA

• PhD Canidate, Department of Engineering, IfM, Cambridge University, 2008
• Doctoral Thesis: “Building Investment Readiness for Technology Based Ventures through Collaboration” In Residence, Kauffman Foundation, 2006
• Faculty Board, DoE, Cambridge University
• President, King’s College Graduate Society, Cambridge University
• MIEX, University of Bologna
• CAL, Berkeley, Executive Committee
• OSBI, University of Illinois
• Guanxi Executive Education