Mike Venerable

Bio

Mike Venerable is CEO of CincyTech. He and his team work with entrepreneurs, investors, economic development partners, research institutions and community stakeholders, in keeping with CincyTech’s mission to accelerate the growth of promising technology and life science startups in Southwest Ohio. Venerable has more than 20 years of experience as a software industry entrepreneur and executive. He was co-founder and CEO of Talus, a leading data warehouse consultancy, which was acquired by Sagent Technology. Venerable led the company’s services organization through the company’s successful IPO in 1999. He has specific experience in raising angel and venture capital, software business design and operation, software product management, business valuation, financial analysis and intellectual property. As an industry practitioner, Venerable is an expert on data warehouse design, business intelligence and analytic applications and software development processes. He has consulted with a variety of large organizations and software companies on product development and strategy. He is also the co-author of Data Warehouse Design Solutions (Wiley and Sons). Venerable has consulted on strategic product development initiatives for leading technology companies, including Siebel, Advent and Micros. Venerable joined CincyTech in 2006 and served as managing director for a decade, evaluating investment opportunities, advising startup companies and helping them prepare to receive venture capital. Prior to joining CincyTech he was a managing director of Scius Capital, a NY-based boutique investment bank. Venerable served in the US Army as a Korean linguist after graduating from the University of Dayton.