What separates Jonathan from the pack is his rare ability to understand and speak to the "big picture" business issues such as business development and industry trends, combined with his technical ability to "go deep" into engineering and operational issues." - Todd Kramer, former colleague at Xiotech
Jonathan is a positive, dynamic, uplifting member of any team. He was a co-founder of Atrato and held several positions during my tenure there. He developed many of Atrato's patents, managed the disk drive quality assurance team, helped debug hard drive issues, and worked tirelessly in the business side with customers and investors. Jonathan's positive outlook is contagious and he continually uplifts folks around him. I highly recommend Jonathan." Scott Cannata, Assurance Software and Hardware
Jonathan is a longtime colleague in the data storage industry who possess outstanding sales and marketing skills combined with an entrepreneurial mindset. A great guy to have on your team.” - Brad Boer, NetApp
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Jonathan is a professional entrepreneur. Over the years he developed a “Magic Rolling Quadrant” analysis tool that has helped countless startups make the necessary adjustments to get their ventures rolling. Warren Buffet’s secret to success is “sticky snow and a long hill” which resonates beautifully with Hall’s model and his experience in venture management.
Jonathan received his MBA with a concentration in Venture Management from the University of St. Thomas. He received the Practicing Entrepreneur award for a Security startup he founded and built servicing the Twin Cities region. He started a non-profit called Partnership for Youth and was elected President of Youth Unlimited in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He cofounded Atrato, Inc. a high potential venture in computer data storage, authored nearly a dozen patents, led technology partnerships, was responsible for Business Development, and currently participates on the Board of Assurance Software, LLC.
Jonathan leads Lumina’s Intrapreneurial practice in Colorado. He is partnering with , Boulder Venture Software Club, Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association, Boulder NewTech, OnStartups, Colorado Companies to Watch, and Lew’s list.
Jonathan is uniquely positioned to bring Lumina’s insight and value add services to organizations with an intrapreneurial motion.