Brian Lent
Founder & Managing Partner at VQ Capital
Brian Lent is the Founder and Managing Partner at VQ Capital and serves as a Member of the Founding Board at the University of Washington Information School. He previously founded Intelligent Results, Medio Systems (acquired), Plunk (closed), and VQ Capital, and has held leadership roles at Amazon.com, Auger, HERE Technologies, and IBM. His expertise includes AI, data science, machine learning, and analytics.
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VQ Capital Founder & Managing Partner 2025–present, Co-founder · current
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Auger Chief Analytics & Data Officer 2024–2025, Chief Analytics and Data Officer 2025 · current
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Plunk Co-Founder and CEO 2019–2024, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder 2024 · current
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University of Washington Information School Member, Founding Board 2015–present · current
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HERE Technologies Chief Technology Officer 2016–2018 · past
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Nokia Chief Analytics Officer 2014–2016 · past
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Medio Founder, Chairman & CTO 2009–2014, Founder, Chairman & CEO 2004–2009 · past
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Mohr Davidow Ventures Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) 2003–2004 · past
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Intelligent Results Co-Founder & CEO 2001–2003 · past
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Amazon Director of Data Analytics 1998–2001 · past
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IBM Graduate Research Scientist, IBM Almaden Research Center 1996 · past
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Junglee VP & Architect of Applications 1996–1998 · past
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SGI Graduate Research Scientist 1995 · past
Education
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Stanford University MSCS / Ph.D. Candidacy, Computer Science (AI & Database focus)
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University of Nevada, Reno BS, Computer Science
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Stanford University MSCS / Ph.D. Candidacy, Computer Science (AI & Database focus)
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University of Nevada, Reno BS, Computer Science
