Michael Feinstein
Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Industrial Innovation Fund
2023 - Current
Making and managing investments to help Amazon improve operational efficiency, including robotics, logistics, and supply chain
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
Principal Business Development Manager
2018 - 2023
Working with VCs and their portfolio companies to make sure that they maximize their success with Amazon Web Services. Provide help, advice, and introductions for VCs and start-ups to make Amazon their strategic partner and to support the Boston start-up ecosystem.
Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Advisor
2017 - 2018
Working with and advising start-ups on product, marketing, and fund-raising strategy.
CEO
2015 - 2017
Jisto provides powerful enterprise-scale solutions to help companies extract the maximum value from their computing resources, including new and existing data center and cloud infrastructures. Jisto was sold to Trilio in October 2017.
VP Sales and Marketing
2010 - 2015
Responsible for all sales, marketing, product management, and business development activity from the first orders taken by the company through expansion stage. Built global sales and channel strategy, product plans, marketing and PR strategy, and business development/partner strategy. Managed a team of more than 50 people around the world. Key part of corporate executive leadership team overseeing all aspects of company development.
Managing Director
2007 - 2010
New investment firm targeting an underserved market opportunity that leverages our collective investment and operating backgrounds.
General Partner
2004 - 2006
Early stage investing in components, software infrastructure, and clean energy.
Venrock is a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.
General Partner
1999 - 2004
Early stage investing in communications, components, and software infrastructure.
Atlas Venture creates and invests in biotech startup companies with seed and early stage venture investments.
VP of Product Marketing
1997 - 1999
VP of Product Management at New Oak Communciations. Company sold to Bay Networks in January 1998. Bay was sold to Nortel in September 1998. I focused on the New Oak/Contivity products the whole time.
Education
BS
1979 - 1982