Sam Havelock

Entrepreneur, Venture Developer, Investment Banker. Former Navy SEAL and Marine Corps Officer with Duke MBA, and C-Suite experience. Significant expertise in Technology Commercialization, Advanced Manufacturing, Venture Capital and Investment Banking.
Former Department of Defense Program Manager with 6 technology program portfolios valued in excess of $1Bn. Duke Health Sector Management credentials. Former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of a Medical Device Rapid Prototyping Advanced Manufacturing firm.
Principal architect and former Commanding Officer of Naval Special Warfare Special Reconnaissance TEAM 1 (SEAL Team Command); A post-9/11 counter-terrorism enterprise focused on operationalization of teams and emerging technologies to conduct advanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). Deployed over $500M developing training programs, technology assets and capabilities for the SEAL Team’s California based Flagship Intelligence Enterprise.
Developed units as varied as human & signal intelligence collection teams, multi-purpose canine teams, and an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Squadron. Multiple assignments abroad as an operations Director leading organization as large as 4,000 persons in Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Balkans, and the Middle East. A leadership, start-up, operations, and team-building expert, excels at planning and coordinating resources and activities of distributed teams during dynamic market changes, ambiguity, and conditions of uncertainty. National Level Security Clearances: SCI/TK/G/B/H.
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Vic Keller A proven leader in entrepreneurship, private equity, and executive leadership, Vic Keller spearheads EV as its Founder & CEO.
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Venessa King Venessa brings 15+ years of operations experience and strategic direction to EV.
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Chrys Nikopoulos Chrys brings 9 years of consulting, M&A, and operations experience to the EV team.
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Chris Graham Chris worked for a fund administration consultant, next at a long-short tech hedge fund and then a boutique private equity firm before joining EV.
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Sam Havelock Entrepreneur, Venture Developer, Investment Banker. Former Navy SEAL and Marine Corps Officer with Duke MBA, and C-Suite experience.
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Don DiCostanzo Don DiCostanzo co-founded Experience Ventures in 2006 along with Vic Keller where they focused on investing in lower-middle market companies and helping them scale.