Kevin O’Connor

Kevin has 30+ years of experience in the tech space – both as an entrepreneur and investor. Kevin is currently the General Partner at ScOp Venture Capital in Santa Barbara. Just prior, he was the CEO of Graphiq (acquired by Amazon), who's mission was to drastically simplify the process of obtaining the world's knowledge. Kevin was the founder, CEO, and chairman of internet advertisement-technology giant, DoubleClick, which was acquired by Google in 2007 for $3.1 billion. Prior to DoubleClick, Kevin founded and served as the vice president of research for Cincinnati-based Intercomputer Communications Corporation (ICC), which was acquired by DCA in 1992. Kevin remained with DCA as the vice president of research until 1995 when he left to found DoubleClick.

From 1995 - 2009, on breaks from building his own companies, Kevin started O'Connor Ventures, investing in companies such as Procore, Internet Security Systems, 1-800-Flowers.com, HotJobs, and MeetUp. Kevin obtained a Bachelors of Science degree in electrical engineering with honors from University of Michigan. Kevin currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.