Fred Cutler, PhD, MBA - Principal Consultant

San Diego, CA | Chicago, IL | Hilton Head, SC

Fred is an experienced hardware and software business strategy, marketing and operations executive with over 20 years of top management experience. He has leveraged strategic management experience in large technology companies into business and financial success in venture capital backed high technology startup companies.

His high technology background was begun as a key management consultant for Booz Allen and Hamilton and then executive positions at Compaq Computer/HP and Oracle Corporation. As a serial start-up entrepreneur, Fred was Vice President of Marketing for Scopus Technology which went public and then was eventually acquired by Oracle Corporation. He was founder and co-CEO of Digital Style Corporation, which was acquired by Netscape/AOL/Time Warner. After serving as Executive Director of the UCSD CONNECT program, Fred went on as CEO of Island Data Corporation and facilitated a significant capital investment by two major East Coast venture capital firms. He has done extensive consulting work in the area of mobile computing/apps within the social networking space.

Fred has served on numerous Board of Directors of venture backed companies where he facilitated additional rounds of financing.

Fred obtained a PhD degree in Marketing Research and Business Strategy from the University of Southern California.