Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer

Wrangler

JS Cournoyer has been in high technology since the mid nineties both as an entrepreneur and an investor. As well as his role with Montreal start Up, JS is also an Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Vantage Point Venture Partners (VPVP), a diversified technology venture capital fund based in San Bruno, CA where he focuses on investments in ITC. Before VPVP, JS was responsible for the venture capital investment activities of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP), leading numerous investments in the areas of Internet, wireless, semiconductors and networking and also investing in numerous venture funds in Canada and the USA. Prior to CDP, JS was an early investor, CFO and Vice President, business development at Terrascale Technologies Inc., a storage software company that was sold to Rackable Systems (NASDAQ: RACK). Before Terrascale, JS was with Innovatech, an early-stage venture fund where he lead numerous investments in digital media, Internet, wireless, networking and software infrastructure.
JS has also co-founded two Internet companies in the Boston area and was a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, Inc., focusing on the telecommunications and energy industries. In addition to MSU and VPVP, JS is active in the Canadian high-tech community, both as an angel investor in and advisor to technology companies. He is a also a director of Techno Montreal. JS received a B.A. in Physics cum laude from Middlebury College. He is married with 5 wonderful children.