about
I am the Chief of Staff at Catalyte, a workforce data science company that uses artificial intelligence to identify individuals, regardless of background, who have the innate potential and cognitive ability to be great software developers.
💰Investing
I am an early-stage tech venture capitalist at NextGen Venture Partners and a scout for Indie.VC. Formerly, I worked at K Fund, and invested out of the Portfolia Enterprise Fund and Backstage Capital, a fund investing in diverse founders.
🤖 Tech
For over a decade, I built a career in the technology industry by identifying and providing solutions to develop the businesses of my enterprise clients. I spent most of my career as a Consultant and Sales Executive for both IBM and Cisco, selling their complete portfolios of hardware, software, and services; I sold tech solutions including but not limited to Data Analytics, Cloud, Mobile, Social, Security, and the Internet of Things. In addition to my corporate sales experience, I also worked as a consultant for Blockdaemon, an enterprise blockchain startup, and as the VP of Sales for Glassbreakers, a Silicon Valley SaaS software startup.
🌎 Global Shaper
The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s motto is Committed to improving the state of the world. As a Global Shaper, a WEF community, I’ve lived by it as a Curator of the Global Shaper San Diego Hub, as a member of the Madrid and New York Hub, and continue to live by it as an alumnus working aside Young Global Leader and CEO of Catalyte, Jacob Hsu.
For more, see my LinkedIn bio and Twitter profile @lolitataub.
honors
💰Venture Capital
I created the investment process for Backstage Capital's $36M Headliner Fund I; helped Arlan Hamilton set up her joint venture fund with Mark Cuban; co-lead All Raise's Intersectionality Working Group; was named a Mover and Shaker by Fortune's Most Powerful Women and Medium's Top Writer in Venture Capital; and earned my way to Berkeley + 500 Startups' VC Unlocked Deal Camp and All Raise's VC Champions program.
👩🏽💻Startup
I founded The F SHOW (acquired by SoGal) and was recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Finalist. I am a 2xTEDx speaker, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and a former Huffington Post contributor. I've been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Inc.com, and Entrepreneur Magazine, among other publications.
👩💼Tech Deals
My team and I closed the first IBM US Cloud sale at ERP provider QAD; sold the first Cisco Systems Internet of Things Connected Cities project at the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Reservation; and lead the way to Silicon Valley's Glassbreakers first Inclusion Machine Learning Software sale at Sony.
🏆Sales
I was the recipient of IBM's Sales Eminence Award and 100% Club Award, Cisco Golden Nugget Award, among other awards.
👩🏻🎓Education
I graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations (Global Business). I completed my MBA at the IE Business School (ranked #8 Global MBA by the Financial Times), where I was recognized as "Best in Business" by Beta Gamma Sigma, "Best and Brightest" by Poets & Quants, and "Top 100 Most Inspiring MBAs" in the world by the MBA World Summit.
🤼♀️ Life
I'm a Technolochicas 3.0 ambassador. I speak English and Spanish. I have traveled to 67 countries (and aim to visit 100), have run 3 marathons, and am a former Greco-Roman wrestler.
home
I'm married to a loving husband in insurtech and am the mother to a handsome chocolate dachshund-lab rescue, Choco. We enjoy brunch, learning, and love each other to the moon and back!
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