Managing Partner
Roger Toennis
34 yrs bringing technology products from concept to market success
Mr. Toennis is a co-founder of Founder Advisors LLC. He has a Bachelor's and Masters's degrees in Electrical Engineering. He was inspired as a child to become an Electrical Engineer from reading Marvel Ironman comic books; because Tony Stark is an EE.
He has 34 yrs experience in technical and management development leadership roles in aerospace, defense, software, telecom, and data networking businesses at companies like US Navy Research, NASA, Lockheed-Martin, Lucent, Avaya, Liquid Media, WorkWeb.io, and Gartner.
He is also an experienced Startup Founder/CEO of 4 B2B SaaS startups. He has extensive venture pitching and fundraising experience and a very large global network in the world of technology startups.
His most recent role was at Gartner, the world’s largest technology research and advisory firm. In his role as an Analyst/Advisor, he guided leaders at some of the world’s largest technology companies, as well as hundreds of technology startup company CEOs, navigate and overcome every challenge they face in leading their teams in launching successful technology products.
Prior Roles
Startup Founder/CEO
VP of Product Management
Chief Evangelist
Chief Technology Officer
Technical Manager
VoIP/UC Architect
SW Engineer
Rocket Scientist
Electrical Engineer
Technical Specialties
IoT
AI/ML
Complex Adaptive Systems
B2B IT Services
SaaS/Cloud SW solutions
UC/VoIP/Telecom
Network Security
SDN/NFV
Agile SW
Enterprise Software APIs
Management Specialties
Team Formation and Culture Custodian
Technology Markets & Trends Analysis
Product Management
Strategic Planning
Business Development
Global Sales & Marketing
P&L Management
Channel Partner Relationships
Negotiations
Ecosystem Development
New Account Acquisition
Public Speaking.
Personal
Roger lives in the “People’s Republic of Boulder Colorado”. He is married with 2 adult children and 2 step-children and enjoys hiking, skiing, fishing, biking, camping, golf; and is now rebooting his long-dormant home-brewing skills