Ish
Simpson

Current Company:

Silicon Valley Bank

Title:

Director - Investor Coverage

Education (SMU specific):

MBA - 2020

Career Background:

Stanford Undergrad - Communication Major 4 year Starter on the Offensive Line for Stanford Football HRJ Capital Analyst/Intern - 9 months Apple - Business Analyst - 7 years Rothenberg Ventures - Business Development - 1.5 years Outcast Agency - Business Development Manager - 1.5 years SMU Cox Graduate School of Business - 1.5 years Silicon Valley Bank - Sr Analyst - less than one year Silicon Valley Bank - Chief of Staff - Office of the President - 2.5 years Silicon Valley Bank - Investor Coverage - Present

What am I doing – describe your current role and objectives:

I connect with established Venture Capital firms in Northern California in order to advocate for their portfolio companies within SVB. We work with investors and founders to improve their odds of success. How do we do that? We lend money, we give advice, help companies hire, help them find customers, etc. We support the innovation economy!

Connections trying to make:

Any.