Primary Job Title Founder & CEO Primary Organization 
Startech Early Ventures
Location Richardson, Texas, United States Regions Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Southern US Gender Male
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Matthew Blanton has over 30 years of experience as a business executive in the computer and telecommunications industries. Prior to founding STARTech in 1997, Matt directed research and development as a lab manager for Hewlett Packard, and served as vice president of engineering for Convex Computer Corporation. He was also president of Vadis, Inc.,
a venture capital-backed telecommunications start-up company. Additionally, Matt has held various positions in product management, marketing and engineering at Siemens, IBM, Rolm, Data General and the NASA manned Spacecraft Center in Houston
