Joe Hage, Venture Partner

Joe Hage is co-founder of Universant Corporation and has served as its Chairman of the Board since the company's inception in 2006. Mr. Hage's career spans more than 27 years in the software industry - eight of which were in software startup environments - where he held various positions in executive leadership, software development, project management, product management, consulting, sales and marketing.

Prior to Universant, Mr. Hage spent nine years at Agile Software, a product lifecycle management enterprise software company in San Jose, CA, where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the SME Solutions Division, Senior Vice President of Products and Technology, and Vice President of Corporate Marketing and eServices.

Prior to Agile, Mr. Hage held leadership positions at Starfish Software, Novell, Borland, Prime Computer, Data General, and Honeywell in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Mr. Hage is also an advisory board member for numerous startups, and an active entrepreneur and angel investor in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Hage holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northeastern University, and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

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