Ronnie Trevino
Ronnie founded his first startup after transitioning out of the Army. His entrepreneurial roots allow him to be empathetic to founders raising capital. His experience in understanding how committed a person has to be to create something that doesn’t exist in the world puts him in a VC class of his own.
Professional Credentials
- From buying peace in Afghanistan as an Army Sergeant to founding his first startup in San Francisco, Ronnie’s experiences spans several industries from software to hardware development.
- His entrepreneurial roots allow him to be empathetic to founders raising capital. His experience in understanding the level of commitment required to create innovative products puts him in an investor class of his own.
- From winning hackathons in Silicon Valley to building hardware in Shenzhen, Ronnie’s passion for innovation and his skills as a formally trained product manager provides him with a strategic edge to identifying and collaborating with talented founders and companies in the earliest stages when risk is the highest.
- A respected tech leader and subject matter expert, Ronnie is a sought-after professional on matters relating to venture capital, startups, entrepreneurship and defense innovation advisor.
- Based on his numerous strides as a techpreneur, Ronnie was acknowledged by the Stanford GSB’s Ignite program as a top 5 venture design entrepreneur.
- He has a BS in Entrepreneurship from St. Mary’s College of California and is also pursuing an MBA at USC’s Marshall School of Business.
- Founder: Slapp Systems, Military Design Thinking (MDT), and GI Hacks.
