Bernard Oppetit
United States
Mr. B. John Lackland is an Angel Investor. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Lighter Capital. He joined Lighter Capital as CEO in 2012. He has spent his career working with emerging technology companies as an operating executive and investor. He has been a venture capitalist, the CFO of a public technology company, a consultant to early stage companies, an angel investor, and a senior finance and marketing leader at startups. Before joining Lighter Capital, BJ was a consultant to early stage technology companies and was an active member of the Northwest Energy Angels. Previously, BJ was the CFO of Power Efficiency Corporation, a publicly traded energy efficiency technology company, and was the Vice President and Director of Summit Energy Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on investments in energy technologies. Earlier in his career, BJ was the Director of Strategic Relations at EnCompass Globalization, a provider of software globalization services and international e-commerce services, and was the Director of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at webStrategic, an Internet business development consulting company. BJ also worked at The National Bureau of Asian Research, a bipartisan think tank focused on U.S. economic, political and security policy toward Asia. BJ received an MBA from the University of Washington's Foster School of Business (1999), an MA in International Studies (China Studies) from the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies (1999) and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Claremont McKenna College (1993).
Individual/Angel