Pat McEntee 

Pat McEntee is an international venture advisor and investor who delivers investor search services and mentoring for ventures from formation to exit stage. He has nurtured and invested in dozens of ventures for twenty years. Pat is an active Board Member several investments and an advisor to several philanthropic causes. As about half of the Auxo portfolio has originated outside America, Pat has a long track record working with entrepreneurs of diversity including women. He often takes an active role in mentoring CEOs and their early stage investments. He has a long track record in guiding international venture expansion. Pat leads a global practice in acquiring investor board members. McEntee has international access to equity and debt capital including venture fund, venture banking, micro fund, angel, institutional and individual resources of all styles and investment approaches.  

McEntee has broad knowledge of high technology and consumer domains: eCommerce, Internet, wireless, communications, applications and systems software, media, and search. Previously McEntee was a serial entrepreneur with several successful ventures in high technology and consumer services and has achieved attractive exits. Pat was a key executive with IBM, Oracle, SGI, and ABC/Disney. He has served as a leader, investor, and advisor in over thirty organizations that have made key contributions to communications, content & media, the Internet, eCommerce, and mobility.  

Mr. McEntee earned his BA in History from Yale College, was an exchange student at Lincoln College, Oxford University, and completed graduate executive programs at M.I.T. Media Laboratory, M.I.T. Sloan School, and IBM Systems Research Institute. Mr. McEntee is an active member of the California Youth Soccer Association, an advisor and coach in the Pacific Soccer Academy. Pat and his family reside in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

 Sarah Kornfeld

 Sarah Kornfeld is a seasoned executive in digital technology, enterprise software and entertainment startups as well as Fortune 500-1000 companies. She has been on the cutting edge of digital technology for twelve years and has nurtured dozens of software and digital ventures. She is a founding partner of Auxo and plays key roles with social networking, digital, mobile and entertainment focused clients.

Examples of her digital marketing experience include Netflix. There, she oversaw the "Love of Movies" brand as both a marketing executive and producer. Sarah drove brand awareness by leveraging Netflix-produced film festival segments on CNN, MSNBC, NBC, BBC, NPR and thirty-six additional affiliates, fifteen of which were the top DMA's in the country. To this end, she also drove the creation of an Index that tracked movie rental behavior that was used for the Netflix site, marketing content and communications. Her team integrated television, web consumer behavior, and studio partnerships to drive the brand towards consumer and industry awareness. She managed all studio publicity partnerships and collaborated with the LA Netflix content division.

 

Sarah is also a leading expert in the genre of Art and Technology. Her Board affiliations include CalArts: Center for Integrated Media, Los Angeles, California - ZeroOne: Art and Technology Network, San Jose, California- Vanguard Visions: Stockholm, Sweden.

Sarah holds a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and has had additional training at Columbia University, Burson-Marsteller University, Harvard University and The Royal Court Theater, London, England.  She lives with her family in the Bay Area. She is dual citizen between the United States and Italy.


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leadership team

Pat McEntee – CEO;  prior involvement includes: Oracle; IBM; ABC/Disney

Sarah Kornfeld – Founder, Partner, Digital Media at auxo; Prior involvements include Netflix, Burson Marsteller


The auxo.net advisory board is comprised of leading early stage investors who believe in and practice global entrepreneurship.


Noah Doyle – MD, Step Five, Founder Keyhole, Google

Jerry Giaquinta – MD Founder, Gianquinta Group, Sony Pictures, Chiat Day

Randy Kehrberg – MD and Founder, Momentum Group

Ben Narasin – MD, Equity, Triple point Capital

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