Dean's Advisory Board

John  Neis                                              

Managing Director
Venture Investors Management LLC

John Neis is a managing director of Venture Investors LLC, an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Madison, Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, Michigan.  The firm has five venture capital funds under management that are focused on opportunities emerging from leading research universities in the Midwest.  Neis heads the firm's Health Care practice.  His twenty-two years in the venture capital industry has enabled him to experience several industry cycles, and to serve on the Board of Directors of companies from formation through IPO or sale.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors at TomoTherapy, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTPY), Virent Energy Systems, Inc., and Deltanoid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  Neis is a former member of the Board of Directors of several firms including Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTI) and NimbleGen Systems, Inc. (acquired by Roche). 

He was appointed by the Governor to the Board of the Wisconsin Technology Council, the science and technology advisor to Wisconsin’s Governor and Legislature.  He also serves on the Wisconsin School of Business Dean's Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the Weinert Applied Ventures Program in the School of Business and Tandem Press in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in finance from the University of Utah, and received a M.S. in Marketing and Finance from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.