| Stanford University , MBA |
Ray Schuder joined El Dorado Ventures in 2005. He focuses on early-stage investments in information technology companies.
Prior to joining El Dorado Ventures, Ray was a Vice President with Pequot Ventures, where he focused on investments in hardware and communications. Previously, Ray was a Director with Silicon Valley BancVentures, the venture capital arm of Silicon Valley Bank, where he managed the hardware practice. Prior to Silicon Valley BancVentures, Ray was a product manager with NVIDIA.
Ray has also worked as a product manager at Loudcloud and as a product development and research engineer for Hewlett-Packard and HP Labs. In addition to these roles, Ray has performed M&A advisory work for Broadview International, and has served as a technical consultant to Agilent Technologies and several venture-backed companies. Ray holds seven U.S. patents.
Ray graduated with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Ray earned two Masters degrees from the Stanford University Graduate School of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Systems Engineering) and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
At Stanford, Ray received an AIM Entrance Fellowship and earned the Stanford University Centennial Teaching Assistant Award.
