Live from C12; Part 2 with Luke Roush and Steve Verleye
On today's episode, We're continuing with our series from the recent C12 Current Conference. Eric and Laurie each share their takeaways from our interviews with Luke Roush and John Verleye
About Luke Roush
Luke co-founded Sovereign’s Capital in 2012, and is a Managing Partner in the firm. While living in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta from 2013-2016, he opened the fund’s operations in Southeast Asia. Luke is primarily focused on the fund’s healthcare and consumer product investments. Prior to Sovereign’s Capital, Luke had twelve years of experience in global commercialization and business development at both venture-backed and Fortune 500 companies. His areas of industry experience include medical devices, biotechnology, and consumer products. He also co-founded 410 Medical, a device company focused on pediatric trauma, in 2012. Luke graduated summa cum laude from Duke University and later earned his MBA from The Fuqua School of Business.
He served as a Board Member with TROSA from 2011-2014, and as Board Vice-Chair with Ten Thousand Villages from 2007-2016. He also co-founded Inklings fellowship groups in Jakarta and Singapore, while living in the region.
Luke resides in San Jose, California with his wife, Brooke, and their three children. They are active members of Echo.Church in San Jose.
About Steve Verleye
As Chief Operating Officer, Steve handles strategy implementation, business and operations for the ministry. Prior to the Colson Center, Steve spent 34 years in the technology industry working for Intel Corporation (INTC), Sequent Computer Systems (SQNT), RadiSys Corporation (RSYS) and then as President and CEO of Applied Microsystems (APMC) and Chief Administrative Officer of Coinstar/Redbox (CSTR). He studied under Chuck Colson as a member of the Colson Fellows program.
Steve and Marianne have been married since 1977 and have two children and three grandchildren. They live in Austin and are members of Austin Christian Fellowship. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in electrical engineering.
Connect with Luke:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-roush-0a0b694/
lroush@sovereignscapital.com
Connect with Steve:
sjverleye@colsoncenter.org
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