Jon Stillman

Mr. Stillman joined High Peaks Venture Partners in January 2005.
He is Managing Director of Assembla, Inc. Previously, he founded and led Half Moon Ventures, where he provided strategic consulting services, interim executive management, and technical due diligence in support of investments and acquisitions.
Before this, Mr. Stillman was SVP of Technology and Strategy at divine, Inc., where he was directly responsible for identifying and/or evaluating for investment or acquisition over 100 companies from technology, strategy, and operational perspectives.
In addition, he was responsible for setting technology investment strategy and helping both large and small businesses build market leadership positions.
Prior to divine, he spent over 14 years at GE’s Global Research Center in roles including original research (in distributed information management, collaboration, and temporal reasoning), leading teams to bring advanced software ideas to practical and profitable application, and providing technology and strategic due diligence for acquisition, partnering, and investment candidates.
Mr. Stillman holds Masters and PhD degrees in Computer Science, as well as a BA in Music.
He has received numerous awards, published extensively, and has been awarded 3 patents.