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Allen Guthier

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Venture Partner at Oregon Venture Fund
📍 Portland, Oregon, United States

Allen is a global customer success leader with experience at major tech companies like Apple and VMware, as well as startups. Now a Venture Partner at Oregon Venture Fund and a Strategic Advisor, he focuses on scaling, fundraising, and product-market fit. Colleagues describe him as a solutions-oriented, strategic, and supportive leader. He is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Originally from Miami, Allen is a first-generation Cuban-American now living in the Pacific Northwest. He is passionate about fostering productive political dialogue, serving as the Oregon Ambassador for CommonSense American. His guiding principles are curiosity, empathy, and kindness, and he is interested in the "people-planet-profit" business movement in Portland.

He was recently honored as a 2025 Oregon Venture Fund Most Valuable Angel for his work supporting founders.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Venture Partner
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Customer Success
A global leader in customer success, he has built and managed high-touch enterprise programs and technical SME teams at companies like VMware, Leanpath, and CloudHealth.
Venture Capital
As a Venture Partner with Oregon Venture Fund, he actively supports and invests in promising startups in the Pacific Northwest, earning the "Most Valuable Angel" award.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Venture Partner
Oregon Venture Fund
5-2025
Strategic Advisor
EncypherAI
4-2024 - 3-2025
Vice President, Customer Success & Account Development
Leanpath
9-2022 - 1-2024
Global Director, Customer Success Specialist Engineering
VMware
1-2022 - 9-2022
Sr. Manager, Technical Account Management
VMware
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Education
2000 - 2004
Bachelor’s Degree
University of Florida
2021 - 2022
Certificate of Specialization in Leadership and Management
Harvard Business School Online
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