Neil Senturia

ceo at quanlight

📍 San Diego, California, United States

Neil Senturia is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Blackbird Ventures, with a diverse career spanning technology, real estate development, and venture capital. A Tufts University alumnus with a Masters in Cinema from NYU, he also teaches entrepreneurship at UC San Diego and San Diego State University.

Beyond his business ventures, Neil is an author and columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, leveraging his early career as a television comedy writer for shows like M*A*S*H. He is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and shares lessons from his journey through his writing and teaching.

Neils career began in Hollywood writing for popular sitcoms before he pivoted to building over 1. 8 million square feet of real estate and leading multiple tech companies.

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Experience

19 Years

Current Role

ceo

Job Level

Leadership

Location

San Diego, California, United States

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Priorities

Topics Neil cares about

Entrepreneurship Education

As an adjunct professor at SDSU and lecturer at UC San Diego, he is passionate about mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs, including teaching at Donovan State Prison.

Early-Stage Investing

As CEO of Blackbird Ventures, he focuses on investing in very early-stage companies, often being the first money in and taking an active advisory role.

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Career

Work history

3-2006

ceo

quanlight

CEO, Founder

Atcom, Inc.

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