Jon Gordon is Sheer Velocity’s Managing Partner and co-founder in Denver, Colorado. Before launching Sheer Velocity, he served for five years as Executive Vice President for one of the largest retained executive search firms in the US and is based in Boulder, Colorado. Before joining one of the nation’s largest international executive search firms, Jon spearheaded several start-up ventures. Over the course of Jon’s career, he has been recruiting top talent and hiring professionals for over 25 years in the C-suite through middle management which brings a broad depth and understanding of the business needs facing his clients. Jon focuses on searches at all levels in Information Technology, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Sales, and Supply Chain. He has built companies from the ground up that have yielded successful exits for investors and employees alike. Jon was a Managing Partner for Three Value Logic (3VL), a professional services/sales organization specializing in sales optimization and efficiency. 3VL worked on behalf of its clients representing their products and services, boosting existing sales organization effectiveness, and developing entry-level sales talent through its unique Career Sales Development Program. Before 3VL, Jon was the Vice President of Corporate Development for PureVision Technology, a Life Sciences and Industrial company that is developing a unique approach to converting lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol and other useful industrial products. Jon was also a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer for Worldprints.com, an online eCommerce and data-gathering business, acquired by Excite@home in April of 2000. At Worldprints.com, Jon was responsible for day-to-day operations, ramping from two employees to over 80 before negotiating its successful acquisition. Earlier in his career, Jon co-founded and served as Senior Vice President of SkyConnect, Inc., a leading provider of digital ad insertion and video-on-demand file servers which is now part of Arris Corporation. Jon has founded and operated several other companies including VR 1, Inc. a multi-player internet gaming company; Global Entertainment Systems, Inc., a developer of image compression technology for the cable television industry with its assets licensed by Scientific Atlanta; and Diversified Video Group, an international videotape fulfillment and distribution company. Jon graduated with a degree in Environmental Conservation from the University of Colorado and currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and three children. He is currently Past President of the Board of Boulder’s Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA), a nonprofit organization helping families in need with food, housing and other basic necessities since 1918.