Don DeLoach

Don DeLoach

Don DeLoach is the Managing Partner at Rocket Wagon Venture Studios in Chicago. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Illinois Tech, teaching deep tech commercialization, and managing director at Smart City Works Venture Labs accelerator program in Washington, D.C. He is passionate about IoT and helping startups get to market in a scalable fashion. Don is a three-time CEO of venture-backed companies from 1999 through 2019 and an active board member and advisor for several companies. His early career was with Prime Computer, Honeywell Bull, Hitachi, and Sybase, where he rose through management to executive roles before becoming CEO of Youcentric in 1999. He is a frequent writer, speaker, and the author of “The Future of IOT.”