Kyle York (entrepreneur)
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Kyle York (born November 26, 1982) is an Internet entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor,[1] cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service expert[2] and global public speaker on cloud migration, internet security and hybrid cloud strategy.[3] York was an executive at Dyn, his last role serving as Chief Strategy Officer and GM.[4] Dyn was acquired by Oracle on November 21, 2016 and York served there as a General Manager and Vice President for Oracle.[5] The rumored purchase price was $600M.[6] York also sits on the boards of Assent Compliance, CloudApp and 3rd Generation family business, YORK Athletics MFG., where he is a co-founder.
York is also an angel investor and advisor[7] in over 60 Internet companies.[8] He has been part of over 15 successful exits as an investor and employee, including the Fastly IPO[9]. Companies he has invested in and worked as a product, strategy and go-to-market (GTM) leader have been acquired by Oracle, Cisco, Trend Micro,[10] Cognizant, Blackbaud,[11] New Relic, ZoomInfo[12] and Sophos.[13] York is currently co-founder, CEO & Managing Partner of investment firm, York IE[14].
Background[edit]
York and his four brothers were born into the family business. His grandfather co-founded Indian Head Shoe Company in Manchester, NH in 1946. York and his brothers have remained active in the company, operating for 45+ years as a sporting goods retailer in Manchester, NH.[15] York's parents retired[16] in the summer of 2018 and shut down the retail business with 3rd generation family business, York Athletics MFG. launched in 2016[17] and carrying on the family legacy[18].
York has also held various strategy, product and GTM leadership roles in sales, business development, product, strategy, marketing and services throughout his career.[19][20] York is a New Hampshire native and holds a BS in Marketing from Bentley University. He lives in Bedford, NH, with his wife and three kids.
Career[edit]
York IE - CEO & Managing Partner
- Co-founder with Joe Raczka and Adam Coughlin of York IE, a strategic advisory, investment and operational growth firm.[21]
Oracle – General Manager and Vice President
- Responsible for running Oracle Dyn and leading product strategy[22] for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure[23] (Iaas)
Dyn – Chief Strategy Officer/Chief Revenue Officer/GM (acquired)
Dyn is a cloud-based Internet Performance and Domain Name System (DNS) company.
- As the Chief Strategy Officer of Dyn, York was a critical component of the Oracle acquisition of Dyn on November 21, 2016 and was the lead spokesperson for the announcement.[24]
- York has played a leading role at Dyn through many Internet scale events over the years. York helped scale Dyn as Chief Revenue Officer and CMO to nearly $30M ARR in 2012 and raise it's $38M Series A Round after 11 years of bootstrapping business growth[25] He later was part of the negotiation for a $50 Million Series B from and Pamplona Capital Management in May 2016.[26] In total, Dyn scaled to $100M ARR before the Oracle acquisition.[27] The company raised $100M total in venture capital and private equity fundraising.
Media[edit]
- York has often served as a key spokesperson for Dyn and Oracle, most notably during the Oct. 21st, 2016 DDoS attacks.[28]
- York has represented the revitalization and evolution of the New Hampshire economy in both The New York Times[29] and Politico[30] alongside inventor Dean Kamen.
- A 2018 article from Inc.[31] highlighted both Oracle and Amazon's commitment to job growth in Manchester, NH. York was featured as a catalyst for the emergence as an up and coming technology hub.
Additional highlights[edit]
- York has an active angel investment portfolio that includes fast growth SaaS startups: Fastly, Distil Networks, Outlyer & Catchpoint Systems.[32] Additional investments include: Contactually (Exit to Compass), Datanyze (Exit to Zoom Info), Adzerk, Unified Office, HappyCo, Explorics, Botkeeper, 19th Amendment, Jobble, LoyaltyLion and more[8]
- York has spoken at Launch Festival, CIO Perspectives, The Next Web, Web Summit, Interop, SXSW, and more. He has also been a guest speaker at many universities and technology conferences globally, such as Harvard University, Bentley University and Stetson University[33]
- York represented Oracle as the opening keynote for the McAfee MPOWER Cybersecurity Summit 2017 in Las Vegas on the topic of Internet volatility[34]
References[edit]
- ↑ Clark, Susan (January 26, 2014). "DYN's Kyle York lives life with honesty, passion and persistence". Union Leader. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Kyle York Talks To Kinvey About The Misconceptions Around IaaS | Dyn". Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ "bio". Kyle York - YORK.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ "About Oracle | Company Information | Oracle". www.oracle.com.
- ↑ "Oracle buys DNS provider Dyn, seeks to compete against Amazon in the cloud". Tech Republic.
- ↑ "This 35-year-old started his company in his college dorm — and just sold it to Oracle for more than $600 million". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ↑ "Kyle York with Dyn - StartUp Madness Podcast". StartUp Madness Academy. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Kyle York". angel.co. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ Novet, Jordan (2019-05-17). "Fastly shares rocket as much as 60% in IPO debut". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ↑ "Trend Micro Buys Immunio". Dark Reading. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ "Blackbaud Pays $35 Million For WhippleHill - The NonProfit Times". The NonProfit Times. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ↑ "ZoomInfo Acquires Datanyze, Enhances Growth Acceleration Platform". www.martechadvisor.com.
- ↑ "portfolio". Kyle York - YORK.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ "New investment firm wants to change the way we fund early stage companies — from New Hampshire". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ↑ "Family Business Q&A: Kyle York". Family Business Magazine. www.familybusinessmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ↑ "Popular Manchester sporting goods to close after 40+ years in business". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Verry, Peter (2016-02-29). "First Look: York Athletics Mfg. Debuts With Focus On Misfit Athletes". Footwear News. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
- ↑ "The Untold Story of the Coolest Kicks in Town". Boston Magazine. 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ↑ Lee Dumas, John. "Kyle York of Dyn". Entrepreneur on Fire.
- ↑ Biondi, Armando (September 26, 2015). "The Great Unbundling of Marketing is Here". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Oracle+Dyn veterans launch early-stage investment firm". NH Business Review. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ↑ York, Kyle. "OracleVoice: What Enterprises Are Missing With Their Cloud Infrastructure Strategy". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ "Infrastructure as a Service | Oracle Cloud". cloud.oracle.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ Lunden, Ingrid. "Oracle acquires DNS provider Dyn, subject of a massive DDoS attack in October". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ "Manchester's Dyn raises $38 million in venture funding". Boston.com. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ Or, Amy (2016-05-10). "WSJ Pro Private Equity". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ "This 35-year-old started his company in his college dorm — and just sold it to Oracle for more than $600 million". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ Perlroth, Nicole (2016-10-21). "Hackers Used New Weapons to Disrupt Major Websites Across U.S." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ Prevost, Lisa (2017-03-14). "A Millyard Transitions From Textiles to Tech". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
- ↑ "How a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
- ↑ "Oracle and Amazon Are Investing in Manchester. Maybe You Should Be There Too". Inc.com. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ↑ "Portfolio". Kyle York - YORK.ie.
- ↑ "bio". Kyle York - YORK.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ↑ "Defending Your Internet Infrastructure". www.itbusinessedge.com.
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