Valerie Gaydos, Angel Investor

Valerie is a results-oriented entrepreneur, investor, and information technology business executive with a proven track record in building profitable businesses for more than 20 years. She is an active angel investor focused on operational efficiencies, strategic planning, governance and government relations. When serving as a managing director, Valerie sees trends and tackles business challenges facing rapidly growing companies. She is good at implementing targeted growth strategies paying close attention to financial and operating accountability to create maximum value for the company and its stakeholders. Valerie is a regular speaker on issues regarding company valuation, capitalization, entrepreneurship, venture capital, angel investing, patents, technology, and more. She has been featured in numerous publications and media outlets including Forbes, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Technically Philly, Private2IPO, Executive Leaders Radio, DC Inno, Patent Truth, TechBisnow, and more. In her capacity as an entrepreneur and Angel investor, she frequently provides testimony to Congress and has been involved with the Inventor's Project, Save the Inventor, Innovation Alliance, Edison Nation, and others on U.S. Patent reform.