Chris Moran
John Christopher Moran is the Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures. He previously worked at Applied Materials, Inc. for over 32 years and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
What Chris can write
Lockheed Martin Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.
Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Lockheed Martin Ventures.Career
- Applied Materials, Inc. · head of the Business Systems and Analytics group
- Applied Materials, Inc. · head of Corporate Strategy and General Manager of Applied Ventures LLC
- Lockheed Martin Ventures · Executive Director and General ManagerNow
- Hughes Aircraft · earlier role
- Atari · earlier role
- Applied Materials, Inc. · head of Business Systems and Analytics group, head of Corporate Strategy, General Manager of Applied Ventures LLC
- Lockheed Martin Ventures · Vice President and General ManagerNow
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Who is Chris Moran?
John Christopher Moran is the Vice President and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures. He previously worked at Applied Materials, Inc. for over 32 years and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
How much does Chris Moran invest?
Chris Moran invests through Lockheed Martin Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
How do I pitch Chris Moran?
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What did Chris Moran do before Lockheed Martin Ventures?
head of the Business Systems and Analytics group at Applied Materials, Inc.; head of Corporate Strategy and General Manager of Applied Ventures LLC at Applied Materials, Inc.; earlier role at Hughes Aircraft; earlier role at Atari; head of Business Systems and Analytics group, head of Corporate Strategy, General Manager of Applied Ventures LLC at Applied Materials, Inc..
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