Jason D. Whitmire (USA)

Jason D. Whitmire joined Earlybird as a Venture Advisor in 2008, and was elected as

Partner in 2010 and promoted to General Partner in 2011.

Jason has over 15 years of senior management experience in mobile platforms, wireless

applications, and embedded and system software. At Earlybird he focuses on mobile

internet, devices and networks, cloud computing, and digital media segments. He is

currently on the board of Peak Games and Socialbakers.

Prior to Earlybird, Jason has been General Manager and Vice President at Wind River

Systems Inc, where he founded and managed the company’s mobile business sector.

After the acquisition through Intel in 2009, he advised Intel Corporation on its mobile

software strategy.

Previously, Jason was shareholder and Managing Director of FSMLabs’ global business,

one of the leading providers for open source real-time Linux software. He played a

leading role in the company’s acquisition by Wind River Systems in 2007.

Before his time at FSMLabs Jason co-founded the software business at Infineon

Technologies AG, where he led the global licensing business for Infineon’s subsidiary,

Comneon GmbH. Further steps on his career path were Group 3G, a cooperation

between the Finnish company Sonera and Spanish Telefonica, as well as a subsidiary

within Telecom Italia. Further, Jason served as Technology Advisor to the US

Department of State.

Jason Whitmire has an MBA and holds an MA in Politics and Economics.