Christine Herron
Christine Herron has spent her career finding new applications for infrastructure technologies. At Omidyar Network, Christine makes investments that support both participatory content and communications infrastructure.
Prior to Omidyar Network, she held operational roles with software vendors such as Microsoft, Mission Research, and NetObjects, and was a founder of both Cycle Partners and Mercury2. Christine started as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she invested in early Internet and network infrastructure businesses such as Netcom and AXON Networks. Today, her board participation includes working with Backfence, Common Sense Media, Digg, Nickel Tour Productions, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Christine was ranked one of the Top 20 Women in Technology in 2000 by AltaVista and holds both an MBA from Stanford University and a BA in English from Columbia University.
Recent Posts
Geeks at Burning Man, part II
(Editor’s note: Christine Herron brings us the second installment of geek inventions at this year’s Burning Man — that festival of fun where a lot of Silicon Valley techies and others go to escape each year. Her first installment is here.)
A second, more risk-taking demographic at Burning Man took technology to the next level – fire. Hackers created brilliant shows in the desert night, combining elements such as Linux-based processors or infrared controllers with propane… Continue Reading
Geeks make their mark at Burning Man
(Editor’s note: Christine, a venture capitalist at Omidyar Network, caught our attention with her blog post about Mashup Camp in July, which showed she has a good eye for cool tech stuff. Her blog is at Christine.net. So when we heard she was going to Burning Man — she’s a regular “Burner” — we asked whether she could write up something about what she saw.)
Some of the best art at this year’s Burning Man came… Continue Reading