Advisory Board Members

We are fortunate to have the following members of our advisory board.

Tommy Deavenport, Founder & SVP/regional manager, Square 1 Financial

Tommy was a Founder and currently serves as Square 1 Financial’s Regional Manager for the state of Texas as well as the Midwest area. He was formerly Vice President of Finance and Operations for the Austin Ventures Accelerator Program and a Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Imperial Bank's Emerging Growth Division. In 1996 he co-founded vcfo with Ellen Wood. He has also been a consultant with several companies in their earliest stages, including Vignette, Garden.com, SMART Technologies, Zilliant and MessageOne. 

Tommy serves on the Board of Directors for Breakthrough Austin and as a finance committee advisor for Girlstart. He obtained his BBA in Accounting from Texas State University, is a Certified Public Accountant, and an avid golfer.

David T. Orlandella, Managing Director, Enhanced Capital Partners

David is a Managing Director for Enhanced Capital Partners, LLC and is responsible for overseeing investment activity in the Western United States. He is a member of the firm's Investment Committee and splits his time between the Austin and Denver offices.

David brings more than 17 years of experience in venture capital, corporate finance, and strategic consulting. He has managed numerous private equity investments and developed operational strategies encompassing acquisitions, divestitures, and the development of new business.

Prior to joining Enhanced Capital Partners, he was Managing Director at Redwood Ventures, a $300 million private equity fund bringing together top executives from the telecommunications industry. Before joining Redwood, David was Executive Director at US West Communications, Inc. managing voice and data strategies as well as investments for the company’s $100 million venture fund. Prior to US West, he served as Director at KPMG Baymark and previously at Coopers & Lybrand where he provided corporate finance, investment banking and business consulting services for companies involved in mergers and acquisitions, private placements and recapitalizations.

David serves on the Board of Directors of Wireless Channels, Movero Technology, HealthTalent, and Fitness Together. He graduated from Bates College with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics with a minor in Mathematics. He is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (“TiE”) and assists with University of Denver and University of Texas programs for the development of entrepreneurs regarding venture capital and business finance.

Scott Killingsworth, CFO and VP of Corporate Development, Somnio Solutions

At Somnio Solutions Scott is responsible for all financial functions as well as guiding the organization as they expand into new markets and product offerings. Prior to joining Somnio, Scott worked for vcfo for eleven years, first as a CFO and later as the Chief Operating Officer, where he had a variety of operational responsibilities including IT operations, oversight of the Dallas and Houston markets and the development of expansion markets.

Prior to joining vcfo, Scott was the CFO and VP of Operations for MYTECH Corporation where he was responsible for Accounting and Finance, IT operations and the evaluation of business plans and acquisition proposals. Earlier in his career, Scott founded Balcones Technologies, and worked as a Controller at High End Systems in Austin, Texas.

Scott received a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is active in the Town & Country Optimists Club and is a YMCA volunteer.

Greg Garrison, Staffing Leader, Google, Inc.

Greg leads Engineering Recruiting/Sourcing efforts at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA as well as Chicago and Austin. Prior to Google, Greg founded and served as CEO of Startup Staffing, Inc., a company that was acquired and rebranded as vrecruiting by vcfo in 2007. In his role as President of vrecruiting, Greg was charged with reengineering internal recruiting as well as the integration and national expansion of recruiting services.

Prior to vrecruiting, Greg served as the SVP of Sales for TEN, selling recruiting services to such companies as Dun and Bradstreet, PepsiCo, Charles Schwab, and Amazon. Earlier in his career Greg recruited for Dell, AMD and as well as a variety of technology startups.

Active in the Silicon Valley tech community Greg has 17 years of experience in recruiting, outsourcing and offshoring. Greg received a B.S. in Corporate Communications from The University of Texas at Austin and is an avid fly-fisherman.