Team

The members of the OCA Ventures team have a passion for building early-stage companies into market leaders, have long histories working with one another, and share common core personal and professional beliefs, while at the same time contributing different skills and perspectives.

This cohesive group has close business and personal relationships dating back more than 25 years.  John Dugan, Peter Ianello and Marc Berman were partners in the 1980s when they led O’Connor & Associates. Jim Dugan is John Dugan’s third son and Eddie Lou and Jason Heltzer both joined the team in 2001.




Craig Heimark - 

Craig is currently the CEO and Founder of Cohesive FT, a company that provides customers with the ability to create custom-configured, container-hardened, subscription-supported application stacks. Craig is also currently a board member for Deutsche-Bourse. Previously, Craig was an independent advisor to Silicon Valley start-up ventures in the area of technology planning, financial matters and growth strategies. Before becoming a venture capital advisor, he worked at SBC Warburg from 1990 - 1997 where he served as a Member of the Executive Board, as The Head of Strategic Planning, and as The Chief Information Officer. From 1986 - 1993, Craig was a General Partner of O’Connor and Associates, a partnership engaged in proprietary options trading. He has a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Biology from Brown University, 1977.

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