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.
Jason Heltzer - Principal
Jason Heltzer is a Principal with OCA Ventures and has been working at
OCA since 2001. Jason has board responsibilities for Selero, Alert
Logic, Univa UD and TradeKing.
Before OCA, Jason spent three and a half years as a management
consultant and technical architect for Deloitte Consulting. He also led
engineering and business teams at 1stUp, a CMGI company that provided
technology to 130 web properties.
Jason holds an MBA in finance and entrepreneurship, with high honors,
from Chicago Booth, where he was selected as a Siebel Scholar. As an
alumnus, Jason continues his involvement at Chicago Booth as a guest
lecturer in the Private Equity Lab, judge in the New Venture Challenge
and as a founder and board director of the Chicago Private Equity
Network (CPEN).
Jason also holds a BS in computer science, with highest distinction,
from the University of Michigan, where he founded a fraternity, was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was selected as the University of
Michigan Fraternity President of the Year.