Co-founder and Managing Director

Chris Mangum brings to VXG over a decade of experience in entrepreneurial startups, high-tech business development, venture investing, and strategic alliances. At VXG, he has served in numerous interim management positions, with roles ranging from COO to VP of Business Development. Mangum previously worked for BellSouth Cellular Corp. (now Cingular), where he assembled strategic alliances with outside companies to develop new products and services. In this role, Mangum identified, structured and negotiated alliances with companies ranging from Compaq to General Magic, as well as BellSouth Cellular's first venture capital investment in a high-tech startup. He has served as Marketing Chair of the Software Defined Radio Forum, an international organization promoting new wireless technology. In this position, Mangum was instrumental in raising the organization's profile through a public relations campaign and public speaking engagements in the U.S. and Europe. Mangum also served as executive assistant and speechwriter for the President of BellSouth Enterprises, the holding company for all of BellSouth's unregulated assets including BellSouth Cellular, BellSouth International and BellSouth's Yellow Pages business.

Prior to graduate school, Mangum was an officer in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of Captain. He sits on advisory boards of several client companies, on several non-profit boards, and is a member of the Policy Circle of the Rand Corporation. He earned his law degree and MBA from Emory University, and a BA in Psychology from Rhodes College.