JC

James Cross

Co-Founder at Tenor | AI for Leadership | Ex-Workday

San Francisco, California

Scout
Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,800,000.00

Skills

Educational Technology
E-Learning
E-learning
Music Technology
Product Development
Staff Development
Teaching
Video
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Development
Consultancy
Change Management
Teacher Training
Classroom Instruction
Web 2.0
Business Development
Writing
Classroom
Consultants
Blended Learning

Education

Lists including James

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Based in SF

3077 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

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Pre-seed Investors in San Francisco

993 people

Work Experience

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Tenor

2024

  • Co-Founder

    2024

    Tenor is the AI for leadership. We're making every manager more effective, at the world's largest companies.

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Menlo Ventures

2023 - 2024

  • Menlo Fellow + Entrepreneur In Residence

    2023 - 2024

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Workday

2015 - 2023

  • Vice President, Workforce Products

    2020 - 2023

    Leading a 55-person engineering and product org, building products for the extended workforce.

  • Vice President, Product Strategy

    2017 - 2020

    Zero-to-one market entry for new products and categories.

  • Director, Learning Products (via acquisition)

    2015 - 2017

    Acquired by Workday. Product lead as we announced, built, launched, and grew Workday's LMS. Owned roadmap, positioning, analyst briefings, and all launch GTM.

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MediaCore Technologies

2012 - 2015

  • Founding Team (Acquired by Workday 2015)

    2012 - 2015

    We brought video learning to the world's biggest companies and universities. Acquired by Workday after our Series A in 2015.