Aruna Viswanathan is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of AlphaX Decision Sciences. She brings over 20 years of experience building and scaling innovation and investment platforms, including co-founding Clearspring Capital Group, a private equity firm with multiple Fortune 500 exits. She previously grew the Houston Technology Center from under 30 to more than 65 companies and co-founded the Gulf Coast Regional Innovation Center, channeling deal flow into the $500M Texas Emerging Technology Fund, where she served as Vice Chair. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Rice University.
Affiliations
- Board of Directors, Industrial Tech Acquisitions (Texas Ventures)
- Board of Visitors, University of Houston
- Engineering Advisory Board Meeting, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin
- Venture Advisor, Ecosphere Ventures