Celebrating the
Class of 2023

2023 Commencement Speaker

toan huynh ’93

Toan Huynh ’93 is a former technology founder and digital transformation leader, with experience in private equity and venture capital. Toan is Managing Partner and Co-founder of Alinea Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in enterprise technology teams innovating within foundational industries. She brings over 24+ years of working with and investing in enterprise technology and services companies, with a practitioner’s focus on those enabled by underlying innovation such as AI, data, cloud, quantum and blockchain. An early cloud computing evangelist, Toan founded a cloud technology and services company called GlobalOne/CloudSherpas, which ranked #68 on 2013’s Inc Top 500 Firms and was subsequently acquired by Accenture in 2015 in its largest acquisition to date. Toan was recently the US-based Partner for IVP, a Canada-based Series A fund where she oversaw and managed their US portfolio of companies. Currently, Toan serves as an Operating Advisor for several growth funds and an investment bank, with a focus on operational excellence, GTM, human capital, and product development. In that capacity, she is Executive Chair for a high growth data and analytics firm, a growth advisor and operations advisor for pe-backed technology companies, and an Entrepreneur in Residence for Morgan Stanley’s Inclusive Ventures Lab. Toan is also an Independent Director for Top 5 public bank, Flagstar/NYCB, and Sunlight Financials, a NASDAQ-listed fintech.

Toan serves on The Ethel Walker School’s Board of Trustees and has multiple leadership positions in women, finance, and tech including Penns Women’s Alliance Council, Women in Product, and Female Funders/VC networks. She alongside her husband also supports non-profits that use the arts as a communication bridge for the greater good, including OpeningAct.org and WordsWithoutBorders.org.