Andrew Watkins

Stephen Viramontes is a product of the streets: Main, Wall & K Streets.

After successfully exiting a service-based company (2006) in CA, Stephen arrived in PHX to join the Royal Bank of Scotland as an Investment Banker managing assets for other entrepreneurs of small-medium size businesses.

Stephen, who now just goes by “V” (Arizona Governor Doug Ducey gave him the abbreviated nickname.) left the financial world to dabble in politics. After spending several years lobbying, and running campaigns “V” founded AssureVote, a vertical SaaS (software-as-a-service) company that makes elections more secure and voting simple.

Even though “V” is a transplant, he’s committed to growing the startup and tech community throughout the State. As a volunteer, he serves and leads several organizations to assist Founders through events, education, and networking.

Lastly, “V” has over a decade of leadership and project/product mgt. experience. He speaks Spanish, and Geek via shipping code. He is ASU, Harvard and M.I.T educated. He loves baseball, reading and cooking. He and his wife Rachel live in Mesa with their three children Elijah (12), Sydney (10) and Joshua (7).