In his role as VP & Chief of Staff at Niobium, Tanner focuses on Niobium’s commercial demand, as well as fundraising, FP&A, HR, and general strategic direction.

Most recently, Tanner graduated from UVA Darden, where he was a VC Associate at multiple funds and provided advisory services to several seed-stage startups. Furthermore, before Darden, he spent a year at SidelineSwap (a Series A marketplace) focusing on Strategy and Finance. Before that, he spent over five years at EY, where he was a Manager within Financial Services Consulting. Tanner also enjoys teaching, and often goes back to Darden where he teaches classes on PE/VC, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship.

Tanner earned his MBA from University of Virginia Darden School of Business and his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross.