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L.J.
Sevin, Strategic Partner
L. J. is a founding partner of Sevin-Rosen Funds, the lead investor
in Compaq, Lotus, Ciena and dozens of other successful information
technology ventures. He also was founder and CEO of Mostek Corporation
and a founding investor in Ciena, Compaq, Lotus, Cypress Semiconductor,
Convex and Cyrix. L. J.'s experience includes semiconductor development
for MOS integrated circuits, magnetic film memories and opto-electronics.
He has served on numerous academic and corporate boards and holds
B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana
State
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H.
Berry Cash, Strategic Partner
Berry is a general partner in InterWest Partners and focuses on
the information technology sector. He was
co-founder and VP of marketing
and sales for Mostek, held key marketing and engineering positions
at Texas Instruments and provided marketing consulting services
to Apple and Intecom. He has been active on the boards of leading
IT companies, including Ciena, Cyrix, Convex and i2. Berry was also
a founding investor in Cyrix, Benchmarq, Crystal, Ciena, Convex,
Pronet and others. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from
Texas A&M; and an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University. |
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Robert
Palmer, Fund Advisor
Bob is an innovator of breakthrough semiconductor technologies,
a Fortune 100 corporate executive and a computer industry expert.
As Chairman and CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation, Bob guided
its restructuring and negotiated its merger with Compaq to create
the world's second-largest computer manufacturer. Bob is a Board
member of Allied Signals, a founding member of Mostek and a veteran
executive of Texas Instruments. As former Chairman of the Computer
Systems Policy Project, Bob represented the computer industry on
policy issues to the US government. He has also served on the boards
of leading industry, research and economic development institutions.
Bob holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Physics from Texas
Tech University. He received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science
Degree from Bentley College. |
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David
Bellet,
Fund Advisor
David
Bellet is a Founder and the Chairman of Crown Advisors International
Ltd. which has been providing investment advice to its worldwide
clients since 1981. Crown Advisors is devoted to the long term
investment of funds in emerging public and private high growth
companies. Prior to the founding of Crown
Advisors, David
had been at Citibank for over 13 years. As a Vice President and
Senior Portfolio Manager he pioneered the use of alternative
investments
and venture capital for institutional clients in 1975. He currently
serves as an independent advisor to several U.S. and international
venture capital firms and is a Trustee of the Foundation for
Teaching
Economics. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh
and his M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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Joshua
Ruch, Fund Advisor
Joshua
Ruch co-founded Rho Management and is currently its Managing General
Partner. Rho is a New York-based investment firm with over $2 billion
under management. Rho’s activities include venture capital
investing in the information technology, telecommunications, Internet
and healthcare sectors, as well as investing in private equity
funds
and public securities. Currently, Joshua sits on the boards of
Diacrin, Diversa, Human Genome Sciences, Parlo, 3-D Pharmaceuticals,
Tech Smart and Yantra. |
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Tom
Aschenbrenner, Fund Advisor,
Technology Advisor
Tom co-founded Intecom Corporation and is a recognized expert in
the telecommunications industry. He worked with Bell Labs and
was
an early employee at Danray Corporation, one of the first independent
developers of telecommunications switches. Tom is also an advisor
to several venture capital firms, including Sevin Rosen Funds and
InterWest Partners. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering
from
the University of Wisconsin. |
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Steve
Wallach, Fund Advisor, Technology Advisor
Co-founder
and CTO of Chiaro Networks, Steve is a leading computer architect,
industry spokesperson and White House advisor. Steve co-founded Convex
Computer and also served as a computer architect at Rolm, Data General
and Raytheon. He has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering
and is a member of the Presidential Information Technology Advisory
Committee. A holder of 33 patents, Steve earned a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, an M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from
Boston University. |
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Kent
Fuka,
Fund Advisor, Technology Advisor
Kent has worked with three successful, venture-backed start-up companies since
1980. He served five years as Vice President of Customer Service at Tivoli Systems
and nine years in product development, marketing and customer service management
positions at Convex Computer. Kent was also an early employee of Apollo Computer,
where he was responsible for marketing as well as field sales and service. He
holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Southern Methodist University, and an M.Astron.
from James Cook University. |
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