
Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area

Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon valley serial entrepreneur and startup CEO from the semiconductor and computer networking industry. Featured in "They made it!", a recent book about silicon valley entrepreneurs (http://www.happyabout.info/theymadeit.php). Direct experience founding and growing venture funded semiconductor and systems companies based in silicon valley and India, managing off shore and multi geographic development teams. Proven expertise in developing & managing successful technology and product strategies. Successfully developed and launched industry’s highest performance content processor three times larger than the Pentium with 500+ man years of development. Extensive industry connections including venture capital, Investment banks to source experienced talent for engineering, marketing and sales. Holds BSEE and MSEE degrees, with multiple patents on Ethernet and data communications technology.
Available for leadership and advisory roles for new business ventures.
New product, technology and business development, corporate strategy, offshore development strategies, Venture and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, IP management. Semiconductor development of mixed signal analog and large complex ASICs, embedded firmware/software, TCP/IP switching, routing, Deep Packet processing (DPI) including XML acceleration and hardware systems
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
July 2001 — September 2006 (5 years 3 months)
(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)
May 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 2 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)
July 1995 — May 1999 (3 years 11 months)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; SEEQ; Semiconductors industry)
February 1986 — April 1995 (9 years 3 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Industrial Automation industry)
June 1978 — November 1982 (4 years 6 months)
Field engineering services, System design, performance optimization for real time control systems for Heavy industry applications
MSEE, Electrical Engineering, Digital Networks, 1983 — 1986
BSEE, Electrical and Electronics, Control systems and Industrial automation, 1973 — 1978
Organizational development, team building, health care and mobile computing applications, data stream processing, Digital photography, Sailing, new venture and product strategies
IEEE
8 Patents on Ethernet and Data communications technology