Visionary Entrepreneur and very Experienced Executive
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Advisory Committee Member at Mayor's Task Force on Sustainable Buildings
- Board Member at San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative (SATAI)
- CEO, Board member at Neopolitan Networks, Inc
- General Manager at OakStone Ventures, LLC
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- President at CityNAP
- CEO, VP Net Ops, VP Corp. Dev., Board member at Yipes Communications, Inc.
- CEO at NanoSpace / Yipes
- Manager of QA and Documentation at Alphablox
- Director of QA and Serverside Engineering at Netcom Online Communications Inc.
- QA Manager at Coactive Computing Inc.
- Education
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- University of California, Santa Cruz
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Frank Robles’s Summary
Widely recognized for defining the Metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet networking market, Frank R. Robles is a Serial Entrepreneur and has contributed to the success of many Silicon Valley companies. He founded NanoSpace, later renamed to YIPES Communications and subsequently sold to Reliance Communications for $300M. Mr. Robles has served in many roles as CEO, Board member, Board Secretary, and Vice President. As one of the first few employees of NetCom, he contributed to the launch of the company with its initial network deployment of 86 POPs and the subsequent IPO. Mr. Robles has lent his skills to many successful companies such as Alphablox, Apple Computers, Coactive Computing, Epyx, Hewlett-Packard, Kana Communications, Siebel Systems, and Tecla Software.
Starting Neopolitan Networks, Inc. in 2001, Mr. Robles and his team began building on the work they did while at Yipes and combined leading-edge technology with Neopolitan’s proprietary network management software to bring the best MAN to WAN networking solution to businesses available today. Neopolitan is focusing on solving the Networking Equation and delivering the high-quality capacity and management that enterprises require and deserve.
Frank Robles’s Specialties:
Science and Technology ▪ Strategic Planning and Execution ▪ Operations Management ▪ Software Product Design and Development ▪ Software Development Team Management ▪ Corporate Law ▪ Network Architecture ▪ Telecommunications Engineering ▪ Profit and Loss Responsibility ▪ Marketing ▪ Purchasing ▪ Financial Modeling and Presentation ▪ Finance ▪ Public Speaking ▪ Customer Service ▪ Documentation Management
Frank Robles’s Experience
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Advisory Committee Member
Mayor's Task Force on Sustainable Buildings
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
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Board Member
San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative (SATAI)
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Advising new San Antonio based businesses on formation and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions.
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CEO, Board member
Neopolitan Networks, Inc
(Telecommunications industry)
September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)
As the leading Ethernet Network Solutions Provider, Neopolitan Networks, Inc. delivers the most cost-effective WAN and MAN communications services regionally, nationally and internationally. All these services are built upon Neopolitan's innovative architecture and complemented by a host of unique management software tools. This approach allows companies to minimize set-up time and expenses. It also maximizes network flexibility and scalability setting a new standard for performance. Neopolitan Networks is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. To learn more about our service offerings please visit us at: www.neopolitan.com.
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General Manager
OakStone Ventures, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)
Strategic Seed level Investing. Business plan & sales strategy development. Getting products and services to market.
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President
CityNAP
(Telecommunications industry)
October 2005 — December 2008 (3 years 3 months)
I built CityNAP as an unaligned Internet Data Center or UIDC. CityNAP provides carrier neutral collocation and interconnections for communications carriers, enterprises, content companies, banks, systems integrators and network service providers. CityNAP’s clients’ needs are accommodated by providing a purpose built space made to exacting standards with redundant and clean electrical power, abundant conditioned air and banking class security.
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CEO, VP Net Ops, VP Corp. Dev., Board member
Yipes Communications, Inc.
(Telecommunications industry)
January 1995 — February 2001 (6 years 2 months)
Began as NanoSpace in Palo Alto, CA in 1995; Renamed to YIPES Communications, Inc. and relocated to San Francisco, CA in 2000. This was the continuation and extension of the work Peter Kaminski and I started while at Netcom. Initially funded by us exclusively and backed by consulting work we built the company as a regional
Internet Service Provider with fourteen Bay Area access points of presents (dial-in locations). At the start of 1998 I came up with the idea of delivering Metro communications services via fiber and Ethernet and we spent that year doing just that. This was the origination of the idea of metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet carriers and services. I created and led the strategic plan, as well as network development. Though this was extremely controversial at the time it now represents a $12B market and Yipes was sold for $300M. -
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NanoSpace / Yipes
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
February 1995 — February 2001 (6 years 1 month)
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Manager of QA and Documentation
Alphablox
(Telecommunications industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
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Director of QA and Serverside Engineering
Netcom Online Communications Inc.
(Telecommunications industry)
September 1994 — January 1995 (5 months)
Responsible for development and deployment of server-side systems, including ix.netcom.com servers, and first 86 NETCOM POPs across the US. Formulated the server development schedule and helped to create the NetCruiser client development schedule. Began the effort and initially led the design team that redesigned NETCOM’s network from using FDDI in the core to an all-fiber all ATM network.
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QA Manager
Coactive Computing Inc.
(Telecommunications industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years)
Responsible for writing software tools for individuals and groups in C, MSTest BASIC, C++, Turbo Pascal, and DOS .BAT files. Led a team of three in the development of automation software for an E-Mail project. Wrote test plans, designed test cases, and created test scripts for system software, application software and hardware testing. Testing was done with over 100 Windows, DOS, and Mac applications, and over 30 printer types. Also included where software and hardware routers, gateways, cross-platform compatibility with the Mac, and compatibility with other LANs (Novell, Banyan, AppleTalk, EtherTalk, 3COM). Served as the primary source of technical information for customer support, resolving software and hardware configuration problems. Traveled to customer sites and Beta sites as a company representative to install Coactive software and hardware.
Frank Robles’s Education
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University of California, Santa Cruz
Computer Engineering 1985 — 1998
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Frank Robles’s Honors:
Most Innovative CLEC - Yipes - Interop Infrastructure Awards 2000
40 Under 40 rising Star - Business Journal 2006
EPA Green Power Partner award 2006
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