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Our firm's Advisors are a world-class group of industry leaders in technology, finance, and venture capital. They work closely with us to identify investment opportunities, assess emerging technologies, evaluate new products, and establish contacts with entrepreneurs and potential senior executives for our portfolio companies.

    Prof. John M. Cioffi
    Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
    Founder, Amati Communications

    Ms. Mary Ann Davidson
    Chief Security Officer, Oracle

    Mr. Frank Fanzilli
    Former Managing Director and Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse First Boston
    Director, Interwoven, Avaya

    Professor Joseph Goodman
    Former Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford
    Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford

    Mr. Ross Ireland
    Former CTO, SBC Communications

    Mr. Jim Jordan
    Former CEO, Kalpana
    Former Director, Cisco Systems

    Professor Lawrence Lau
    Chancellor, The Chinese University, Hong Kong
    Professor of Economics, Stanford University, Department of Economics
    Director, Bank of China

    Professor Hau Lee
    Director, Stanford Global Supply-Chain Management Forum

    Mr. Frank Marshall
    Former Vice President of Engineering, Cisco Systems
    Director, Juniper and PMC Sierra

    Mr. Masahisa Naitoh
    Chairman, The Energy Institue, Tokyo
    Former Senior Officer, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
    Former Vice Chairman, Itochu

    Dr. Dominic Orr
    President and CEO, Aruba Networks
    Former President, Content Networking, Nortel Networks

    Dr. Niel Ransom
    Former CTO, Alcatel
    Former member, Technological Advisors Council of the FCC

    Prof. William F. Sharpe
    Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
    Nobel Laureate in Economics

    Mr. Roger V. Smith
    Former Chairman and CEO, Silicon Valley Bank

    Prof. Shoucheng Zhang
    Professor, Physics Department, Stanford and Tsinghua Universities
    Chief Scientist, Miradia Microsystems
     


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