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Leading a clinical stage company that is developing a highly-scalable, technology-enabled heart failure home health solution to reduce hospitalization, improve patient quality-of-life, and reduce mortality. LIfeWave's mission is to establish a new heart failure standard-of-care to improve heart failure patient care and shift care from the hospital to the home.

Led a VC-backed startup in energy-efficiency with a nanotech recycling polarizer film that enabled a 30% energy consumption reduction in every LCD display. The Agoura PolarBrite technology was targeted at all LCD applications - cell phones, digital cameras, notebook computers, monitors, and TV displays. Created relationships with Nitto Denko, LG, and Samsung.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Was one of the original founding team members and led the development as President (for 7 years) of a leading Bay Area angel organization that makes early-stage investments in the Internet, information technology, and life sciences. Grew the organization from a small group to one of the Bay Area's leading angel organizations with over 60 members. Recognized as President Emeritus of the group. Led the group's formative early stage investments in two Life Science companies, Pathwork Diagnostics (www.pathworkdx.com) and Bipar Sciences (www.biparsciences.com) which was sold to Sanofi Aventis in 2009 for $500M.

Led a start-up that developed a peer-to-peer, decentralized web services solution for facilitating business processes and transactions across enterprises, web services, and human users. The solution utilized an architecture of networked intelligent agents that were capable of cooperation, coordination, and negotiation across agents with the support of decentralized registries. Developed programs and relationships with Intel, CommerceNet, and IBM. The company was acquired by Siemens AG in 2005.

Developed new business plan, market focus, and partnering programs for VC-backed startup with full motion, 360-degree navigable video camera system and supporting software. BeHere was acquired by Google and became the basis for their Street View product.• Developed and validated target market plans in videoconferencing, security and Internet video. • Created partner opportunities with Intel/Real Networks and Microsoft, which led to support of BeHere technology in both company’s next generation media/video players. • Created a relationship with Philips in video security that led to a $5M Intel and Philips equity investment in BeHere.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Rejoined AMD and led strategic marketing for an $800M/annum Flash Memory product line. Conducted a study of NOR and NAND Flash applications for new product technology development strategy.

Led marketing and sales for VC-backed start-up company with a voice record/playback semiconductor product that enabled the creation of a wave of consumer products. ISD completed IPO and secondary offerings in 1995 and raised over $100M. ISD was recognized as the 3rd fastest growing technology company in Silicon Valley between 1991–1995 (source: Deloitte & Touche). Acquired by Winbond Electronics in 1997.• Grew worldwide annual sales from $0 to $55M during a four-year period (1991–1995). • Developed North American, European, and Asian sales organizations of direct salespeople, representatives, and distributors. Developed factory product marketing organization as well as field and factory applications engineering.• Key participant in all fund raising activities, from VC funding, partners, to public financing. • Evangelized the cellular telephone embedded telephone answering machine and voice memo function and developed major program with Motorola in Startac™ product line.• Conceived and developed the Hallmark Cards voice recordable greeting card program and ChipCorder™ branding program. • Developed Medtronic, Inc. corporate partnering relationship that resulted in major investment. Key design-win in implanted cardiac defribbilator application for storing analog cardiac history.

Developed sales and marketing for VC-backed start-up with proprietary silicon-on-silicon Multichip Module (MCM) product for high performance computing. Company financed by Kleiner Perkins, Mohr Davidow, and Mayfield. Acquired by Flextronics International.• Led team in developing business model, positioning strategy, target markets, and strategic customers within high performance RISC microprocessor market.• Won high profile Cypress/Ross SPARC processor subsystem design, the first industry production MCM win.

Developed the sales organization and strategy for high performance CMOS ASIC chip set start-up company targeting high performance CPU designs in high performance workstations. Vertex acquired by Toshiba.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Director of Sales, Strategic Sales – Poughkeepsie, NY• Developed IBM into AMD’s largest customer. • Grew annual sales from $8M to $85M in both the United States and Europe. • Recruited and led an international team of 23 people.Field Sales Manager, Strategic Sales – Allentown, PA• Responsible for all field sales to AT&T, company's largest customer. • Grew annual sales from $45M to $72M • Led a domestic team of 13 people.Product Marketing Manager - Sunnyvale, CA• Developed and managed group responsible for worldwide marketing of the Am2900 Bit Slice Microprocessor – at the time, the industry standard CPU for high performance minicomputers• Developed product line into $24M/yr. revenue at 60% GPM. Product Planning and Applications Engineer – Sunnyvale, CA• Provided technical support and new product definition of microprocessor peripheral products.

Ms, Management, Sloan Fellow

Mba

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Greenwich, Connecticut

Medical School Coursework

Executive Program For Growing Companies (Certificate Program)