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Joe Kennedy was appointed President and CEO for Omneon Video Networks in June, 2003. He is a seasoned chief executive experienced in management,... operations, sales/marketing, and engineering, with a special interest in high-technology emerging markets. Over the past several years, Kennedy has served as founder and CEO of a number of successful technology companies. In the role of President and CEO for Omneon, Kennedy is chiefly responsible for setting company direction as well as managing all day-to-day company operations. Prior to Omneon, Kennedy held CEO appointments at Pluris Networks, a developer of scalable Internet routers, from June 1999 to March 2002. Prior to that Mr. Kennedy was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rapid City Communications, developer of routing switch technologies, from February 1996 until that company was acquired by Bay Networks, Inc., a provider of networking products, in June 1997, after which time he served as President and General Manager of Bay Networks’ switching products division until June 1998. He also held CEO appointments at Hughes LAN Systems and Phoenix Technology . Before founding Rapid City, he had founded Phoenix Technology, a LAN security company, which was sold to Bridge Communications, and was a member of the founding team at Ungermann-Bass.  At each of these companies, he has excelled at providing market vision and operational leadership directly impacting revenue growth and profitability. Prior to his CEO positions, Kennedy was vice president of engineering at Ungermann-Bass and director of engineering at Zilog.In addition to Omneon, Mr. Kennedy currently serves on the boards of directors of Adaptec, Inc., a provider of storage solutions, and several privately-held companies. Kennedy holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, both from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and Phi Beta Kappa.
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A co-founder of August Capital in 1995, Dave's commitment to entrepreneurs and their market vision is reflected by his long-standing board... relationships, he has served on more than 25 boards of directors during his 20 year venture capital career including Microsoft, Sun, Seagate, Adaptec, and Grand Junction Networks . Prior to August Capital, Dave was a co-founder of Technology Venture Investors in 1980 where he was involved in four highly successful funds that invested in more than 100 start-up and emerging growth companies. Among these early investments was Microsoft, where TVI was the sole investor and where Dave has been on the board of directors since 1981. Dave began his venture career at Institutional Venture Associates, where he spent a year after graduating from business school. Previously, Dave was a design engineer and development manager at Diablo Systems where he collaborated on and/or led various disk drive and printer programs. Dave received a BSME from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University. He also completed coursework for an MSEE at Stanford University. He has served as president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and is a past director of the National Venture Capital Association.
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