Public Company Boards
Board of Directors
Audit Committee Chair
One Stop Systems (OSS)
2016 - Present
COMPANY: Public $70M+ Company deploying AI Platforms at the very edge in challenging applications like land vehicles, aircraft and ships/boats. Mix of commercial & defense applications. If it moves and needs AI or autonomous capabilities, OSS is key supplier. IPO on 2018.
ROLES: Previously Chairman of Audit Committee, Chairman of Governance & Nominating Committee plus committee member. CEO from 2020-2023.
Board of Directors
PLX Technology, Inc.
Acquired by Broadcom
2012-2014
Sunnyvale, CA
COMPANY: Public fast growing, $100M+ IC company (PLXT) with proprietary market leading products. Main focus was PCI Express Switching (similar to Ethernet Switching from Broadcom) where we ultimately drove to over 70% market share. Products were key in Enterprise Switching & Storage, Servers, High-End Graphics among many other products.
LIQUIDITY: Acquired by Broadcom in 2014 for PLX’s market leading position and Switch IP required in future Avago/Broadcom producing additional shareholder value. Main interface with Broadcom.
Private Company Boards & Advisory Roles
Advisory Board
TensorWave
2023 - Present
Las Vegas, NV
COMPANY: AI Compute
ROLES: Advisory Board Member
STATUS: Strong Seed Round, Moving to Series A
Chairman of the Board
Kilopass
Acquired by Synopsys
2015 - 2018
San Jose, CA
COMPANY: Intellectual property (IP) leader with over 10 billion units shipped for consumer, IoT, mobile devices.
ROLES: Chairman of the Board and consultant/coach.
LIQUIDITY: Synopsys acquired company in January 2018.
Board Observer
ASSIA, Inc.
2016 - 2018
Redwood City, CA
COMPANY: SaaS & Cloud market leader leveraging AI & machine learning partnered with internet service providers (ISPs) around the world to deliver reliable optimized broadband and Wi-Fi software within the home to over 100 million connections.
ROLES: Board Observer working closely with rest of Board in my President & COO Role. See senior management section for more details.
Advisory Board
Magma
Acquired by One Stop Sytems
2015 - 2016
San Diego, CA
COMPANY: Develops and manufactures Expansion Systems/Solutions for servers, desktops & portable platforms. Includes GPU/GPU accelerators and Solid-State Memory Appliances.
ROLE: Advisory Board
LIQUIDITY: Acquired by One Stop Systems (OSS) in 2016
Advisory Board
Simblee & RF Micro
Acquired by Heptagon
2015 - 2016
Los Angeles, CA
COMPANY: IoT leader with unique software/cloud technology not requiring app. Lowest latency, with cloud solutions that “Just work” today.
ROLE: As Advisor, worked with Founder/CEO on positioning for strategic options. Acquired by Heptagon in June 2016.
LIQUIDITY: Acquired by Heptagon in June 2016.
