Board of Directors
Board Observers
Daniel H. Ahn
Managing Director, Voyager Capital
Dan focuses on internet, infrastructure, clean IT, wireless, and core technology areas. He has extensive experience in venture capital investing, portfolio company management and technology entrepreneurship. He serves on the boards of Coulomb, Nusym and Vidder for Voyager. Prior to Voyager, Dan was a partner and managing director at Woodside Fund, an early stage venture capital firm, for nine years. At Woodside, he has led the firm's investing in core technology and infrastructure companies, and led the creation, development and investment in numerous successful companies, including companies such as Analogix and Berkeley Design. Prior to Woodside Fund, he was an associate at the Foster Management Company, a venture capital firm that invested in and consolidated fragmented service companies. Prior to that, Dan was the co-founder and president of a successful technology startup company, Endpoint Technologies, Inc., which developed and sold real-time manufacturing control systems for semiconductor device production. He was responsible for the company's product management, business development, and finance. The company was acquired by Applied Materials. Prior to that, Dan was with the venture capital group at CS First Boston, where he worked with information technology companies. Dan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. In addition to being a classical violinist, Dan enjoys outdoor activities and reading.
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Mark Leschly
Managing Partner, Rho Capital Partners and Rho Ventures
Mark has spent over 15 years in the private equity and venture capital business investing in information technology, energy, healthcare and media. Mark is a Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners and Rho Ventures. He manages the west coast office of Rho and as a Managing Partner of Rho Ventures he has both founded and financed numerous emerging private companies. Previously, he had several years of management consulting experience at McKinsey & Company. Mark received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Harvard University. Rho Ventures has a multi-stage investing strategy focused on high-growth companies in large markets. Rho Ventures’ investments span energy technology, new media, healthcare, IT, communications and other disruptive technologies. Rho Ventures brings nearly 30 years of venture experience, combined with its partners’ deep sector expertise and its far-reaching network to assist each portfolio company. This approach has allowed Rho to participate in the growth of some of today’s most innovative and successful companies, including Active Power, Capstone Turbine, Ciena, Compaq Computer, Gloucester Pharmaceuticals, Human Genome Sciences, iVillage, MedImmune, ReachLocal, Shire Pharmaceuticals and Tacoda. Rho Ventures is currently investing from Rho Ventures VI, a $510 million fund. The firm has offices in Palo Alto, New York and Montreal, with investments across the globe. www.rho.com
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Richard Lowenthal
Founder and CEO, Coulomb Technologies, Inc.
Richard Lowenthal is the CEO of Coulomb Technologies, which he co-founded in 2007. From 1998 until 2007 he was instrumental in starting several companies, including Lightera, Pipal Systems and Procket Networks. From 1996 to 1997, Mr. Lowenthal was vice president and general manager of Cisco's WAN Access Products Division. From 1990 through 1995, Mr. Lowenthal was vice president of research and development for StrataCom, a telecommunications equipment company. Prior to StrataCom, Mr. Lowenthal was co-founder and vice president of engineering for Stardent Computers, and vice president of engineering for Convergent Technologies.
Mr. Lowenthal is also a former Mayor of Cupertino, California, and has been heavily involved in the non-profit world. He has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley.
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Praveen K. Mandal
Founder and President, Coulomb Technologies, Inc.
Praveen K. Mandal brings to Coulomb Technologies more than 18 years of experience. Prior to Coulomb, he was vice president of research and development for Carrier Ethernet Solutions at Lucent Technologies. Before joining Lucent through an acquisition, Mr. Mandal was the vice president of engineering at Riverstone Networks, a company well regarded by many analysts as having the top technologies in the Carrier Ethernet routing market. Mr. Mandal joined Riverstone when Pipal Systems, where he served as CEO and Founder, was acquired. Before founding Pipal, Mr. Mandal held consulting and Venture Partner positions with numerous Venture Capital firms in Silicon Valley, providing his insight and expertise on market trends, telecommunications technology, and team assessments. Mr. Mandal is a veteran of five successful start-ups, including Redback Networks, Global Internet and ZeitNet. Mr. Mandal holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University.
Gerd Goette
Investment Partner Venture Capital,
Siemens Financial Services Inc., Siemens Venture Capital
Tom Whiteaker
AVP, Hartford Ventures
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