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| board of directors Gordon A. Campbell
Chairman of the Board, PortalPlayer, Inc.
General Partner, TechFarm, Inc., Mountain View, California |
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After founding
and operating numerous Silicon Valley technology companies, Gordon Campbell founded
Techfarm to create a new model for early and expansion stage technology start-ups that
would partner cutting edge technologies with seasoned managerial and financial experience.
In his thirty-year career, Mr. Campbell has held positions in engineering, sales,
marketing and management at Honeywell, Intersil and Motorola. He developed, implemented
and managed much of Intel's marketing efforts prior to founding and incubating the
start-up of many companies, the most notable of which are SEEQ Technology, CHIPS and
Technologies, Inc., and 3dfx Interactive. |
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Mr. Campbell has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as Entrepreneur of the Year for his
achievements and by major business and technology publications as a leading pioneer in
high-technology. He is considered a driving force in the evolution of the semiconductor,
personal computer, networking, and the internet sectors. Most notably, Mr. Campbell has
pioneered many technological innovations, including the world's first ethernet chip, the
world's first electrically erasable microcomputer, the first PC on a chip, the first
IBM-compatible graphics controller for personal computers, and the invention of the
chipset upon which all personal computers are built today -- currently over 100 million
per year. Additionally, Mr. Campbell is known as the father of the fabless semiconductor
industry, a model which is now used by thousands of companies and represents 10% of the
semiconductor industry or 15 billion dollars of revenue per year. He currently serves as
Chairman of the Board of Directors at numerous portfolio companies. He also serves on
other Boards of Directors including 3Com Corporation and Bell Micro. |
John Mallard
President and CEO, PortalPlayer, Inc. |
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Prior to
founding PortalPlayer, he was the Chief Technology Officer at National Semiconductor. At
National he was responsible for the analysis and recommendation of advanced technologies
and setting the strategic direction for the Company. Prior to this, he was Director of
World Wide Marketing for the Personal Systems Group and headed the Advanced Architecture
group. In this capacity he formed the team that spearheaded National's emergence into the
Information Appliance market segment. Prior to National, he worked at Digital Equipment
Corporation as Hardware Engineering Manager for the Mobile Products Group that delivered
the worlds first one-inch portable the DEC Ultra Highnote and was with Norand Corporation
as a Product Line Manager for the Handheld Wireless Division. John holds several patents
in the areas of power management and portable design. The Smithsonian museum has on
display the portable, which John was project lead when he headed up the design team for
Zenith Data Systems. John holds a BSEE from Lawrence University and a MSEE from Johns
Hopkins University. |
Carolyn J. Kantor
Senior Vice President, MP3.com |
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Carolyn J. Kantor is Senior Vice President of MP3.com, one of the most popular internet sites that
is pioneering a revolutionary approach to the promotion and distribution of music. The company is
also recognized as the premier online Music Service Provider (MSP), allowing users to access, manage
and listen to their personal music collection anytime, anywhere, on any web-enabled device or application.
Ms. Kantor leads the company's Strategic Transactions Group which is responsible for identifying, structuring and
executing the Company's strategic investments, significant partnerships and joint ventures in both the U.S. and abroad.
She also represents MP3.com on the Board of Directors of Portal Player, Inc., one of its strategic investments. She
brings extensive investment-related expertise to MP3.com, having worked at two financial institutions, having
been a founding partner and President of an investment advisory firm and having structured and invested in
several private equity transactions in the U.S. and Europe on behalf of many high-profile and high net
worth individuals. Her additional experience includes strategic planning and business plan consulting for such
clients as the Anderson School at U.C.L.A. as well as successfully launching a New Zealand consumer product in the U.S.,
Canada, Mexico and Europe. Ms. Kantor received her undergraduate degree in computer science from Brandeis University and her
M.B.A. in finance and entrepreneurial studies from the Anderson School of Management at U.C.L.A., where she also won the
1988 Business Plan Competition. She also became a California registered investment advisor in 1996. |
Jeffrey H. Grammer
Partner,
Techfarm, Inc. |
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Jeffrey H.
Grammer is a partner of Techfarm, Inc, a privately held firm that provides investment ,
consulting and management services to seed and early stage development technology
start-ups . Prior to joining Techfarm, he was
co-founder of N*ABLE Technologies Inc., and was the company's President and Chief
Executive Officer. Before this, he was President and CEO of Databook Incorporated, a
leading security chip designer and manufacturer.
In 1991, Jeffrey started Summit Systems, a systems integration joint
venture with the former USSR, of which he was President and CEO. In addition to offering
workstations and networking equipment, this joint venture also assembled private label
computers. In 1985 he joined CHIPS and
Technologies, Inc. to direct its marketing organization.
He held various management positions at CHIPS which developed a European
sales representative/distributor network and created a software operation specializing in
BIOS and driver development. Jeffrey got his
start in the high-technology industry at Intel, where he developed their systems business
in the financial transactions market. Jeffrey
attended Boston University where he received B.A. and M.A. degrees in International
Economics.
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