Experience

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  African Diaspora Network

  • Business Mentor

    • Aug 2021 - Present

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  Santa Clara University

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Executive Director, Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    • Nov 2018 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    The Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary hub enhancing current and future opportunities to experience, research, collaborate around, and advance innovation and entrepreneurship on campus.

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  Efinix, Inc.

  • Member Board Of Directors

    • May 2018 - Present

    Founded in September 2012, our mission is disruptive innovation and market creation for programmable product platforms and technologies. The Quantum™ programmable technology delivers 4X Power-Performance-Area advantage over traditional programmable technologies. This technology enables advanced programmable silicon products in the ASIC, ASSP, and FPGA segments.

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  Pano

  • Advisor

    • Aug 2020 - Present

    Pano - Actionable Intelligence for Wildfire Management. A connected, intelligent platform for fire professionals that helps them to detect threats, confirm fires, and disseminate information to responders, faster than ever before.

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  Swift Solar

  • Advisor

    • Aug 2019 - Present

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  Solar Ear

  • Advisor

    • Jun 2018 - Present

    Solar Ear's Mission is to lower hearing loss and its burden through the use of innovative and appropriate technologies.

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  St. Anthony Foundation

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Advisor

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    CSS maintains safety in and around St. Anthony’s programs, on the sidewalks and in the street, handing out meal tickets, giving directions, and sometimes literally saving lives in the event of violence, overdose, accident, or medical emergency. CSS team members are an alternative to traditional security models because they are trusted by the community, and knowledgeable about the neighborhood. They take the time to form relationships with residents, store owners, staff, guests, volunteers, and visitors so they are trusted and welcomed.

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  Elevated Honey

  • Advisor

    • Jan 2018 - Present

    A company dedicated to preserving traditional Asian beekeeping methods to produce the world’s purest honey. The honey comes from naturally-occurring wild beehives located in the highlands of China. Real, raw, and untouched. Additionally, more than 50% of profits are reinvested to the social mission.https://elevatedhoneyco.com/index.html

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  Miller Center's Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI)

  • Advisor

    • Nov 2017 - Present

    Provide executive mentorship to social entrepreneurs through Miller Center’s Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®). Coaching includes intensive review and refinement of business plans, investor materials, operations, governance, and financials.The mission of Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship is to accelerate entrepreneurship to end global poverty and protect the planet.www.scu.edu/millercenter/gsbi

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  Aurinko Group

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Founder

    • 2016 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Executive ConsultingCoach and advisor to CEOs and VP-level executives; interim executive leadership; special projects for the C-suite. Very hands on, with an emphasis on reducing the executive team’s workload.- Executive leadership in FDA-compliant quality systems, capital deployment, risk management- Strategic planning, financing, C-level coach.- Custom equipment development strategies.- Funding guidance for next generation technologies- IP analysis and strategy- Market analysis, business plan creation, coach

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  Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business

  • Advisor - California Program for Entrepreneurship (CAPE)

    • Sep 2013 - Mar 2017

    CAPE is a 6-month program for early-stage entrepreneurs in California who seek a dynamic and rigorous schedule in which to learn the fundamentals of starting and building a business. By providing business education and mentoring, it is the CAPE mission to help entrepreneurs develop and implement business plans to launch startups that will contribute to the growth and well-being of the California economy.

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  Alta Devices

  • President & CEO

    • 2008 - 2015

    Since shortly after the founding of Alta Devices in 2008, I served as President and CEO, implementing Alta’s mission to develop and deliver mobile power solutions based on harvesting sunlight. Under my leadership, the Alta team captured the records for developing the highest efficiency solar cells and modules in the world and filed over 150 patents protecting the technology. Successfully negotiated and completed the sale of the company in 2014.

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  Blue Run Ventures

  • Venture Partner

    • 2007 - 2008

    I worked as a Venture Partner, sourcing deals, managing diligence and coaching entrepreneurs through the process of refining their business plans and raising funds.

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  MicroDisplay

  • President & CEO

    • 2005 - 2007

    I created the strategy and led the team to build and deliver the first 1080p HDTV based on a single imaging chip. Our television and display technology won a “Best of CES” award in 2007.

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  Cypress Semiconductor

  • Vice President & GM

    • 1988 - 2005

    My background as an executive is deep, due in part to my seventeen years at Cypress Semiconductor. I served as VP/General Manager and delivered first of a kind products in programmable logic, data communications and consumer devices. Directly managed business units comprised of over 350 employees and delivering more than $300M in revenue at over 20% PBT.

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  Intel Corporation

  • Senior Engineer

    • 1984 - 1988

    Product and process development in Technology Development.