With a focus on systems, software and components, Carl Amdahl works with DCM portfolio companies to optimize technology development strategies, create strong management teams and build strategic partnerships. Carl has twenty-five years of experience as a senior executive in the IT industry. During this period, he was a founder of three publicly-traded companies and actively participated in raising more than $300M in private and public funding. Carl's technical background is broad, encompassing systems architecture, networking, semiconductors and software. He is a prolific inventor and named on twenty-three issued United States Patents.

Carl led DCM's investments in Arroyo Video Solutions (acquired by Cisco) as well as Swan Labs (acquired by F5 Networks).

Prior to joining DCM, Carl was the CTO and Board Member of F5 Networks (NASD: FFIV). F5 was one of the top-performing IPOs in 1999. Prior to joining F5, Carl operated Amdahl Associates, an independent consulting firm serving Intel, Novell and Tandem Computers.

Carl also was a founder of NetFRAME Systems and served as Chairman as well as in various operating roles including CTO and CEO. Carl defined the "superserver" market segment and established key technical relationships with Intel, Microsoft and Novell. NetFRAME grew to a peak of $90M in annual revenue, went public in 1992 (NASD:NETF) and was acquired by Micron Electronics (NASD:MUEI) in 1997.

Previously, Carl was a co-founder of Trilogy Systems Ltd. (NASD: TRILF) and served as Vice-Chairman and Director. Trilogy engaged in the design and development of large-scale IBM System 370 compatible mainframe computers and sophisticated wafer-scale integrated circuit technology. Carl was also a co-founder of Magnuson Computer Systems Inc. (NASD: MCSI) and served as Executive Vice President of Engineering and Director. He was the principal system architect and central processor design engineer for two generations of IBM System 370 compatible mainframe computers.

Carl is a Stanford Sloan Fellow and received an M.S. in Management from Stanford University, and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Tom Bentley currently serves as director for Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS), Nanometrics (NASDAQ: NANO), and Cortina Systems. At Rambus, he is audit committee chairman, and serves on the special litigation committee and the legal affairs committee. At Nanometrics, Tom was audit committee chairman and led the SOX 404 implementation process, and also serves on the compensation committee. At Cortina, Tom is chairman of the audit committee. Tom is chairman of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which is based in New York. Tom was a Managing Director of Alliant Partners, a technology M&A advisory firm that he helped found in 1990 and sell to Silicon Valley Bank in 2001. Prior to founding Alliant, Tom worked in leveraged buyouts with Berkeley International and Citicorp, and prior to that worked in economic development with the World Bank. Tom has an MBA from the Sloan School at MIT and a BA from Vanderbilt.

Eric Buatois joined Sofinnova Ventures as General Partner in 2001 to drive global technology investments based on his more than 20 years of international experience in the wireless industry. Prior to Sofinnova Ventures, Eric held several positions in general management and executive operations at Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson and Texas Instruments. Eric's career began in 1983 at Texas Instruments, where he defined and guided the DSP product line's introduction into the European market. His efforts led to the successful Europe-wide deployment of TI's DSP line. Eric served as COO of Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Telecommunications, a global joint venture specializing in network management and billing systems for wireless service providers. Eric was the executive in charge of HP's Communications Industry Business Unit before joining Sofinnova Ventures.

At Sofinnova Ventures, Eric specializes in software and semiconductor investments in the wireless area. Eric currently serves as Chairman of the Board for UPEK and Crocus Technologies, and as a director for VoluBill, Laszlo Systems,HelloSoft and Cortina.

Eric received his M.S. in Computer Science and Communications Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications in France. He is an active board member of the International School of the Peninsula.

Norm Fogelsong joined Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) in March 1989. With more than 30 years of high-technology venture capital experience, he currently emphasizes investments in private later-stage companies and in select public market opportunities. Norm has led investments in Artisan Components (ARMH), Aspect Communications, Compaq Computers (CPQ), Concur Technologies (CNQR), Convex Computers (CNVX), Cortina Systems, Danger (MSFT), Gaia Online, Integrated Circuit Works (CY), Lam Research (LRCX), Motion Computing, Platinum Software (EPIC), Polycom (PLCM), TelCom Semiconductor (TLCM) and Websense (WBSN).

Norm also actively participated in venture investments in Akamai (AKAM), Amgen (AMGN), At Road (ARDI), Applied Biosystems (ABI), Chordiant (CHRD), ComScore (SCOR), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), Digital River (DRIV), Dust Networks, Genentech (DNA), Linear Technology (LLTC), LoopNet (LOOP), LSI Corporation (LSI), MIPS Computer Systems (MIPS), Mobile 365 (SY), Quantum (QTM), Silicon Graphics (SGI), SupportSoft (SPRT), Synchronoss (SNCR), 3COM (COMS), Verisity (VRST) and WebEx Communications (WEBX).

For Cortina Systems, Norm arranged a $132 million investment syndicate, the largest private venture financing done that year. The proceeds were used to buy a $100 million division that was being spun out of Intel. In addition, Norm recently led IVP's investments in Gaia Online, the leading online hangout for teenagers on the web.

Norm began his career as a computer programmer and systems analyst at Hewlett-Packard. He then worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialized in product/market strategy. Prior to joining IVP, Norm was a General Partner with Mayfield Fund. He has served the local community as the Treasurer of the Children's Health Council, the Secretary of the Churchill Club and as a member of the Major Gifts Committees at Menlo School and Stanford University.

Norm earned a B.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a J.D. from the Harvard Law School.

Ammar H. Hanafi joined Alloy Ventures as a general partner in 2005. At Alloy, he focuses on investments in communications and IT infrastructure, as well as internet-enabled consumer and enterprise applications and services.

Ammar has over a decade of financial and operational management experience in the communications and technology industry. He previously served as vice president of new business ventures at Cisco Systems, where he led new product efforts in the enterprise datacenter market. From 2000 to 2002, he was vice president of corporate business development, and in that capacity, he was responsible for Cisco's acquisitions, acquisition integration, investment, and joint venture activity on a global basis. He joined Cisco in 1997 as a member of the Corporate Business Development Group. During Ammar's tenure at Cisco, he helped the company complete over 100 investment and M&A transactions, including 50 successful acquisitions and over $750 million in venture capital investments. Leveraging his deep industry expertise, he helped lead Cisco into a number of major new businesses, including optical networking and integrated voice and data infrastructure and applications. Prior to Cisco, Ammar held leadership positions at PanAmSat Corp., a global satellite services provider, and the investment banking firms of Morgan Stanley and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Ammar received a BS in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University (1988) and an MBA from Stanford University (1995).

Harold Hughes joined Rambus after serving nearly two years on Rambus' Board of Directors. As CEO, Hughes provides the overall vision and operational leadership necessary to drive future growth for the company. Prior to joining Rambus, Mr. Hughes was the Chairman and CEO of Pandesic LLC, an Intel and SAP joint venture. He served as a United States Army Officer before starting his private sector career with Intel Corporation in 1974. Mr. Hughes held a variety of positions during his 23 years at Intel Corporation, including Treasurer, the head of Intel Capital, chief financial officer and the head of Planning and Logistics. Mr. Hughes holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Drew, based in Menlo Park, CA, joined Morgenthaler in 2000 and became a General Partner in 2001. Drew focuses on semiconductors and components, and he also works with materials and devices and large systems. He is currently a Director of Brion Technologies, Cortina Systems, Overture Networks, Ultradots Inc., and Unity Semiconductor. He also regularly attends Caspian, Wave7 Optics, and Xoomsys board meetings. Drew spent 15 years in senior operating positions in the telecommunications industry starting companies in both the components and the systems sectors of that industry.

He served as Senior VP of Marketing at MAYAN Networks, building aggregation systems for the metropolitan edge market. Prior to that Drew was a founder and VP of Engineering at E/O Networks where he helped to design and produce a long reach rural fiber optic telephony system. Drew started his optical telecommunications career in 1986 at Raynet, a pioneering company in the development of fiber to the home technologies. Drew's many roles at Raynet included VP of Marketing and VP of International Development. Drew was the founding CEO of Lightwave Microsystems, a leader in the design and manufacture of high volume optical integrated circuits. Drew graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with an MBA in 1987. He received his BSEE & MSEE degrees from Stanford in 1979.

Mr. Amir Nayyerhabibi is President and CEO and a Member of the Board of Directors at Cortina Systems, which he co-founded in June 2001. Mr. Nayyerhabibi has over 20 years of industry experience in leading semiconductor and large scale computer & networking systems. Prior to Cortina, he held executive and engineering management positions in private and public companies such as Cisco Systems, StratumOne Communications, Silicon Graphics, Inc., MIPS Computer Systems, and Intel Corporation. Mr. Nayyerhabibi was co-founder and Vice President of Engineering at StratumOne Communications, which was acquired by Cisco in 1999. He also managed the development of 12416 and 12410 Cisco GSR Router programs. Mr. Nayyerhabibi holds a Master of Science Degree in Information and Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Eric was a co-founder of Canaan and has served as a General Partner since its inception. At Canaan, Eric has concentrated on opportunities in communications systems and enterprise automation, having led its investments in Argon Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, Diffusion Software, Frame Technology, INS, Kalpana, ONI Systems, Spectrian and Visigenic Software. Prior to Canaan, he was a Senior Vice President of GE Venture Capital. During his five years there, he was responsible for several successful investments in companies such as Nellcor and Octel Communications. Eric joined GE in 1979, holding successive managerial positions in sales, marketing and manufacturing within two GE industrial product businesses before joining GE Venture Capital. Eric is a graduate of Cornell University with a BS in mechanical engineering and received his MBA in finance from Northwestern University. Eric is currently a member of Nasdaq's Listing Qualifications Panel group after having served for several years on Nasdaq's Listing and Hearing Review Council. In addition, Eric is a member of Cornell University's Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Advisory Council. Mr. Young currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cortina Systems, Captara, eBates, Lancope, and PerformanceRetail.