Mr Ed Frank

KANDO id: 37426

Bio

Ed focuses on technology investments at ATV. Previously he was Co-founder and Executive Vice President of Epigram Inc, an ATV portfolio company, which was acquired by Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) in 1999. At Broadcom he was Vice President of research and development and an elected corporate officer. Among other accomplishments, he was responsible for establishing Broadcom as the world’s leading WiFi semiconductor vendor. Prior to Broadcom Ed was co-founder and vice president of research and development at NetPower Inc. As a Sun Microsystems’s Distinguished Engineer, Ed co-founded and served as director of engineering for the "Green Project," which originated and developed what became Java. Ed also worked as manager of advanced development at Austek Pty Ltd, and as a technical consultant for Sutherland, Sproull and Associates. He is a member of the IEEE, a Hertz Foundation Fellow, and is a named inventor on more than 40 US patents. He serves on the board of directors of Onstor Inc, and Wavesat Inc. Ed holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University where he now serves as a life trustee and is a member of the trustee’s executive committee. He holds a MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Career


Advanced Technology Ventures

Venture capital firm with a focus on Information Technology, Healthcare and Cleantech

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