Dr. Arun Netravali, Managing General Partner

• Former President of Bell Laboratories
• Boards of Level 3, LSI, Sezmi, Knewco
• National Medal of Technology from President Bush; Padma Bhushan (National Medal) from President of India
• Provided Bell Labs technology and people for over 30 start-ups
• Outsourcing: Established 10,000+ people outsourcing operation in Bangalore for Lucent

Our Team

James D. (JD) Gardner, General Partner and Chief Operating Officer

• Former executive with BellSouth/AT&T, leading domestic and international M and A, due diligence, accounting and financial operations, and corporate finance activities
• Served as CFO of BellSouth wireless data division, from start up multi-$B exit
• 10+ years start-up/small company experience. Extensive experience in finance, deal structuring and improving operating results

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Dr. Arun Netravali - Managing General Partner

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Douglas C. Eby - General Partner

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James D. (JD) Gardner - General Partner and COO

jdgardner@omnivc.com

Jon Harrington - Former Managing Partner - Accenture Venture Partner

Jon Harrington, Venture Partner

• Former Managing Partner of Accenture and member of Executive Committee
• Founder Accenture Innovation Center
• Pioneered large scale business process and technology co-sourcing
• Boards— Imagine Broadband, Avatar Associates
• Excellent relationships with executives in Telecom, cable and high tech

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Dr. Madhu Atre, Venture Advisor

• President, Applied Materials,  India
• Founding Director Lucent Microelectronics India; Managing Director Agere Systems/LSI/AMAT (India)
• Founding Exec Council – India Semiconductor Association; founding Vice-Chairman - SEMI India; member Energy Committee - American Chamber of Comm (India)

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Frank Galuppo, Executive in Residence

• Former CEO of Amedia Networks
• Former President, Lucent Optical Business.  Board of Amedia Networks
• 30 years experience in Networking industry
• Global sales and marketing experience, excellent contacts within telecom, OEMs and software industries

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Bill Gourgey, Venture Partner

• Former Managing Partner of Accenture’s North American Technology organization for communications, media and electronics
• Extensive experience with large-scale enterprise software system design, development, and deployment
• Telecommunications expertise with emphasis on customer service operations
• Special focus on ASP and SaaS implementation models

Jim Brewington - Former President of Lucent Wireless

Venture Partner

Dr. Madhu Atre - President Applied Materials-India

Venture Advisor-India

Bill Gourgey - Former Managing Partner - Accenture

Venture Partner

Frank Galuppo

Executive in Residence

Jim Brewington, Venture Partner

• Former President of Lucent Wireless
• Boards— Sonus Networks, Hong Kong Wireless
• Extensive contacts in US, China and India in Wireless infrastructure and applications

Douglas C. Eby, General Partner

• Former President of Torray LLC, a $7B institutional investment advisory firm
• Achieved superior long term investment returns-Morningstar five star rating (Torray Fund) during majority of Mr. Eby’s management
• Extensive valuation, deal structuring and due diligence experience as investment advisor, fund manager and personal investor
• Significant experience in healthcare industry-Johns Hopkins hospital trustee-Overseeing $300M in investments, chairman of Investment Committee, member of Audit Committee
• Serves on numerous corporate boards, including Level 3 and Markel