Eric Almgren

CEO

Eric Almgren

CEO

As co-founder of Silicon Image, Eric helped firmly establish the HDMI standard, which has shipped well over 4B units. He was also co-founder and CEO at Mixman Technologies, a company making it simple to manipulate and perform digital music. Eric worked at LSI Logic in sales and marketing, supporting large ASIC customers. He began at Hewlett-Packard where he designed high-speed signal circuits for microprocessors.

Nick Antonopoulos

Industrial

Nick Antonopoulos

Industrial

Having worked with high-tech startups and Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years, Nick brings the experience of having scaled revenues with start-ups that have made the transition from market-entry to rapid growth. His successful track record in semiconductors, software and licensing boasts four successful exits including Faraday Electronics (WD), Headland Technology (LSI), Mediamatics (National Semiconductor) and OnSpec. (The TPL Group).

Srikanth Gondi

Mass Production

Srikanth Gondi

Mass Production

Before joining Keyssa, Sri has served in a variety of technology leadership roles at Texas Instruments, Kawasaki Microelectronics, GigFire Microsystems where he was a co-founder, Silicon Image and UCLA. Passionate about building products, he and his teams have introduced innovative products in the enterprise and consumer markets, while developing intellectual property portfolios and licensing strategies. More recently, he developed and evangelized the technology behind what is now LPDDR4. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA.

Roger Isaac

Chief Technology Officer

Roger Isaac

Chief Technology Officer

Roger has served as the chairman of the low-power memory committee at JEDEC, and has led a number of technical task groups including LPDDR2, LPDDR4, and UFS. He also served on the organization’s Board of Directors. Roger has led architecture, design, marketing, and intellectual property teams at AMD, Spansion, and Silicon Image.

Paz Necas

VP, Finance

Paz Necas

VP, Finance

Paz’ finance career spans multiple semiconductor companies in multiple markets. Most recently, Paz was the AVP Finance at Quantenna Communications, Inc. which went IPO in October of 2016. Prior to Quantenna, Paz held senior positions in finance at Virident Systems, Inc. (acquired by HGST (WD) in 2013); Sibeam, Inc. (acquired by Silicon Image in 2011); Intersil, Corp. (a public company until acquired by Renesas in 2016; and Centillium Communications, Inc. (IPO in May 2000). Paz overseas all aspects of Keyssa’s finance department.

Narasimha Nookala

VP, Engineering

Narasimha Nookala

VP, Engineering

Narasimha “Nook” Nookala has over 25 years of experience in designing and managing IC development for the mobile and consumer electronics markets. Recently, he was SVP of Engineering at Redpine Signals. Previous to Redpine, he held senior engineering positions at Intel, Becton Dickinson, Silicon Image and MediaQ. Nook received his BTech in Electrical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, his MS EE from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and his MS in Computer Science from Wayne State University.

Patrick Reutens

Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, VP Corporate Development

Patrick Reutens

Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, VP Corporate Development

Patrick has extensive senior-level experience in the technology sector and held executive positions at Atmel, Silicon Image, Immersion, Preview Systems and MIPS Technologies. Patrick started counseling high-growth technology companies as an attorney at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, and at the Venture Law Group.

Steve Venuti

VP Marketing

Steve Venuti

VP Marketing

Steve spent 12 years at HDMI Licensing where he served as President, overseeing the initial release of the HDMI specification and growing it to today’s ubiquitous worldwide connectivity standard in over 7 billion products worldwide. In 2014, HDMI Licensing received an EMMY for Technical Excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Prior to HDMI, Steve worked with leading companies such as Acer, Palm, Disney, and Philips to launch their consumer technology products.

Eric Almgren

Chairman; CEO, Keyssa

Eric Almgren

Chairman; CEO, Keyssa

As co-founder of Silicon Image, Eric helped firmly establish the HDMI standard, which has shipped well over 1B units. He was also co-founder and CEO at Mixman Technologies, a company making it simple to manipulate and perform digital music. Eric worked at LSI Logic in sales and marketing, supporting large ASIC customers. He began at Hewlett-Packard where he designed high-speed signal circuits for microprocessors.

Dr. David Lee

Creator of HDMI

Dr. David Lee

Creator of HDMI

As CEO of Dual Aperture, David excels in early stage technology development and driving products into the market. Prior to founding Dual Aperture, David played an integral role in creating DVI and HDMI standards as founder and CEO of Silicon Image. David has also held previous positions at Xerox PARC, Sun Microsystems Labs and IBM. In 2014, he was inducted to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, recognized as a visionary that helped pave the CE industry to what it is today.

Don McKinney

Investor

Don McKinney

Investor

Don is a private technology investor focused on IT-Services, Internet, networking, software and related software-enabled services. He was the founder of International Network Services and served as its Chairman until its sale to Lucent Technologies. Prior to INS, Don was Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. and worked at Sequoia Capital. Don previously served on the following boards: the Advisory Board for Broadview Capital Partners, C-Cube Microsystems, Context Integration, Mixman Technologies, Tipping Point and Unbound Technologies.

Patrick Soon-Shiong

CEO, Nantworks

Patrick Soon-Shiong

CEO, Nantworks

Patrick serves as Chairman of the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation; Chairman and CEO of the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Advanced Health; the Healthcare Transformation Institute; and NantWorks, LLC – a company whose mission is to converge semiconductor technology, supercomputing, advanced networks, and proven innovation to revolutionize how we work, live and play. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has lent vision, voice, and action to the power of convergence – applying the limitless potential of collaborative science and technology to benefit an individual’s health.

Jim Whims

Partner, Alsop Louie Partners

Jim Whims

Partner, Alsop Louie Partners

Jim has a long track record of tech success. He was recognized as Marketing Executive of the Year in 1996 by Adweek/Brandweek for his work launching Playstation at Sony Computer Entertainment. Prior to Alsop Louie Partners, Jim was a Partner at Techfund Capital, where he invested 3DFX and Portal Player. He also co-founded Worlds of Wonder and worked at Software Toolworks.

Ker Zhang

Entrepreneur in Residence, Kleiner Perkins

Ker Zhang

Entrepreneur in Residence, Kleiner Perkins

Ker brings more than 25 years of experience in deep-tech as an entrepreneur, executive, board member, and investor. He is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Kleiner Perkins. Before that, he was a vice president/GM at Intel, and founder/CEO of VIA Telecom (which was sold to Intel) as well as 3 other start-ups. Ker holds a Ph.D. in EE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is an expert on communication and semiconductors.