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).

Satish Ganesan

VP Product

Satish Ganesan

VP Product

Satish has deep expertise in product marketing and business development in a wide range of market segments. He has previously held product and business leadership roles at Broadcom Ltd. (Avago), Tilera Corporation and Broadcom Corporation. He has managed multiple product lines, including integrated Wi-Fi chipsets and wireless connectivity products, as well as multi-core processors for networking and datacenters. He began his career as an engineer at Xilinx working on software algorithms and processor technology on FPGAs, where he authored more than 10 US patents.

Srikanth Gondi

VP Engineering

Srikanth Gondi

VP Engineering

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.

Ian Kyles

VP, IC

Ian Kyles

VP, IC

Ian is a co-founder of Keyssa’s core technologies. Ian has extensive IC design knowledge and experience from companies such as Vitesse Semiconductor, a manufacturer of high-bandwidth communications integrated circuits, LSI Logic, and TriQuint Semiconductor. He has a passion for designing IC products from the ground-up and currently holds 14 US patents.

Patrick Reutens

Chief Legal Officer, VP Corporate Development

Patrick Reutens

Chief 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.

Ron Richter

VP Sales

Ron Richter

VP Sales

Ron has over 20 years of sales, marketing and engineering experience in semiconductor and consumer electronics markets, having worked with ground-up startups and multi-billion dollar corporations. At Crossbar, Richter was responsible for licensing the company’s breakthrough resistive RAM non-volatile memory technology. Prior to Crossbar, Richter ran worldwide consumer semiconductor sales at Zoran, IC product management at Texas Instruments and led business development and licensing for Silicon Image.

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 6 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.

Dick Sanquini

Chairman; Partner, Lite-Cap

Dick Sanquini

Chairman; Partner, Lite-Cap

Dick is an industry consultant, investor, and board director for multiple young companies. Formerly of National Semiconductor, he has a strong reputation for helping startups scale and prepare for public offerings and/or acquisitions. He currently serves on the Boards of Synaptics, R2 Semiconductor and Pixelworks. He was Chairman at PortalPlayer, the company behind the silicon and operating system for Apple’s iPod.

Eric Almgren

CEO, Keyssa

Eric Almgren

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. Don is currently Chairman and principal shareholder of Aplicor.

Surendra Mandava

CEO, Ineda Systems

Surendra Mandava

CEO, Ineda Systems

Surendra is CEO of Ineda Systems, maker of the industry's first wearable PoC. Previously, he was Co-founder and CEO of Beceem Communications, which sold to Broadcom in 2010. Prior to that, he was Co-founder of Centillium Communications, which had a successful IPO in 2000. Surendra has lead teams to build world-class products in wireless, wireline modem space, and embedded processors at various companies including Cirrus Logic and Zilog, Inc.

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.