 He has more than 15 years of experience as a founder, investor, and/or director of venture-backed start-ups.He has served on more than 30 public and private company boards.Prior to joining August Capital, he was involved in more than a dozen venture capital-backed start-ups since 1985 including Actel, Atheros Communications, Genoa Corp, MMC networks, Silicon Architects (acquired by Synopsys), Silicon Image, Viewlogic, and Transmeta.