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Robert J. Kohler, Chairman of the Board of Director:

Robert J. Kohler retired from TRW Inc. the end of 1995.  While with TRW he was named Vice-President and General Manager of Avionics and Surveillance Group in 1990.  In April of 1994, he was elected Executive-Vice President.

Mr. Kohler is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Institute of Technology.  He consults with the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and the Boeing Company.

From 1986 to 1990 Mr. Kohler was the President and CEO of ESL Inc.  From 1985 to 1986 he was Vice-President of Advanced Programs for the Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.

Mr. Kohler spent 18 years with the Central Intelligence Agency.  His last assignment was as Director of the Office of Development and Engineering, Directorate of Science and Technology, in Washington DC.  From 1982 to 1985 he managed the engineering, development and operations of major technical collection systems in support of the National Reconnaissance Office.  Other CIA positions he held include; program group director, facility chief, chief systems engineer and deputy program director.  He joined CIA in 1967.  From 1959 to 1967 Mr. Kohler was manager of the Photo-Science and Technology Department of the Itek Corp. in Lexington, MA.

Mr. Kohler has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Orincon Corp. in San Diego (since gone public) and Recon Optical in Barrington, IL.

DCI William Casey awarded Mr. Kohler the CIA Distinguished Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal in 1985.  He also received the Intelligence Medal of Merit and several other awards as result of work on NRO programs.  Mr. Kohler was elected one of the first Pioneers of the National Reconnaissance Office in 2000.

From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Kohler was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Council for Excellence in Government.  From 1993 to 1996 he served on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Economic Development Corp.  From 1988 to 1990 Mr. Kohler was the Chair of the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group and also served on the Board of the United Way of Santa Clara County.

Robert J. Kohler earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Photographic Science and Technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1959.

Jim Cole, Board of Director:

Jim Cole has been a General Partner with Windward Ventures since 1998. He is also a General Partner of Spectra Enterprise Associates since 1987 and formerly a Partner with New Enterprise Associates from 1990 through 1997. He was co-founder (1972) and Executive Vice President of Amplica, Inc, a successful design and manufacturer of gallium arsenide integrated circuits. Amplica went public in 1981 and was sold to COMSAT Corp in 1982. Mr. Cole was personally involved in the formation of several other successful companies including Spectrian, EEsof and Nitres. He currently serves as a director of Giga-Tronics and Vitesse Semiconductor, both are public companies and several private companies including Astute Networks, Troika Networks and Strix Systems. Mr. Cole is also a regent of Mount St Mary’s College.

Greg George, Board of Director:

Greg George's strong technology background has played a critical role in the growth of several portfolio companies, including ViewLogic Systems, Inc., which was acquired by Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS), Women.com, which subsequently merged with iVillage Inc. (NASDAQ: IVIL),  and Quintar Holdings Corporation, which is now part of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFII). Today, Mr. George works closely with WorldRes.com, Inc., and SunPower Corporation. 

Before joining Technology Funding in 1986, Mr. George was a management consultant specializing in technical and strategic analysis of venture-backed software companies. He brings an entrepreneurial perspective to Technology Funding as the co-founder of two successful ventures, The Planning Economics Group and Data Resources, Inc.

After 14 years as a General Partner at Technology Funding, Gregory T. George has left the firm to pursue other business opportunities. In his new role as a Consultant, he continues to manage several investments for Technology Funding, working closely with portfolio companies as they progress through the early-stage development cycle. His areas of expertise include software and communications technologies.

Mr. George earned an A.B. from Harvard College.

Dick Kramlich, Board of Director:

Dick Kramlich has more than 35 years of venture capital investment experience. Dick focuses on a broad range of technically oriented companies. Present board memberships include Fabric7 Systems, Financial Engines, Force10 Networks, Foveon, Informative, Visual Edge Technologies, Xoom Corporation, KOR Electronics and Zhone Technologies (NASDAQ: ZHNE). Previous board memberships include among others, 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS), Ascend Communications (acquired by Lucent Technologies), Dallas Semiconductor (acquired by Maxim Integrated Products), Healtheon/WebMD (NASDAQ: HLTH), Immunex (acquired by Amgen), InfoGear (acquired by Cisco Systems), Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), Macromedia (NASDAQ: MACR) acquired by Adobe, NetSolve (NASDAQ: NSTL) acquired by Cisco Systems, Decru (acquired by Network Appliance), Silicon Graphics and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) (NYSE SMI). He was recently Chairman and President of the National Venture Capital Association. Prior to Joining NEA, Dick was a General Partner of Arthur Rock & Associates and Executive Vice President of Gardner & Preston Moss.

Dick Kramlich earned a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in History from Northwestern University. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Venture Capital Association and the University of California-Hass School of Business. He and his wife Pam are noted collectors of Media Art.

Peter Marino, Board of Director:

Peter. Marino is a nationally acclaimed expert on defense and intelligence issues. Throughout his distinguished career, Mr. Marino held various senior executive positions including the director of Technical Service at the CIA, president/COO of both Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc. and Fairfield Industries, Inc., Sr. vice president of E-Systems, Inc., and CEO and president of Fire Arms Training Systems.

A published author of several technical papers, Mr. Marino has also served on numerous boards, including current membership on the Defense Science Board, chairman of the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency Advisory Group, and the Defense Science Board's task force on Intelligence for Homeland Defense. Mr. Marino also serves on the board of Qinetiq North America. He received a BS in Physics from Rollins College and a MS in Acoustics from Pennsylvania State University.

Roger F. Roberts, Ph.D., Board of Director:

Roger Roberts has over 20 years of experience in leading strategic campaigns within Aerospace. His passion for winning and leadership of people has inspired teams to achieve extremely challenging goals. Combining this energy with a strong technical background, business experience, and domain knowledge has produced significant results and lead to recognition as one of the top industry strategists.

Roger has developed strategic market and business strategies, new business processes, created new lines of business, and lead very challenging multi-billion program capture campaigns. He has lead large teams of people in advanced program development and in multi-billion dollar operations. As President of RF Roberts Consulting Inc, he offers a range of enterprise strategy and program capture expertise.

Roger is currently a member of the Sun Federal Board of Directors, the KOR electronics Board of Directors, and the Board of Advisors for FGM. He has a Bachelor and Masters degree in Physics and a PhD in engineering from the University of California, Irvine.