About Bay Microsystems

Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Randy had a broad and significant career as an executive, which includes serving as COO and VP of Business Development for Nishan Systems (acquired by McData), and GM and VP of 3Com's Advanced Products and Storage Networking Divisions. As COO of Omnipoint Corporation (now T-Mobile via merger) he was a member of the team of executives that took this company through its successful IPO. Additionally, Randy was GM of Hewlett Packard's Information Networks Division and the Business Unit Manager of NCR/AT&T's Open Networking Business Unit.

Randy's technology career began at NCR in Wichita, Kansas. Over a span of thirteen years he started as an individual contributor and progressed to hold management positions in R&D, Marketing, and Quality Assurance. He has received numerous awards including NCR's Chief Scientist Award for conceiving innovative technology for implementation of disk arrays.

Randy has an MBA from Wichita State, MS in Computer Science from Kansas State, and a BS in Computer Science from Iowa State. He is also an alumnus of the U.S. Naval Academy. He currently serves on the boards of Aristos Logic, Bay Microsystems, and Xceive, served on the board of Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex), and is also responsible for managing Quicksilver's investments in Aperto, Cavium, and Minerva.

Robert Marshall is Managing Partner of Selby Venture Partners. With over 40 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Mr. Marshall has acquired extensive startup, operations and investment experience in high technology companies. Prior to launching Selby, Mr. Marshall was Founder, President and CEO of InfoGear Technology Corp., a leading Internet appliance company. InfoGear was acquired by Cisco Systems.

In the 20 years preceding InfoGear until December 1995, Mr. Marshall was a senior executive at Tandem Computers and Diablo Systems. He was one of the co-founders of Tandem and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Tandem was purchased by Compaq for well over $3 Billion.

Mr. Marshall currently serves on the board of directors of 3ware, Inc., Blue Pumpkin Software, Inc., Fabric7 Systems, OnSite Systems, Quicksilver Technology, Inc., Sierra Monitor Corporation and Triformix. Mr. Marshall holds a B.S.E.E. from Heald Engineering and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Paul G. Kaminski is Chairman and CEO of Technovation, Inc., a consulting company dedicated to the development and application of advanced technology. From 1994 to 1997, Dr. Kaminski served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology where he was responsible for all Department of Defense (DOD) research, development, and acquisition programs. In this role, he was also accountable for DOD logistics, environmental security and international programs. He has served as Chairman of the Defense Science Board and was a member of the Defense Policy Board.

Dr. Kaminski has had a continuing career involving large program management, and development and application of advanced technology in both the private and public sectors. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Technology Strategies and Alliances, a technology-oriented investment banking and consulting firm. His previous government experience includes a 20-year career as an officer in the Air Force, during which he served as Director for Low Observables Technology, with responsibility for directing the development, production and fielding of the major stealth systems (e.g., F-117, B-2). He also led the initial development of a National Reconnaissance Office space system and related sensor technology.

Currently, Dr. Kaminski is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, and a Senior Fellow of the Defense Science Board. He is Chairman of the Board of Exostar Inc. and of HRL Labs, and a Director of Bay Microsystems, CoVant Technologies, DFI International, General Dynamics, In-Q-Tel, Inc., and RAND. He serves as an advisor to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, LynuxWorks, Inc., MILCOM Technologies and MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Additionally, he is a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Technical Advisory Board, the National Reconnaissance Office Technology Advisory Group, the FBI Director's Advisory Board, and the Atlantic Council.

Dr. Kaminski received a Bachelor of Science from the Air Force Academy, Master of Science degrees in both Aeronautics and Astronautics and in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.

Celeste Volz Ford is the founder and CEO of Stellar Solutions, Inc., a professional aerospace engineering services firm. Under her guidance since its inception in 1995, Stellar Solutions has become a recognized leader in the aerospace field by participating in critically important government and commercial, national and international satellite programs.

Ms. Ford is well known and widely recognized, having served on congressional commissions in the aerospace industry as well as on panels focusing on entrepreneurship and women in business. She is a member of the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering Advisory Council, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the United States Space Foundation (USSF).

Ms. Ford began her career as a guidance and control engineer for COMSAT (Communications Satellite Corporation) in 1978. She left COMSAT to become a project manager at the Aerospace Corporation, where her work with NASA on the Space Shuttle led to recognition as "Woman of the Year" in 1984. Ms. Ford then joined Scitor Corporation where she successfully started and grew a satellite launch business. In 1995, she founded Stellar Solutions, which she has guided to a position of international prominence as a global provider of aerospace engineering expertise.

Ms. Ford currently serves on the board of directors of the California Space Authority (CSA) and the Women's High Tech Coalition (WHTC). She holds a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S. from Stanford University, both in Aerospace Engineering.

With over 20 years of experience in the communication, computer and semiconductor industry, Rick was the visionary behind Bay's innovative architecture. Prior to Bay, Rick founded Softcom Microsystems in 1996.

At Softcom, Rick defined, created and developed the complete architecture for both the GigaBlade™ Broadband Accelerator and the SoftcomEngine™, the world's first single-chip full-duplex OC-12c network processor. Intel acquired Softcom in July 1999.

Prior to Softcom, Rick worked at LSI Logic where he was instrumental in creating LSI's Telecom Products Division. While at LSI, Rick was also principally involved in creating the ATMizer™ Product Family, managing all aspects from architecture and implementation to market adoption. The ATMizer™, the first re-programmable RISC communication processor in the industry, is still identified today as the driving force behind the network processor revolution.

Rick is recognized as an authority on traffic management and network processor design, and has nine patents awarded and numerous patents pending in broadband networking. He holds a BSCS and an MSEE.