Dave Lyon brings to Ozmo Devices the experience gained from his diverse career as an entrepreneur, operating executive, and technologist in the fields of telecommunications and semiconductors. He has served as CEO of two early stage companies, as VP/GM of successful operating units within larger established firms, and as a Board Director for both public and private enterprises.
Earlier in his career as a technologist he published and lectured extensively and is named as an inventor on seven US patents. Dave earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Vleugels co-founded H-Stream Wireless, now Ozmo Devices, in 2004. She has over 10 years of experience in analog, mixed-signal and high-frequency RF integrated circuit design. Before co-founding the company, Dr. Vleugels held engineering positions at Atheros Communications, where she designed analog and RF circuits for wireless LAN chipsets. In this role, she was a key contributor to the industry's first single-chip 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN solution. Prior to her tenure at Atheros, Dr. Vleugels was one of the first employees at Aeluros (acquired by NetLogic Microsystems), a provider of high-integration low-power CMOS-based broadband communication chips, where she was pivotal in the successful development of the industry's first low-power 10 Gigabit CMOS transceiver chip.
Earlier in her career, Dr. Vleugels held design engineering positions with Texas Instruments and CERN (European Center for Particle Physics).
Dr. Vleugels received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University for her work on high-bandwidth, high-resolution CMOS A/D converter design. She also holds an MSEE from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. In 2002, she was appointed Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University. Dr. Vleugels has co-authored numerous technical publications and has over 10 patents pending.
Mr. Rand joined Granite Ventures in May 2002, after spending nearly three decades working inside both public and private companies. As CEO of four private companies, he successfully turned them into public entities through acquisition. Prior to joining Granite, Mr. Rand was General Manager of Strategic Marketing and Global Alliances for the Intel Communications Group (ICG) at Intel Corp. Mr. Rand joined Intel after serving as CEO and Founder of NetBoost Corp., which was acquired by Intel in 1999. NetBoost was a developer of network processor silicon, subsystems and software development systems. Prior to NetBoost, he was Co-founder of Internet Middleware, Inc., an Internet proxy caching company acquired by Network Appliance, Inc. in 1997, as well as CEO of The Whitewater Group (acquired by Symantec). Mr. Rand was also CEO at the Rand Group (acquired by Intergraph Corp.), and was Vice President & General Manager at both Intergraph and Autodesk, Inc. Mr. Rand has extensive technical and operational background in the semiconductor and communications industries, and focuses his investments in communications and components companies. He serves on the Boards of Directors for Aspen Avionics, Ozmo Devices and PowerGenix. He holds several degrees including a BS in Building Sciences, a BS in Engineering, a BArch degree in Architecture, and an MS in Structural Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Mr. Yara is a general partner of Tallwood Venture Capital. With his first hand knowledge of being a successful entrepreneur, he has a strong sense of what it takes to build a successful company. This experience allows him to ensure that Tallwood makes value added contributions to its portfolio companies. Mr. Yara co-founded two technology startups, S3 (SBLU) and Chips & Technologies (acquired by Intel Corp.). He has also held positions at Intel, Raytheon Semiconductor, Scientific Microsystems and Data Pathing. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University.
