Bandel L. Carano joined Oak as a General Partner in 1985. Bandel has invested in companies with emphasis on design automation (Centric Software, Interconnectix, Parametric, Synopsys and Tensilica); telecommunications (2Wire, Airspan, Avici, CommVerge, CoreTek, Endwave, FiberTower, General Bandwidth, Metawave, NeoPhotonics, Netopia, PictureTel, Polycom, PulsePoint, Qtera, ReliOn, Sentient Networks, Tegic, Trapeze, Wellfleet, White Rock Networks and WFI); software (Entropic, firstRain, Illustra/Informix, Sybase, Tele Atlas and Visto); and advanced semiconductors (Actel, Airgo, CommQuest, Kenet, Level 5, NemeriX, Newport Media, nLight, Plastic Logic, Resonext, SMIC, Solarflare, Stretch, Synaptics and Virata). Prior to Oak, Bandel worked with Morgan Stanley's Venture Capital Group. He was responsible for advising Morgan Stanley on high-tech new business development, as well as sponsoring venture investments. Bandel received BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He currently serves on the Investment Advisory Board of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund.