Admiral Inman joined the board of BlueSpace in July 2006. Admiral Inman is one of Austin's most well-known and successful angel investors who, throughout the past 16 years, has invested in over 30 startup technology companies and taken an active role in their growth and development. His most noticeable successes were Dell and Oracle, where he served on their boards through their successful IPOs.
In his prior experience, he attained the rank of four-star U.S. Navy Admiral and served as Director of Naval Intelligence, Director of the National Security Agency, and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. After his retirement from the military, Admiral Inman was the Chairman and CEO of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), and later served as Chairman, President and CEO of Westmark Systems, Inc. He was also Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas, and served as a member of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government.
He holds the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas. He is currently on the Boards of ESPC, Fluor Corporation, Massey Energy Company, MobiTV, and Temple Inland Inc. |