Since March 2004 John Blair has served as a principal at Helicon a California-based consulting firm working with investors start-up enterprises and established corporations. From October 1999 through March 2004 Mr. Blair served as co-founder Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Kenamea an infrastructure software company. Prior to founding Kenamea from February 1992 to April 1996 Mr. Blair was a partner at Regis McKenna Inc. a high-tech marketing firm in Palo Alto and prior to that from November 1989 to February 1992 he worked at Booz Allen and Hamilton where he served as a senior advisor to major technology companies. Previously from January 1980 to October 1987 Mr. Blair was a founder and Vice President Engineering of Hypertec Pty. Ltd. a computer product design and manufacturing firm in Australia. Prior to 1980 Mr. Blair worked at Dulmont Ltd. an Australian computer company where he managed the engineering team that developed and brought to market the Dulmont Magnum the world's first 16-bit laptop computer. Mr. Blair has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Magna Cum Laude from the University of New South Wales and an MBA from Stanford University. |