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Rich joined Foundation Capital after 20+ years in networking and communications, a combination of start-up entrepreneurial as well as large company intrapreneurial experience. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Atheros Communications (NASDAQ: ATHR) which he joined as a start-up with 21 engineers and an office manager. He built the company into the leading provider of Wi-Fi wireless semiconductors and Silicon Valley's "Fastest Growing Private Company" as determined by the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal and PricewaterhouseCoopers for the 2001 to 2003 period. In 2003 Rich received Frost & Sullivan's prestigious "Wireless LAN CEO of the Year" award. Prior to Atheros, Rich was vice president and general manager of 3Com's Wireless and Home Connectivity Division, where he was a pioneer in home networking. He spent more than ten years at 3Com in various sales, marketing, and general management positions including vice president of Marketing and later acting general manager for the Mobile Communications Division, which he helped grow from $35-million to over $700-million in revenue. Other positions at 3Com included director of Americas Hub Marketing, National Reseller sales manager, and National OEM sales manager. Prior to 3Com, Rich was chief operating officer of Polygon, a communications software start-up. Rich began his professional career with TeleVideo Systems, an early leader in personal computers and networking, where he held various marketing and sales management positions. Rich currently serves on the boards of Dust Networks, Azimuth Systems and Mobius Microsystems, and was previously on the board of Atheros Communications. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSIE from Purdue. | 