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Richard A. Kashnowis the retired president of Tyco Ventures a venture capital unit he established for Tyco International in 1999 following Tyco's acquisition of Raychem Corporation.
For several years before that Dr. Kashnow served as chairman chief executive officer and president of Raychem a $1.8 billion public technology company specializing in electronic components and engineered materials. Prior to Raychem Dr. Kashnow held executive positions with Manville Corporation where he became president of its $1 billion building products and engineered materials subsidiary Schuller Corporation.
Dr. Kashnow began his business career as a physicist at General Electric's corporate R&D center. During his seventeen years at GE he held technical and general management positions including corporate technology consultant manager of GE Aerospace's electronics laboratory and general manager of GE Lighting's quartz and chemical products business.
Dr. Kashnow earned a BS degree in physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1963) and a PhD in solid-state physics from Tufts University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army (1968-1970).
Dr. Kashnow is also a director of ParkerVision (NASDAQ: PRKR) ActivCard (Nasdaq:ACTI) and Komag (Nasdaq:KOMG). He also serves as non-executive chairman of Komag. | 