"The only source of knowledge is experience."  - Albert Einstein. 

It's Pretty Simple.  Experience.

• Reviewed and evaluated thousands of business plans, probably 10s of thousands as a Venture Capitalist.
• Professionally wrote business plans and taught same techniques at The University of Texas at Dallas. 
• Worked in Companies both large and small, domestic and international, plus over a dozen years as a practicing Venture Capitalist.  
  
  • ​Rockwell/Alcatel (Managed Product Line with Revenues >$250M)
    
  • Monterey Networks (Acquired by Cisco for $550M). 
    
  • InterWest Partners
    
  • SilverCreek Ventures 
    
  • Call Control, LLC
    
  • Spatial Datalyst, LLC
    
• Mentored, Invested or Advising Small Companies​
  
  • ​Exits: VAS (Genentech), Zabo (COIN).
    
• Board Member for a dozen Private and Public companies. 
• Extensive geographic reach in Texas and California. 
  
• Technology Focus on IT from Semiconductors to Software to tech-enabled Services.  
  
• Author/Co-Author of 11 US Patents
  
• BSEE (Lyle) /MBA (Cox) from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.