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Bruce was Co-Founder, President and CEO of Network Elements, Inc. (NEI), a company established with the goal of revolutionizing the networking market. Bruce and his team raised $115M in funding for NEI and developed multiple successful products. Prior to NEI, Bruce was at Tektronix for 15 years, most recently as Vice President of Technology and General Manager. In this role Bruce established himself as a leader in the development of technology-based growth opportunities. New business areas and products resulting from Bruce’s partnership-based, distributed R&D model include compressed video transport, MPEG-based storage, ATM networking, and SONET networking. Bruce also started the Video Data Services business for which he was responsible for sales, marketing, engineering and P&L management. Bruce has an MS in Nuclear Physics from MIT and was a Visiting Industrial Scientist at UC Berkeley, working on novel silicon micromechanical devices and superconducting electronics. Bruce has eleven patents, with several others pending, and has contributed to a presidential committee on technology. | 