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Bruce Sachs joined Charles River Ventures as a general partner in 1999, bringing 20 years experience in the telecommunications, networking, Internet and computing industries. Mr. Sachs is a director of several private and public companies, including iControl, BigBand Networks, Celerica, Cedar Point Communications, Acopia Networks and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTX). Previously, Mr. Sachs served on the boards of American Internet (acquired by Cisco Systems), C-Port (acquired by Motorola), Arrowpoint (Nasdaq:ARPT) and Media 100 (Nasdaq:MDEA). Mr. Sachs led Charles River investments in Flarion Technologies (acquired by QUALCOMM), River Delta Networks (acquired by Motorola), and Hammerhead Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), and served on all three boards. Prior to joining Charles River Ventures, Mr. Sachs served as executive vice president and general manager of Ascend's (now Lucent Technologies, Nasdaq:LU) Carrier Signaling and Management Group. Mr. Sachs joined Ascend in October 1998 through its acquisition of Stratus Computer. At Stratus he served as president and CEO, repositioning the company through the integration of telecom software and services onto its traditional computing foundation.Mr. Sachs started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories and then served as a director of engineering at Memotec/Infinet. In 1989 he joined Xylogics as director of engineering and ultimately became CEO. Mr. Sachs led the company through a dramatic strategy and positioning reformulation, and in 1995, its acquisition by Bay Networks. He went on to serve as an executive vice president of Bay Networks (now a unit of Nortel Networks Nasdaq:NT), completing four acquisitions in his first year and enhancing the company's position in key emerging telecommunications markets.Mr. Sachs holds a master of engineering in electrical engineering from Cornell University, an MBA from Northeastern University and a BS in electrical engineering from Bucknell University | 