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Curtis "Kip" Myers has 20 years of operations experience in finance, engineering, marketing and general management in the computer industry. He has a proven track record as a technology company operating executive and entrepreneur. Mr. Myers is a partner of Vanguard Venture Partners and Red Rock Ventures, both early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital funds.Before joining Vanguard, Mr. Myers was co-founder and held several top management positions at Plexus Computers, Inc. in San Jose, Calif. Plexus, a profitable $35 million venture-backed firm that pioneered the UNIX market, is the leading supplier of database systems designed to store image, text and structured data. During his eight years at Plexus, Mr. Myers served as CFO, vice president of engineering, and vice president of marketing.Mr. Myers also held positions as president and CEO of Opus Systems, Inc., the leading manufacturer of UNIX coprocessor boards for the IBM PC, where he as instrumental in returning the company to profitability. Prior to working at Opus, he served as founder and vice president of operations of Onyx Systems, Inc., the first company to introduce a UNIX-based microcomputer. Before joining Onyx, Mr. Myers held various management and development positions with Zilog, Inc., United States Air Force, Wells Fargo Bank and Ampex. He currently sits on the board of directors of Cobalt Network, Zantaz.com, ObserveNet, Fujant Technology and Hi Five Networks.A native of Palo Alto, Calif., Mr. Myers has a BS degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California and an MBA in finance, also from Berkeley. | 