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General Partner at Startup Capital Ventures, John Davidson has more than 35 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur in the communications networking industry. John has founded and spearheaded two successful communications networking companies: Ungermann-Bass, Inc. and Network Telesystems. Ungermann-Bass, founded in 1979, is recognized as the networking industry's first Local Area Networking company. As Chief Technology Officer, John helped to grow the company to more than $400 million in revenue and 1,600+ employees, and led the company's growth efforts through its IPO and $260 million sale to Tandem Computers. In 1993 John founded his second company, Network Telesystems, Inc., a self-funded internet infrastructure software company, where he served as Chairman and CEO. Network Telesystems was acquired by Efficient Networks in 2000, which in turn was acquired by technology leader Siemens in 2001. Earlier in his career, John served as the University of Hawaii's liaison to the Technical Working Group for the ARPANET program, out of which the Internet evolved. His specific role in the ARPANET program included participating in the design and implementation of the TCP/IP protocols. | 