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John F. Shoch, Ph.D., has been doing venture capital investing since 1985. Prior to that, he was President of the Xerox Office Systems Division. John received a BA (1971) in Political Science, an MS (1977), and a Ph.D. (1979) in Computer Science, all from Stanford. He joined Xerox in 1971 and worked at its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) where he helped develop the Ethernet as well as the PUP and IP/TCP protocols. In 1980, he became the assistant to the CEO of Xerox. In 1982, John became President of the Office Systems Division, developing networked office systems derived from Xerox PARC research. He was a director of and founding investor in Conductus and Remedy. He is also a director of several private companies, including Kasenna, Knowledge Networks, MontaVista Software, Nitronex and Polimetrix. John also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Computer History Museum. | 