Roger is Chairman of The Roda Group, a venture development firm, based in Berkeley, California which provides entrepreneurs the resources, environment and guidance to launch and grow high technology businesses. He also serves on the Board of Coolsystems, Polyserve and Sightspeed. He was the first CEO and former Chairman of Ask Jeeves, Inc. Previously, he was the CEO of Symmetricom, a communications equipment manufacturer. He was a co-founder at TCSI Corp., a telecom software company, and as Chairman and CEO, Roger was responsible for growing the company from start-up to over $60 M in annual revenues and completing a successful IPO. Roger earned a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from Cornell University and a Master of Science degree from Stanford University, both in electrical engineering. He holds two patents in wireless communications.