E&Y So Cal High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year / VP Eng of 4, COO of 2, CEO of 9 tech companies / Raised >$225M in 8 financings / 18 joint developments/channel partnerships with >$220M in funding / Restarted 2 companies returning more than 25:1 at ADAX and increasing pre-money valuation 3x at Hammerhead / ADAX’s T3AS system: UCSD–CONNECT – Most Innovative New Product / XLGX’s disk controller: EDN Magazine – Best Computer and Peripherals Product

State of Florida 21st Century Scholar, Agere Systems Chair, Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida / Bell Laboratories – Lucent Technologies, Senior Vice President for Communications and Networking (retired) / Co-inventor of DSL / Member, National Academy of Engineering / Fellow, IEEE / Bell Laboratories Fellow / 100+ peer reviewed publications / H index = 45 / 55 issued patents, 5 pending

Southeastern Center for Digestive Disorders and Pancreatic Cancer, Advanced Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Florida Hospital; was Surgical Director, Center for Digestive Disorders, Tampa General Hospital; was Professor, Department of Surgery, Assoc. Dean, USF; Did the 1st Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery-2007 and the first Natural Orifice Translumenal Surgery under local anesthesia-2009; 300+ peer reviewed publications; H index = 30.

Southeastern Center for Digestive Disorders and Pancreatic Cancer, Advanced Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Florida Hospital; was Asst. Professor, Department of Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, USF College of Medicine; was at the Center for Digestive Disorders, Tampa General Hospital; is the Founder and Director of USF Women in Surgery.