- James Treybig
James (Jimmy) Treybig founded
Tandem Computers , a pioneeringSilicon Valley manufacturer offault tolerant computer systems which were marketed to the growing number oftransaction processing customers who used them for ATMs,bank s,stock exchange s and other similar needs.He attended
Rice University , where he received aB.A. degree in1963 and abachelor's degree inelectrical engineering in1964 .He then served as marketing section manager on the [http://www.3k.com/papers/hp3000_history.html HP3000] project. He left in early 1973 to join
Tom Perkins (ex-General Manager of Data Products Division) in a venture capital company to startTandem Computers . He served as its CEO from 1974 to 1996. Under his leadership, Tandem delivered its first product in 1976, first issued public stock in 1977, and in 1980 was ranked by Inc. magazine as the fastest growing public company in America. When Jimmy retired in 1996, Tandem was a $2.3 billion company employing approximately 8,000 people worldwide. In August 2002, Jimmy joinedNew Enterprise Associates as a Venture Partner based out of Austin, TX.Amateur Call is W6JKV. Jim now lives in Austin, TX and is very active on 6M. Details are on his web page, [http://www.w6jkv.com/ http://www.w6jkv.com] .
External links
* [http://www.nea.com/NEATeam/TeamMemberDisplay/index.cfm?IDP=16 His NEA Bio]
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