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Jennifer Fonstad is a Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Her current Board responsibilities include NanoCoolers (chip cooling devices), Nantero (carbon nanotube-based DRAM), Groxis (visual search software), Intematix (high-throughput synthesis and screening of technology-enabling materials), Ipedo (software-based data cache solution), and Troika Networks (storage area networking). Ms. Fonstad also led the firm’s investment in Athenahealth (eHealth services), Ember (wireless mesh network), Luminus Devices (solid state lighting), and Molecular Imprints (nano-imprint lithography). Previous investments include United Online (NASDAQ: UNTD), Achex (acquired by First Data Corp - FDC), and iShip (acquired by Stamps - STMP). She speaks frequently at industry conferences and writes often for industry publications (click here for her columns). Ms. Fonstad began her career with Bain and Company after spending a year teaching in sub-Sahara Africa. She graduated Cum Laude from Georgetown University, holds an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School, and is a former Kauffman Fellow.

Dave joined Crosslink in 2001 and is a partner focusing on our core technology/semiconductor venture investing activities.

Dave has been starting, managing and helping high tech companies grow for over 25 years. Prior to joining Crosslink, Dave served as strategic consultant to Transmeta, CEO of XStream Logic and founding CEO of Raycer Graphics. He was Vice President of Engineering at NexGen and Kendall Square Research after starting his career at Data General, which was chronicled in Tracy Kidder's "Soul of a New Machine." Dave is a member of the Editorial Board of Microprocessor Report, and is named on 13 patents in Computer Architecture and Systems.

BSEE, MSEE, from the University of Wisconsin
MBA, Boston University

die@crosslinkcapital.com

Mr. Choi was the founding partner of East Gate Capital Management. Mr. Choi focuses his investment activity in the Internet, Fabless Semiconductor and Wireless sectors. He serves in board of director roles at 3cim, GCT, Intematix, Xalted and YesVideo. Prior to East Gate, he was a portfolio manager of publicly traded securities at Pacific Gemini Partners and Sit/Kim International Investment Associates, Inc. Mr. Choi was responsible for asset allocation analysis, researching internationally listed securities, trading and preparing performance analyses for over $800m in global equity and fixed income funds. Mr. Choi started his investment career at Citibank, N.A. in both the New York and Seoul offices. Mr. Choi completed an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business, has a Master's degree in Engineering Management from S tanford University and a B.S. in Engineering from Seoul National University .

Himanshu Choksi brings to Pacifica over eighteen years of experience in general management, product development, marketing, and new venture development in the internet, communications, and semiconductor industries.

Prior to co-founding Pacifica, Himanshu co-founded two startups and held senior management positions in several private and public companies. He was founding CEO of Onebox.com, a venture-backed company acquired by Openwave Systems (formerly Phone.com). One of the first three employees of Pacific Bell Video Services, a fledgling venture within the Pacific Telesis family of companies, Himanshu helped it become a pioneer in the wireless broadband market and grow to over 300 people. His team developed the company's earliest interactive TV services. He served as GM of an acquired wireless cable company and led the company's market launch of wireless digital TV services - the world's first commercial deployment of a digital MMDS television service. Prior to Pacific Telesis, Himanshu was at Bain & Company, a global strategic consulting firm advising clients on business, market and product strategy. Some of his work at Bain formed the basis of recommendations by CEOs of the top 10 U.S. computer companies to President (senior) Bush regarding government investment in R&D. He was instrumental in setting up Bain's technology consulting practice. Himanshu began his career at Intel Corporation, where he developed next-generation IC technologies.

Himanshu is the holder of four US patents. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where he ranked first in his field of study; an MS from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.