Doug Laird

Private Equity Investor at

Formative Ventures LLC

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Mr. Doug A. Laird is Venture Partner at Formative Ventures LLC and President & Chief Executive Officer at Tier Logic, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Veebeam Corp.
Previously he was a founder and Executive Vice President of Product Development for Transmeta Corporation.
In that role he managed various engineering organizations of the company.
Prior to founding Transmeta, he led engineering organizations at Sun Microsystems, LSI Logic, Ultra Network Technologies, ROLM Mil-Spec Computers, and National Semiconductor.
Mr. Laird received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and a master of science degree in computer science from Santa Clara University.

Doug Laird active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Formative Ventures LLC Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures makes early-stage investments in all areas of the technology sector including communications, mobile/wireless solutions, advanced semiconductors, Internet infrastructure and next-generation Internet solutions.	Private Equity Investor	-

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Former positions of Doug Laird

Companies	Position	End
Tier Logic, Inc. Tier Logic, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides system design and software solutions	President	24/05/2011
Veebeam Corp. Veebeam Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Develops wireless technology and products	Director/Board Member	-
LSI CORP	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops computer and storage systems, high-speed microprocessors and software solutions for computer networking	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Transmeta Corp. Transmeta Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops and licenses computing, microprocessor & semiconductor technologies	Founder	-

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Private companies	10
LSI Corp. LSI Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Designs semiconductors and software that accelerated storage & networking in data centers, mobile networks and client computing	Electronic Technology
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Microsystems, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops computer and storage systems, high-speed microprocessors and software solutions for computer networking	Electronic Technology
Transmeta Corp. Transmeta Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops and licenses computing, microprocessor & semiconductor technologies	Electronic Technology
Cswitch Corp. Cswitch Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Develops and manufactures configurable switch array devices	Electronic Technology
Tier Logic, Inc. Tier Logic, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides system design and software solutions	Technology Services
CRV LLC CRV LLC Investment ManagersFinance Charles River Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on communications & technology, enterprise software/services and media/entertainment sectors. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements with an investment size of $ 0.025 to 5 million. It acts as the lead investor.	Finance
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Santa Clara University Santa Clara University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Formative Ventures LLC Formative Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Formative Ventures makes early-stage investments in all areas of the technology sector including communications, mobile/wireless solutions, advanced semiconductors, Internet infrastructure and next-generation Internet solutions.	Finance
Veebeam Corp. Veebeam Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Develops wireless technology and products	Communications

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