Regis McKenna

McKenna helped launch some of the most important technological innovations of the last thirty years including the first microprocessor (Intel Corporation), the first personal computer (Apple Computer), the first recombinant DNA genetically engineered product (Genentech, Inc.), and the first retail computer store (The Byte Shop). Through most of the 1980’s, he was the only non-employee to serve on Apple’s Executive Management Staff. He was a General Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. As an angel investor, he has provided seed financing to WebLogic, the first application server. McKenna also was co-founder of BroadWare Technology which was acquired by Cisco in 2007. McKenna served on the International Advisory Board of Toyota Motor Company. He was founding member of Santa Clara University Center for Science, Technology & Society, and a trustee Emeritus of Santa Clara University. He is on the board of directors of Nanosys, an advanced materials company.