Dan Lankford

Dan Lankford has more than 30 years of experience in technology companies as an executive, board member, advisor, and investor. He has been CEO of four technology companies and chairman of three others. These include a European semiconductor company that grew from $15M to $250M in five years and a high-tech battery company that Dan took from start-up through IPO into commercial operation, including building a 100,000 sq. ft. factory. He also was founder and CEO of Element Energy, a battery management HW/SW company that had a successful sale to Maxim Semiconductor. He previously was a founding partner of Wavepoint Ventures, an early-stage technology venture fund. He spent his early career at AT&T and Bell Labs including serving as VP of Marketing for AT&T’s $2.5B Microelectronics business. Dan is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute, a scientific research organization and NASA contractor. He is also on the Board of Triple Ring Technologies, a high-tech science and engineering services firm. Previously he was on the national board of the American Electronics Association. During his career he has testified before Congress on technology and business issues and has presented at the White House conference on alternative energy.