Ed Zschau

Ed Zschau is a rare individual whose career spans leadership roles in technology, government, venture capital, and education. Dr. Zschau served as a Professor at Princeton University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Harvard Business School. He was the founder and CEO of System Industries from 1968 through 1981. In 1982, Ed was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and represented the Silicon Valley area in Congress while serving on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House for two terms ending in 1986. In 1987, Ed became a General Partner of Brentwood Associates, a venture capital firm. In 1988, he was elected Chairman and CEO of Censtor, a company which had been founded by Brentwood to develop advanced magnetic recording components for disk drives. Dr. Zschau later joined IBM as General Manager of the $6.5 billion Storage Systems Division until 1995. Ed has an A.B. (cum laude) from Princeton University, M.B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from Stanford University, and a Doctor of Law degree (Honoris Causa) from the University of San Francisco. Ed is the Founding Chairman, Emeritus of the TECH Museum in San Jose, California, and is a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology.