Mike Zak
781.768.6000
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Areas of greatest interest
Renewable energy
Networking
Track Record
Concord Communications - IPO 1997, Acquired by Computer Associates, 2007
Broadbus - acquired by Motorola, 2006
ON Technology - IPO 1995, acquired by Symantec, 2003
Speechworks - IPO 2000, acquired by Nuance Communications, 2003
C-Port - acquired by Motorola, 2000
Floware - IPO 2000, merged with BreezeCOM, 2001
Sonus Networks - IPO 2000, (Nasdaq: SONS)
Verenium Corporation - IPO 2000 (Nasdaq: VRNM)
RAScom - acquired by Excel Switching, 1999
American Internet - acquired by Cisco Systems, 1998
Ciena Corporation - IPO 1997, (Nasdaq:CIEN)
Agile Networks - acquired by Lucent Technologies, 1995
Mission Critical Technologies - acquired by FutureTense, 1999
Past Lives
Co-Founder and Vice President of Concord Communications
Previous roles at Motorola and McKinsey & Company
Captain, US Marine Corps
What he does for fun
Vice Chairman, Emerson Hospital
Board of Trustees, Cornell University
Member, National Committee on US-China Relations
Member, Pacific Council on International Policy
Active in land conservation efforts throughout New England
Joined CRV
1991
Education
MBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business
BS, Cornell University
Current Projects
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Cedar Point Communications
Cedar Point Communications’ totally integrated switching platforms enable the scalable, cost effective, less complex delivery of VoIP and multimedia for cable, telco, enterprise and WiMAX network operators. Designed to provide carrier-class performance and reliability, while increasing network integrity, security and privacy, Cedar Point’s SAFARI C³ Multimedia Switching System is a PacketCable™-qualified solution that supports legacy circuit, NCS and SIP-based voice services, as well as delivering core IMS capabilities. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarpointcom.com.
04/30/2007
ENTREPRENEURIAL TELECOM VETERAN MARK TUBINIS JOINS CEDAR POINT COMMUNICATIONS AS…more
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Crossbeam Systems
Crossbeam Systems secures the world’s largest networks with its market-leading, high performance security solutions. With the industry’s only open and extensible security hardware platform that supports best-in-class applications from the leading vendors, Crossbeam provides large organizations with unparalleled flexibility, performance and efficiency in securing their networks against constantly evolving threats. Headquartered in Boxborough, Mass., Crossbeam has offices in Europe and Asia Pacific. More information is available at: http://www.crossbeamsystems.com
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Optiwind
Founded in 2007, Optiwind is pioneering a new market in wind energy, placing medium sized wind turbines right where they’re needed most – on site at schools, businesses and government locations. By allowing customers to capture their own clean, renewable power right at their own locations, Optiwind frees customers from the risk of continuously rising grid rates and allows them to refocus all of their resources on what they do best.
http://www.optiwind.com/
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Reva Systems
Reva Systems develops RFID network infrastructure products that enable customers to rapidly deploy scalable solutions in any environment. Reva’s standards-based Tag Acquisition Processor (TAP) products facilitate improved system performance, manageability and accuracy while significantly lessening implementation time and complexity. Reva products are delivered by a global network of partners and deployed worldwide by enterprises leveraging innovative RFID applications to generate value in diverse industries. Reva was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., with a European office in Dusseldorf, Germany. For more information, visit http://www.revasystems.com
04/14/2009
Reva Systems Closes $5 Million Funding, Appoints New CEO more
10/22/2007
Reva Wins 2007 Technology Leadership Award more
06/11/2007
Reva Systems� RFID Network Infrastructure Recipient of 2007 MITX Technology…more
04/11/2007
Reva TAP Named “2007 Product of the Year” more
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Rive Technology
Rive Technology, Inc is a Cambridge, Mass.-based start-up and developer of an advanced catalyst technology that makes the oil-to-gasoline conversion process more efficient.
http://www.rivetechnology.com/
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Verenium
Today’s world faces mounting pressure arising from the end of the era of low-cost oil that fueled global prosperity in the 20th century. Diminishing oil supplies, growing concentration of petroleum in the hands of unstable or hostile political regimes, and the mounting threat of climate change all point toward the need for new ways to produce fuels and other chemical products in the 21st century. Verenium (Nasdaq: VRNM) is a new biofuels industry leader for the green millennium. The company formed as a result of a merger of publicly-held Diversa and Celunol, a CRV portfolio company.Verenium, a new biofuels industry leader for the green millennium.
06/20/2007
Diversa and Celunol Complete Merger to Create Verenium Corporation, a…more
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