Background
Sollman, George Henry was born on November 2, 1941 in Michigan City, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry Charles and Margaret Elisabeth (Gockel) Sollman.
Sollman, George Henry was born on November 2, 1941 in Michigan City, Indiana, United States. Son of Henry Charles and Margaret Elisabeth (Gockel) Sollman.
Special student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965—1966. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1964. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, 1967.
Engineering director Honeywell Information Systems, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1964—1973. Product line manager Control Data, Hawthorne, California, 1973—1976. Vice president, general manager Shugart/Xerox, Sunnyvale, 1976—1984.
Special partner Sand Hill Venture Group, Menlo Park, 1984. President, Chief Executive Officer Centigram Corporation, San Jose, 1985—1997, AtMotion Inc. (now OpenWave Corporation), Redwood City, 1997—2000, Arabesque Investments LLC, Atherton, since 2000.
Chairman First Virtual Corporation, Redwood Shores, since 2004, Corticon Technologies, San Mateo, since 2000. Board directors T-Ventures, Venture Capital arm of Deutsche Telecom, Bonn, Germany, since 2001. Chairman national board directors American Electrical Association.
Presidential nomination Semicondr. Technology Council; co-chairman Alexis d'Toqueville Society. Member advisory council Joint Venture Silicon Valley.
Chairman advisory board Leavey School Business, Santa Clara University, since 2000.
Co-chairman United Way of Santa Clara County. Member steering committee George Lucas Educational Foundation, Marin County.
Married Maureen Tosh, July 12, 1968. Children: Jennifer, Erich.