Background
Gunderson, Robert Vernon was born on December 4, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert V. and Suzanne (McCarthy) Gunderson.
Gunderson, Robert Vernon was born on December 4, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert V. and Suzanne (McCarthy) Gunderson.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1973). Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Master of Business Administration, 1974). Stanford University (Master of Arts, 1976).
University of Chicago (I Doctorate., 1979).
Member, 1977-1978 and Executive Editor, 1978-1979, University of Chicago Law Review.
Associate, Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum, San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, 1979-1984;
partner, Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum, San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, 1984-1988;
partner, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Palo Alto, 1988-1995;
member Executive Committee, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Palo Alto, 1991-1995;
chairman business and technical practice, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Palo Alto, 1992-1995;
founder, partner, Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, Menlo Park, California, since 1995. Panelist Venture Capital and Public Offering Negotiation, San Franciscoand New York City, 1981, 83, 85, 92, Practicing Law Institute, New York City and San Francisco, 1986. Moderator, panelist Third Annual Securities Law Institute, 1985.
Director Heartport, Inc., Redwood City, California. Secretary Dionex Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1983-1988, Southwall Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, 1985-1988, Conductus, Inc., Sunnyvale, since 1992, Remedy Corporation, Mountain View, California, since 1995. Secretary Arbor Software, Santa Clara, California, Clarify, Inc., San Jose, California.
Visiting lecturer U. Santa Clara Law School, 1985, 89.
American Bar Association (Member, Subcommittees on: High Technology Ventures of the Committee on Small Business. Registration Statements, 1933 Acting of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities). Venture Capital, Emerging Growth Companies, Securities, Intellectual Property.
1963).
Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1971). Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Stanford Law Review, 1970-1971. Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy Growth Companies and Venture Capital.
Married Anne Durkheimer, May 15, 1982. Children: Katherine Paige, Robert Graham.