Background
Dham, Vinod K. was born in 1950 in Pune. Arrived in United States, 1975.
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Vinod K. Dham
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Vinod K. Dham, Indo-United States venture capitalist company executive. Achievements include co-inventor of flash memory; being best known as the Father of the Pentium Processor; patents in field. Named one of Top 25 Executives in the Computer Industry in American, 1993, Top 100 Most Influential Asian Americans of the Decade, 1999. Board director TIE-a not; trustee American Indian Foundation.
Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Delhi College Engineering, 1971. Master of Electrical Engineering in Solid State, University Cinn., 1977.
Career
With Delhi for Continental Devices. Member memory design group National Cash Register, Dayton, Ohio, 1977. With Intel Corporation, 1979—1995.
Chief operating officer, executive vice president Nexgen, Inc. (acquired by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ), 1995—1996; group vice president, oversaw the launch of the K6 (world's fastest windows processor) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 1996—1997.
Chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer Silicon Spice, Inc. (acquired by Broadcom Corporation), Mountain View, California, 1997—2000. Vice president, general manager, carrier access business unit Broadcom Corporation, 2000—2002.
Co-founder, managing director NewPath Ventures LLC, Santa Clara, California, 2002—2007. Executive managing director National Education Association-IndoUS Ventures, since 2007. Advisor HelloSoft, Inc.
Board director Satyam, Sasken, InSilica, Nevis Networks, Inc., Telsima, Montalvo. Served on United States President's Advisory Communications on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 2000.
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Membership
Board director TIE-a not. Trustee American Indian Foundation.
