Mr Alex Balkanski

KANDO id: 21115

Bio

Alex serves on the Boards of Ambarella, D2S, Mu Dynamics, Newport Media, Picarro and Twin Creeks. Previously he was a board member of Infinera (INFN), Decru (acquired by Network Appliance), and Entrisphere (acquired by Ericsson). Prior to joining Benchmark, Alex led C-Cube and DiviCom, two pioneering companies that drove the MPEG standard to dominance in consumer electronics and broadcasting. Alex founded C-Cube in 1988. In 1994, he took the company public, and in 1998 he orchestrated C-Cube’s acquisition of DiviCom. By 2000, C-Cube was generating a half-billion dollars in annual revenue with 1,200 employees worldwide. Widely recognized as industry leaders, C-Cube and DiviCom were the recipients of several prestigious awards, including an Emmy – the first ever awarded to a semiconductor company. C-Cube was also voted the Most Respected Public Company as well as the Best Financially Managed Company by the Fabless Semiconductor Association.

Career


Benchmark Capital

Early stage venture capital firm focused on social, mobile, local and cloud companies.
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