Rod Randall - Senior Managing Director
Sector(s): Wireless Solutions
Rod has spent over 24 years in the networking industry as an entrepreneur, senior executive and venture capitalist. Prior to forming Vesbridge, Rod was a General Partner with SPVC since 2000, where he led the mobile investment practice.
Some of Rod’s representative investments include Dynamicsoft (acquired by Cisco), Bitfone (acquired by Hewlett Packard), FusionOne and Visage Mobile.
Before becoming a venture capitalist, Rod had been Chief Marketing Officer at Lucent’s Service Provider Group, which he joined in 1999 upon the acquisition of Ascend by Lucent for $24 billion. At the time of acquisition, Rod was the Vice President of
Worldwide Marketing helping re-position Ascend. Prior to Ascend, Rod was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and General Manager at Stratus Computer and Vice President of Strategic Market Development at Madge Networks.
Prior to Madge Networks, Rod co-founded Teleos Communications in 1987. During the nearly 10 years Rod spent building Teleos, he held several roles including CTO, Vice President of Business Development, and Vice President of WAN Access Technology.
Rod helped guide Teleos until its acquisition in 1996 by Madge Networks. Rod began his career in technology at AT&T Bell Labs in 1981 as a Member of Technical Staff and later as MTS Supervisor. Rod holds several US Patents.
Boards: Visage Mobile, Bytemobile and FusionOne
External Boards: Board of Overseers WGBH
Education: BSEE with Highest Honors, Georgia Tech; MSEE & MSCS UC Berkeley
Portfolio:
Bytemobile, Inc.
FusionOne
Visage Mobile, Inc.
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rod@vesbridge.com
Assistant's contact info:
Muriel Campbell
508-475-2396
muriel@vesbridge.com
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