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Venture Advisory board

This impressive group of technology visionaries and Venture Capital leaders from all over the world work alongside the 3i VC partners to encourage entrepreneurship.

Ahmad Bahai

Ahmad Bahai is one of the inventors of Multi-carrier CDMA (OFDM) concept and proposed the technology for high speed wireless data systems. He was the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of ALGOREX Inc...

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David Nagel

David Nagel was most recently president and chief executive officer of PalmSource, Inc., a leading provider of operating system software platforms for smart mobile devices. Prior to PalmSource, Nagel was the chief technology officer at AT&T...

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Eric Benhamou

Eric Benhamou is currently serving on the Boards of 3Com, Cypress Semiconductor, PalmOne and Real Networks. Eric Benhamou's professional and personal accomplishments center on the creation and intelligent deployment of information technology...

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Gilles Delfassy

Mr. Delfassy, senior vice president of Texas Instruments Incorporated until he retired in 2007, was at the helm of the company’s successful wireless terminals unit since its inception in 1995, growing it into a multi-billion dollar operation...

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Hossein Eslambolchi

Now an entrepreneur and advisor to high-tech firms in Silicon Valley, Hossein Eslambolchi led the transformation of AT&T’s network, systems and services. After nearly 20 years with AT&T, he left the company soon after its merger with SBC in late 2005...

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Martin Haemmig

Adj. Prof. Dr. Martin Haemmig specializes as international researcher, lecturer and consultant on "The Globalization of Venture Capital", covering 13 countries in Asia, Europe, Israel, and the United States...

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Paul Saffo

Paul is a forecaster and strategist with over two decades experience exploring long-term technological change and its practical impact on business and society. Paul is currently a Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University...

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Ron Dollens

Mr. Dollens served as President and CEO of Guidant, a $3.7 billion company, since its initial public offering in 1994 and oversaw its split-off from parent Eli Lilly and Company in 1995. Prior to forming Guidant...

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Sachio Semmoto

Dr. Semmoto founded eAccess Ltd in 1999. Prior to eAccess, he spent 30 years in senior management positions including Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (NTT), Kyocera, and DDI Corporation (DDI) which he co-founded as an Executive Vice President in 1984...

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Joseph (Yossi) Vardi

Joseph Vardi is one of Israel’s high-tech veterans, with 35 years experience of founding and participating in building over 30 high-tech companies, in the fields of Internet, software, telecommunications, electro-optics, energy, and...

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