E. Floyd Kvamme

Floyd Kvamme has been a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a high technology venture capital firm since 1984. In this capacity, he was responsible for the development of high technology companies from early start-up to the publicly traded phase. He is now a Partner Emeritus at the firm.

Floyd Kvamme currently serves on the boards of Harmonic, National Semiconductor, Photon Dynamics, Power Integrations, as well as Gemfire Corporation and Silicon Genesis.

Since 2001, Mr. Kvamme has served as Co-Chairman of President Bush’s President’s Council of Advisors in Science and Technology (PCAST).

Floyd Kvamme was one of five members of the team that began at National Semiconductor in 1967, serving as its General Manager of Semiconductor Operations and building it into a billion-dollar company. He served as President of the National Advanced Systems subsidiary, which designed, manufactured and marketed large computer systems.

In 1982 he became Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Apple Computer. While at Apple, his responsibilities included worldwide sales, marketing, distribution and support.

He holds two degrees in Engineering; a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1959) and an MSE specializing in Semiconductor Electronics from Syracuse University (1962).