Board of Directors

Michael J. Flynn, Chairman

Michael J. Flynn, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, is best-known for the [SIMD, SISD, MISD, MIMD] classification and the first detailed discussion of super scalar design. He was founder and senior consultant to Palyn Associates, a leading computer design company; founder and Vice President of American Supercomputers; and a partner at Paragon Partners, a venture capital partnership. Prof. Flynn received the IEEE/ACM Eckert-Mauchley and Harry Goode Memorial Awards in 1992 and 1995, respectively.

Luis Valdich

Luis Valdich is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan and Global Head of Markets Strategies Strategic Investments. Luis was previously a venture capital principal at Softbank, a management consultant with McKinsey's Corporate Finance & Strategy and Corporate and Investment Banking practices, and a summer associate at Credit Suisse's M&A group and private equity division. Luis received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Oskar Mencer, CEO and Founder

Prior to founding Maxeler Technologies, Oskar Mencer was Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs, leading the effort on "Computing with FPGAs" within the Computing Sciences Center. He joined Bell Labs after receiving a PhD from Stanford University. Besides his work with Maxeler, Oskar is also affiliated with the Computing Department at Imperial College London and holds a Consulting Professor position at the Geophysics department at Stanford University. Oskar's experience includes start-ups and more established companies in Silicon Valley such as DIGITAL, Rockwell and Hitachi (Tokyo).

Stephen Weston

Stephen is currently head of the Applied Analytics group within the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan. The group is responsible for accelerating mathematical models for trading, risk management and scenario analysis. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan Stephen also worked at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Barclays and UBS. Prior to entering investment banking he also spent 5 years as a university lecturer teaching mathematical economics, banking, finance and monetary theory. Stephen is also a part-time research fellow at Warwick University and holds a PhD in mathematical finance from Cass Business School in London.

Robert J. Odell, Esq.

Mr. Odell was a founding executive of Bigfoot Interactive, Inc., where he was General Counsel, Vice President of Business Affairs and Corporate Secretary. While at Bigfoot, he was responsible for all corporate legal activities, including financing (bank and venture capital), joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, licensing, employee benefits and compensation, intellectual property, privacy, litigation and real estate. Mr. Odell received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law and his B.A. magna cum laude from Cornell University.