Kevin J. Duffy Co-Founder, President & CEOTwenty-five years of broad experience leading inventive early stage and growth companies delivering breakthrough technology to emerging markets. Expertise in developing and monetizing advanced telecommunications and networking technologies. Formerly positions with Proxim (CEO), Siemens (VP & GM), Siemens (Director Product Development) in Germany, Nortel (Systems Integration Manager), Tracor (Test Engineer), US Air Force (Avionics Technician).

Dr. Kevin J. Negus Co-Founder, CTO & ChairmanTwenty-five years development experience in wireless chips and systems for cellular terminals and network infrastructure. Held positions in WiDeFi (Chairman), Proxim (CTO), Hewlett-Packard/Avantek (Director RF ASIC & Systems Engineering). Wireless systems technology consultant to Cisco, Nokia, Motorola, RIM, HP, Dell, & others.

Robert Barnett Vice President of Operations 20 years experience. Operations, systems integration and engineering. Nortel. Photon Dynamics.

Kirk Blattman Vice President of Engineering 25 years engineering management experience. Network products. Cisco. Arroyo Video Solutions. Calix. 3Com.

Dave Koberstein Vice President of Product Management 25 years engineering and product management experience. Wireless LAN. RFID. VoIP. Mojix. Proxim. HP.

Greg Marzullo Vice President of Sales 25 years global sales, marketing & business development experience. Nortel.

Seshadri Sathyanarayan Vice President of Marketing 20 years experience. Technology strategy, product management, solutions marketing & engineering. Network infrastructure. Mobile internet applications and services. Juniper Networks. Nortel. Intel.

Chris Thelander Vice President of Sales 20 years sales & business development experience. Telcom infrastructure. WiFi.WiMAX. LTE. NSN. Siemens.

Dr. Kevin J. Negus Co-Founder, CTO & ChairmanTwenty-five years development experience in wireless chips and systems for cellular terminals and network infrastructure. Held positions in WiDeFi (Chairman), Proxim (CTO), Hewlett-Packard/Avantek (Director RF ASIC & Systems Engineering). Wireless systems technology consultant to Cisco, Nokia, Motorola, RIM, HP, Dell, & others.

Kevin J. Duffy Co-Founder, President & CEOTwenty-five years of broad experience leading inventive early stage and growth companies delivering breakthrough technology to emerging markets. Expertise in developing and monetizing advanced telecommunications and networking technologies. Formerly positions with Proxim (CEO), Siemens (VP & GM), Siemens (Director Product Development) in Germany, Nortel (Systems Integration Manager), Tracor (Test Engineer), US Air Force (Avionics Technician).

Stan Reiss General Partner, Matrix Partners Stan Reiss is a general partner at Matrix Partners and has worked as a venture capitalist for more than a decade. He focuses on early stage investments in systems, components, and software. His investments include Acacia Communications, Qualtre, Xtalic, Intelliden (IBM), and Hyper9 (Solarwinds). Stan obtained a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University and holds Master's degrees in electrical engineering and operations research from MIT as well as an MBA from Harvard. Prior to joining Matrix he worked in McKinsey's electronics practice. He also developed Ethernet chips at National Semiconductor.

Jeff Lipton Vice President, Venture and Strategic Investments, Juniper Networks Junos Innovation Fund Jeff is responsible for Juniper's global investment efforts, including the Junos Innovation Fund and Juniper Strategic Investments. During his tenure in this role, he has led more than a dozen investments, eight of which have resulted in successful exits. Prior to joining Juniper, Jeff held several technical and investment roles at Bellcore (Telcordia), Hambrecht & Quist (later JPMorgan), and other organizations. At H&Q, Jeff was a senior equity research analyst and led the firm's Communication Semiconductor Group, and later the Communication Equipment Group. He sponsored and led several venture capital investments, including Chromatis Systems (acquired by Lucent) and Silicon Spice (acquired by Broadcom). He earned Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and an MBA from UCLA in Los Angeles, California.

Rich Redelfs General Partner, Foundation Capital Rich joined Foundation Capital in 2004 after more than twenty years in networking and communications, with a combination of start-up entrepreneurial as well as large company intrapreneurial experience. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Atheros Communications, the leading Wi-Fi semiconductor supplier, which was acquired by Qualcomm in 2011 for over $3 billion. Prior to Atheros, Rich was Vice President and General Manager of 3Com's Wireless and Home Connectivity Division. Prior to 3Com, Rich was Chief Operating Officer of Polygon, a communications software start-up. Rich currently serves on the boards of ACCO Semiconductor and Transphorm, and was previously on the boards of Mobius Microsystems (IDT), Prematics (NaviNet), SiBEAM (Silicon Image), Atheros Communications (Qualcomm), Ventiva, and Dust Networks. He has a BSIE from Purdue and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Eric Zimits Managing Director, Granite Ventures Eric's experience tracking the mobile industry teamed with his financial savvy enables him to guide portfolio companies in making sound business decisions based on a deep understanding of the marketplace. He joined Granite Ventures in 2000. Prior to Granite, Eric was Managing Director and head of the Communications Research Group at Hambrecht & Quist and Chase H&Q. He has tracked the mobile and wireless communications industry from its early days and has followed, advised and financed many of the industry's pioneering companies. Eric was one of the first research analysts to cover the Internet infrastructure and related IP technologies and services including security, content delivery and hosting. Prior to H&Q, Eric was a General Partner at Volpe, Welty & Company. Currently, Eric serves on the Boards of Directors for AirTight Networks, Empowered Careers, Fastback Networks, Pelican Imaging, Quantance, and RGB Networks. He was responsible for Granite's investments in Speakeasy, acquired by Best Buy, RF Magic, acquired by Entropic (NASDAQ: ENTR), RipCode, acquired by RGB Networks, Percello, acquired by Broadcom, Localmind, acquired by Airbnb, and Ozmo Devices, acquired by Atmel. Eric received a B.S.E. in biomedical engineering from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Fastback Networks is a privately held venture funded company. Series A financing of $11 million was secured in 2011 with participation from Foundation Capital, Granite Ventures and Juniper Networks Junos Innovation Fund. Matrix Partners led a $15 million Series B round in 2013 with participation from all of the Series A investors.

Matrix Partners Matrix Partners is a premier venture capital firm that has generated outstanding returns for more than three decades. By focusing on early-stage investments and emphasizing long-term relationships with entrepreneurs, the firm has delivered several of the industry's top performing funds of all time. Matrix Partners has offices in Cambridge and Waltham, MA; Palo Alto, CA; Mumbai, India; and Beijing and Shanghai, China. Matrix Partners has invested in several game-changing, industry-leading businesses such as Apple Computer, Aruba, HubSpot, JBoss, Netezza, Phone.com, Polyvore, Starent Networks, Tivoli Systems, Veritas, Zendesk, and Zong.

Juniper Networks' Junos Innovation Fund The Junos Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund launched in 2010 and backed solely by Juniper Networks. It invests in leading early-stage and growth-stage technology companies that expand and enhance the Junos® ecosystem.

Foundation Capital Foundation Capital is dedicated to the proposition that one entrepreneur's idea, with the right support, can become a business that changes the world. The firm helped Atheros create the mobile Internet, EnerNOC invent the energy demand response market, and Netflix revolutionize media distribution and consumption, among many others. Foundation Capital is currently invested in more than 80 high-growth ventures in the areas of consumer, information technology, software, semiconductors, and clean technology including BoardVantage, Chegg, Coverity, Lending Club, MobileIron, Simply Hired, Sunrun, TubeMogul and Venafi. Foundation Capital's eighteen initial public offerings include Envestnet, Financial Engines, Netflix, NetZero, Responsys and Silver Spring Networks.

Granite Ventures Granite Ventures has helped early-stage technology companies build solid foundations for success since 1992, when we began investing as the early-stage venture capital group within Hambrecht & Quist. Granite became an independent firm in 1998, but continues to leverage decades of investment and technology experience to benefit and create value for our portfolio companies. We focus our investments on sectors where our partners have deep domain expertise, broad industry knowledge, and significant investment experience. Granite manages over $1 billion in venture capital and has invested in more than 90 private companies. We partner with promising and successful entrepreneurs to create businesses that have a competitive edge and achieve category leadership.

Events

Small Cell World Summit 2013
June 4- 6, 2013, London, UK
Fastback Presentation
Kevin J. Duffy, Fastback CEO & Co-founder
June 4, 10:00am

Press releases

May 6, 2013 - Matrix Partners Leads $15 million Series B Investment in Fastback Networks including Strategic Investor Juniper Networks

February 18, 2013 - Fastback Networks Unveils New Class of Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices Assuring Fiber Equivalent Performance for Small Cell Backhaul and Commercial Services

Fastback In The News

05/06/2013 - Dow Jones Venture Wire: Fastback Networks Raises $15 million for Speedy Mobile Networks
News_Report_5-6-2013_1210.pdf

05/06/2013 - VentureBeat, Fastback Networks Raises $15M for Juicing the Capacity of Mobile Networks
http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/06/fastback-networks-raises-15m-for-juicing-the-capacity-of-mobile-networks-before-they-collapse/

05/06/2013 - FierceWirelessBroadband, Fastback begins testing small cell tech with Tier 1 carriers
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/fastback-begins-testing-small-cell-tech-tier-1-carriers/2013-05-06

05/06/2013 - Fortune, Venture Capital Deals
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/05/06/venture-capital-deals-338/

05/06/2013 - Silicon Valley Business Journal, Wireless Startup Fastback Gets $15million Funding
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/05/06/wireless-startup-fastback-networks.html

02/26/2013 - AGL Magazine, Small Cell Backhaul
http://agl-mag.com/small-cell-backhaul/

02/19/2013 - SmartBrief, Startup poses small-cell solution to ease wireless traffic jams
http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ctia/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=8AC173AB-8D52-4CAC-8606-922AD0F19D77©id=6FA5EA83-4B4E-4188-920C-64D816CFDE14

02/19/2013 - TMCnet, Fastback Networks Unveils Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices
http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/ethernet-extender/articles/327224-fastback-networks-unveils-intelligent-wireless-transport-devices.htm

02/18/2013 - Bloomberg Businessweek, Fastback Networks Unveils New Class of Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices Assuring Fiber Equivalent Performance for Small Cell Backhaul and Commercial Services
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201302180800BIZWIRE_USPRX____BW5112-1¶ms=timestamp%7C%7C02/18/2013%208:00%20AM%20ET%7C%7Cheadline%7C%7CFastback%20Networks%20Unveils%20New%20Class%20of%20Intelligent%20Wireless%20Transport%20Devices%20Assuring%20Fiber%20Equivalent%20Performance%20for%20Small%20Cell%20Backhaul%20and%20Commercial%20Services%7C%7CdocSource%7C%7CBusiness%20Wire%7C%7Cprovider%7C%7CACQUIREMEDIA

02/18/2013 - Telecommunications News, Fastback Networks Unveils New Class of Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices Assuring Fiber Equivalent Performance for Small Cell Backhaul and Commercial Services
http://telecommunicationnews.net/2013/02/18/fastback-networks-offers-new-class-of-intelligent-wireless-transport-devices/

02/18/2013 - Wireless Business & Technology, Fastback Networks Unveils New Class of Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices Assuring Fiber Equivalent Performance for Small Cell Backhaul and Commercial Services
http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/2543009

02/18/2013 - TMCnet, Fastback Networks Unveils New Class of Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices Assuring Fiber Equivalent Performance for Small Cell Backhaul and Commercial Services
http://www.tmcnet.com/news/2013/02/18/6929569.htm

02/18/2013 - Fierce Broadband Wireless, Fastback Networks Unveils New Class of Intelligent Wireless Transport Devices Assuring Fiber Equivalent Performance for Small Cell Backhaul and Commercial Services
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/press-releases/fastback-networks-unveils-new-class-intelligent-wireless-transport-devices

02/18/2013 - Fierce Broadband Wireless, Fastback slates early summer availability for small cell backhaul product
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/fastback-slates-early-summer-availability-small-cell-backhaul-product/2013-02-18

02/18/2013 - The Mobile Network, Fastback Networks claims backhaul breakthrough with Any Line of Sight
http://the-mobile-network.com/article/OTI=/Fastback-Networks-claims-backhaul-breakthrough-with-Any-Line-of-Sight.html

02/18/2013 - Wall Street Journal, Fastback Readies Radio Devices to Ease Mobile Data Bottleneck
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/02/18/fastback-readies-radio-devices-to-ease-mobile-data-bottleneck/

2/16/2013 - Telecomasia, Small Cell Model in for Revolution
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/small-cell-model-revolution

10/09/2012 - Maravedis Rethink, Backhaul Transformers Poised to Revolutionize Small Cell Model
http://www.maravedis-bwa.com/templateemail/newsletters/100912/backhaul-transformers-poised-to-revolutionize-small-cell-model.html

9/9/2012 - FierceBroadbandWireless
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/startup-fastback-peddles-any-line-sight-small-cell-backhaul/2012-09-10

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