Partners
MITCHELL ROSICH |
Prior to joining Athenian, he was Vice President of Engineering for Sandburst Corporation (2000-2002), a semiconductor company he joined as it was raising its first round of venture capital financing. From 1999-2000, he was Vice President of Engineering for the Access Systems Division of CIENA, after it acquired another start-up, Omnia Communications, where Mr. Rosich served as Vice President of Engineering. During 1998-1999, he was a founder and Vice President of Engineering of EasyLAN Corporation. He also was an engineering development director and manager at 3Com (1995-1998) and also at EMC Corporation (1993-1995). He began his career as an engineer with Digital Equipment Corporation (1986-1993). Mr. Rosich has BS (with Distinction) and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering, both from Cornell University and an MBA with High Honors from Boston University. |
Mr. Rosich, 46 yrs, began consulting for Athenian in 2000 and became a partner of the firm in 2002. He has 7 years of technology venture investing experience and an additional 21+ years of industry experience in product and engineering development and management of three early stage start-up technology companies, as well as with established technology companies. He has been awarded 11 computer technology patents for software and hardware, 8 of which have been used in commercial applications. He has been a colleague of Mr. Elderkin's since they were engineering students at Cornell and subsequently established their technology careers in the Boston area.