
| Ed Esber is an experienced technology company CEO with expertise in marketing, sales and strategy. His early management positions were at two large technology companies, IBM and Texas Instruments. Business Week magazine has identified Ed as a visionary leader of the personal computer industry who is credited with pioneering the creation of the personal computer software industry. He has also founded or guided companies that have led the convergence of computers with multimedia, communications, toys, and child and adult learning.
Ed has served as an active member of over twenty public, private and institutional boards. His board experience includes presiding over compensation and audit committees of diverse companies ranging from startups to public companies of over $5 billion in sales. His skills emphasize use of creative strategy, effective use of human capital, executive mentoring and survival of the company during difficult internal or industry transitions. Specifically, he served on the board of one technology company whose sales grew from $100 M to over $6B in less than 10 years. Ed has also presided over several acquisitions and mergers, and has raised over $50M in capital for public and private companies.
Ed has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. |
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