FORA.tv Speaker - Bob Metcalfe

While an entrepreneur-executive (1979-1990), Bob founded 3Com Corporation, the billion-dollar networking company where at various times he was Chairman, CEO, division general manager, and vice president of engineering, sales, and marketing. While a publisher-pundit (1990-2000), Bob was CEO of IDG's InfoWorld Publishing Company (1992-1995). For eight years, he opined about the Internet in an InfoWorld column read weekly by half a million information technologists. Bob's books include Packet Communication, Beyond Calculation, and Internet Collapses. He is now a partner at Polaris Venture Partners.