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Douglas Leone focuses on internet and communication investments. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 1988, Doug held sales and sales management positions at Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and Prime Computer. Douglas has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, an MS in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, and an MS in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
David Weiden is a partner with Khosla Ventures where he specializes in Internet software, services and communications. At Khosla Ventures, David has led investments including Aliph aka Jawbone, Bitfone (HPQ), Frengo, iLike, Slide and WideOrbit. Prior personal investments and advisor relationships include FON, Good Technology (MOT), Ingenio (T), loopt, LogMeIn, Opsware (HPQ), SmartPay, Spot Runner, and Tellme (MSFT).
David has broad background in finance, operations and venture capital. Prior to Khosla Ventures, David worked at McCaw Cellular, now AT&T. In the mid-1990's while at Morgan Stanley, he helped finance the buildout of nationwide mobile networks working with what is now T-Mobile and Verizon, and later researching the emerging Mobile Internet. David joined Netscape in 1995 and led the Directory & Security division that offered among the first commercial products supporting Linux and open source. Later David led AOL's Communications, Community & Instant Messaging product divisions as they surpassed 50 million users worldwide. David then joined Tellme Networks (acquired by Microsoft in 2007) as SVP Marketing & Business Development. Using a quantitative framework called Rifle, his team helped grow the company's revenue beyond $100M in revenue and to profitability. David graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with highest honors in the special major Organizational Behavior and Economics, with additional coursework at MIT and NYU in engineering.
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