Entrepreneur and investor in high technology businesses. Founded three successful (annual revenues >$500 million) high technology companies; PictureTel Corp. (Videoconferencing), Polycom (Conference calls), and 2Wire (digital subscriber line). Worked as a venture partner at Oak Ventures and co-founded Mimosa Networks, a gigabit wireless hardware company. E&Y Entrepreneur of The Year Award recipient in 2004. Helicopter pilot for 20 years.
BSEE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Maryland College Park; SMEE in Digital Signal Processing, MIT
Brian Hinman
Founder, 2Wire & Polycom
