Andrew S. Rappaport
Venture capitalist, Organization leader
1957 –
Who is Andrew S. Rappaport?
Andy joined August Capital in 1996 and brings technology and market
experience in such areas as open-source software, broadband
communications, semiconductors, and computer systems. He has more than
15 years of experience as a founder, investor, and/or director of
venture-backed start-ups, and has served on more than 30 public and
private company boards.
Capital, Andy was involved in the formation and success of more than a
dozen venture capital-backed start-ups, including Actel, MMC Networks,
Silicon Architects (acquired by Synopsys), Transmeta, and Viewlogic.
In
addition, Andy was president of The Technology Research Group (TRG), a
Boston-based strategy consulting firm he founded in 1984. Through TRG,
he provided business-strategy counsel to senior executives at many of
the largest electronics companies around the world, including Alcatel,
ATT, EDS, IBM, and Intel.
Andy was Senior Editor of EDN Magazine; a research physicist with
Panametrics, Inc.; and founder and president of his own
consumer-electronics company. He was also a founder of the
Massachusetts Center for Technology Growth, a private
economic-development organization; and a director of the Massachusetts
Microelectronics Center.
Andy is an often-cited
authority on changing technologies and markets and has written and
lectured extensively on the evolving structures of semiconductor,
computer, and telecommunications industries. He wrote "The Computerless
Computer Company," which won the McKinsey award for Article of the Year
in the Harvard Business Review. Andy attended Princeton University and
holds a U.S. patent.
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- Born
- 1957
- Also known as
- Andy Rappaport
- Andrew Rappaport
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- Employment
- Partner, August Capital
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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