Raymond J. Lane

Who is Raymond J. Lane?

Ray Lane is a Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers,

focused on helping entrepreneurs with technological and market insight,

organizational development, team building, selling and managing growth.

Since joining KPCB, Ray has sponsored several investments for the firm

in enterprise and consumer technology, as well as clean and alternative

energy. These companies include Ausra, (solar concentrator), GreatPoint

Energy (coal to gas conversion), Virsa (compliance for large

enterprises), Elance (marketplace for services), MetaMatrix (data

integration), Visible Path (relationship networks for enterprises),

Xsigo Systems (virtual I/O switch for datacenters), SpikeSource (open

source platform for integration and testing) and PodShow (social media

network). He also serves on the board of Quest Software.Before

joining KPCB, Ray was President and Chief Operating Officer of Oracle

Corporation, the second-largest software company in the world and the

leading enterprise software and services company. During his eight-year

tenure, Oracle exhibited phenomenal revenue growth from approximately

$1 billion in 1992 to over $10 billion. Ray led Oracle's business

expansion beyond its core database technology into enterprise

applications and professional services. Before joining Oracle,

Ray was a senior partner with Booz-Allen Hamilton, where he

pioneered and led the Information Systems Group, a worldwide consulting

practice targeted at helping senior management achieve better results

from information technology. He also served on Booz-Allen's board of

directors and executive management committee. Prior to Booz-Allen

Hamilton, Ray served as division vice president with Electronic Data

Systems Corp (EDS). In addition, he spent ten years with IBM in various

product-management, sales and marketing positions.Ray received

a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and an honorary Ph.D. in Science

from West Virginia University (WVU). He was elected to the Academy of

Distinguished Graduates of WVU and serves as a director of the

Foundation Board for the University. Recently, WVU honored Ray by

naming the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical

Engineering. Ray serves on the board of trustees of Carnegie Mellon

University. He has been an active campaigner and planner for Carnegie

Mellon's establishment of a Silicon Valley campus, and the co-creator

of a High Dependability Computing Consortium with Carnegie Mellon and

NASA. Ray serves as Vice Chairman of Special Olympics International and

has served on the International Board of Special Olympics for several

years. He also holds an honorary Ph.D. from Golden Gate University.