Joseph S. Lacob

Who is Joseph S. Lacob?

Joe Lacob has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers

since 1987. He has been closely involved with KPCB's investments in

over fifty life science companies, including the start-up or incubation

of a dozen ventures and with KPCB's medical technology practice, which

includes over thirty therapeutic and diagnostic medical device

companies. Joe is also an active investing partner in KPCB's Internet

company initiative; he led the firm's investment in AutoTrader, eHealth

and Sportsline. Most recently, Joe has focused on energy investments as

part of KPCB’s growing initiative in the fields of greentech and

alternative energy. Investments include Terralliance, in efficient oil

and gas exploration, Glori Oil, in microbial enhanced oil recovery and

an incubation in novel geothermal energy. Joe

currently serves on the Board of Directors of three public companies,

Align Technology, Orexigen and eHealth as well as several other

privately-held companies including Ophthonix, NeuroPace, TherOx,

Arresto BioSciences and Codon Devices. He's alsoon the Board of Director of GloriOil and BAS Medical.Joe is actively involved

in industry organizations including the American Heart Association and

the AHA Roundtable. He is also very involved at Stanford University,

serving on advisory boards at the Medical Center, Business School and

Athletic Department.Joe received his Bachelor's in Biological

Sciences from the University of California at Irvine, his Master's in

Public Health from UCLA and his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate

School of Business.