Tom Dyal

Who is Tom Dyal?

Tom Dyal is a founding partner of Redpoint Ventures. Prior to

founding Redpoint, Tom was a general partner with IVP, a firm he joined

in 1997. Tom focuses on infrastructure investments, including

software, systems and components for the communications, datacenter and

wireless sectors. Tom was a Director or actively involved in such

companies as TopSpin Communications(acquired by Cisco), TiMetra Networks(acquired by Alcatel), StratumOne Communications (acquired by Cisco),Growth Networks (acquired by Cisco), Shasta Networks (acquired by Nortel), Vivace Networks (acquired by Tellabs),Netcore Systems (acquired by Tellabs), Santera Systems(acquired by Tekelec) and Velio Communications (acquired by LSI Logic). Currently,he is leading the firm'sinvestments in Clearwell Systems, Cortina Systems, Kazeon Systemsand Wichorus.Prior

to joining the venture business, Tom spent ten years in operating roles

in the communications and networking industry. He worked in product

management at Bay Networks, where he was responsible for its network

management application business. Tom began his career as a systems

engineer with ATT Bell Laboratories, where he held various system

engineering and management positions in the areas of wide-area

networking products and services.He holds a BSEE from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MSEE from Stanford University.