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...
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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.
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