HC

Howard Charney

Investor & Board Member | Founder @ 3Com & Grand Junction | Former SVP @ Cisco | Trustee @ Santa Clara

San Francisco Bay Area

Skills

Start-ups
Start-up Consulting
Management
Go-to-market Strategy
Business Development
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
Telecommunications
Networking Solutions
Hardware Architecture
Fundraising
Venture Capital
Private Investment
Business Advising

Education

Work Experience

  • Investor & Board Member

    2023

    Founded using core technology and learnings from Spectrum Labs, Nurdle AI uses real-world datasets to generate synthetic data for hyper-accurate LLM development. Learn More: www.nurdle.ai

  • Investor

    2022

    (Seed) Privateer is building the data infrastructure that will enable sustainable growth for the new space economy. Their proprietary knowledge graph technology offers much-needed enhancements to how we collect and process information about space objects. This data, and the applications built on it, will allow space operators to maneuver safely and effectively.

  • Investor

    2021

    (Venture) Invisible AI is a next-generation computer vision company that offers a no-code, edge-based computer vision platform, which tracks body movement to improve manual assembly processes in manufacturing facilities. Its low-bandwidth and low-cost cameras, which can be deployed at each workstation to enable full visibility into assembly processes, track body posture and movement to automatically monitor assembly processes.

2019

  • Investor & Advisor

    2019

    (Seed) Path resides at the intersection of tech and mental health with thousands of in-network therapists, psychiatrists, and other mental health services delivering care through a virtual first approach.

  • Investor & Board Member

    2017 - 2023

    Acquired by ActiveFence (September 2023). (Lead Investor, Seed) Spectrum helps gaming, dating, and social platforms recognize and respond to toxic online behavior in real-time. The company has raised $45M million to date. Its investors include Intel Capital, Greycroft, Wing VC, Ridge Ventures, GFC, Munich Re Ventures, and Silicon Valley executives, among others. Its customers include: Pinterest (PINS), The Meet Group (MEET), Poshmark (POSH), Mercari, Udemy (UDMY), and Riot Games.

1995 - 2018

  • SVP, Office of the Chairman & CEO

    1998 - 2018

  • SVP, Business Solutions

    1997 - 1998

  • VP, Desktop Switching

    1995 - 1997

2010 - 2016

  • Investor & Board Member

    2010 - 2016

    Acquired by Salesforce for $750 million in November 2016.

Rapt (acquired by Microsoft)

1999 - 2007

  • Investor & Board Member

    1999 - 2007

    Acquired by Microsoft in March 2008.

  • Founder & CEO

    1992 - 1995

    Acquired by Cisco Systems for $348 million in October 1995.

1980 - 1990

  • Co-Founder & Executive

    1980 - 1990

    1984 IPO (Ticker: COMS). Acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $2.7 billion in April 2010.