Jeff Prince
Consultant / Advisor at Dallas Venture Partners
Profile
Mr. Jeff Prince is an Advisor at Dallas Venture Partners.
He is serial entrepreneur whose focus has been on systems companies that serve the networking industry.
He has co-founded 3 Silicon Valley venture-funded companies and transitioned them into enterprises where he led large engineering teams tasked with delivering complex networking systems into highly competitive market environments.
His first start-up was Centillion Networks an innovative company that brought ATM switching into mainstream carrier and enterprise Ethernet networks.
Centillion Networks was purchased by Bay Networks in 1995 and eventually became a $1 billion/year product line revenue source for its acquirer.
In 1996, Mr. Prince co-founded Foundry Networks and developed a next generation LAN switching platform to fuel the explosive growth in Internet bandwidth.
In just under 4 years, Foundry Networks filed for an initial public offering and became the third highest IPO in NASDAQ history with a peak valuation of $22bn.
Foundry was eventually purchased by Brocade in 2009.
In 2004, he co-founded ConSentry Networks where he helped create a new class of Ethernet switching technology which enables businesses to protect and track corporate assets and adhere to government and regulatory requirements.
Mr. Prince is a named inventor on 14 technology patents related to networking and custom silicon and has designed and developed 16 custom ASIC chip designs from concept to working silicon.
He is currently the Managing Partner at Prince Ventures, where his focus is on technology investments and related businesses.
He attended Chico State University in Northern California and received a BS degree in Computer Engineering.
His primary hobby is his 6 children.
Jeff Prince active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Dallas Venture Partners
 Dallas Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Dallas Venture Partners (DVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Michael A. Coppola. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Jeff Prince
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
ConSentry Networks, Inc.
 ConSentry Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services ConSentry Networks Organizations today are grappling with how to regain control over their LANs. The dynamic application landscape, changing user population, proliferation of headless devices, embrace of digital storage of intellectual property - not to mention the scarcity of IT resources to manage it all - have tremendously complicated the task of controlling what users can do on the LAN. IT needs intelligent control to take back their LANs. A true understanding of users and devices, along with full knowledge of applications at Layer 7, is essential to regaining control. ConSentry's intelligent control enables IT to efficiently support NAC, ensure application performance, apply role-based controls to users, accelerate troubleshooting, and achieve compliance. These IT tasks, in turn, enable the business to benefit from increased employee productivity, improved asset protection, and operational efficiency. ConSentry Networks is leading the delivery of intelligent control. Customers around the globe have adopted their intelligent control, enabling them to capitalize on today’s new business practices including using contractors, outsourcing and offshoring, and more rapidly establishing working partnerships. ConSentry Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Milpitas, California. The company has received funding from Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private Capital, and Translink Capital. | Founder | 2010-04-15 |
Foundry Networks LLC
 Foundry Networks LLC Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Foundry Networks LLC manufactures switches, metro routers and Internet traffic management products for healthcare, financial services, universities, entertainment, government, technology enterprises, as well as metro and internet service providers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered insane Jose, CA. | Founder | - |
Centillion Networks, Inc.
 Centillion Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Centillion Networks Inc. provides High-Performance LAN switches unifying ATM and legacy LANs. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Jeff Prince
| California State University-Chico | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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Foundry Networks LLC
Foundry Networks LLC Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Foundry Networks LLC manufactures switches, metro routers and Internet traffic management products for healthcare, financial services, universities, entertainment, government, technology enterprises, as well as metro and internet service providers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered insane Jose, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Centillion Networks, Inc.
Centillion Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Centillion Networks Inc. provides High-Performance LAN switches unifying ATM and legacy LANs. | Technology Services |
ConSentry Networks, Inc.
ConSentry Networks, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services ConSentry Networks Organizations today are grappling with how to regain control over their LANs. The dynamic application landscape, changing user population, proliferation of headless devices, embrace of digital storage of intellectual property - not to mention the scarcity of IT resources to manage it all - have tremendously complicated the task of controlling what users can do on the LAN. IT needs intelligent control to take back their LANs. A true understanding of users and devices, along with full knowledge of applications at Layer 7, is essential to regaining control. ConSentry's intelligent control enables IT to efficiently support NAC, ensure application performance, apply role-based controls to users, accelerate troubleshooting, and achieve compliance. These IT tasks, in turn, enable the business to benefit from increased employee productivity, improved asset protection, and operational efficiency. ConSentry Networks is leading the delivery of intelligent control. Customers around the globe have adopted their intelligent control, enabling them to capitalize on today’s new business practices including using contractors, outsourcing and offshoring, and more rapidly establishing working partnerships. ConSentry Networks, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Milpitas, California. The company has received funding from Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private Capital, and Translink Capital. | Technology Services |
Dallas Venture Partners
Dallas Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Dallas Venture Partners (DVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Michael A. Coppola. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. | Finance |
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