Carson Chen

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Biography

Mr. Carson Chen served as Venture Capital Partner at Walden International. He was the Vice President and General Manager of the Cable & Wireless Platform Division at Cisco Systems. He served as Board Member at DayOne Response. An electrical engineer with over 30 years of experience in the development and marketing of broadband and high-speed telecommunication technologies, he has held senior positions with National Semiconductor Corporation, Ford Aerospace, and West Coast United Broadcasting Co. For the past 12 years, he has been a visionary and active executive member of Cisco Systems, has led teams of over 700 employees, and developed multiple products each having achieved over $1 billion in revenue. Most recently, he built the broadband cable CMTS business, from inception, helping to create Cisco's dominant worldwide industry leadership position. He led teams that developed the AGS+ and 7000 Series Cisco routers, powering the early expansion of the world wide web infrastructure of the mid to late 1990s. His teams developed the first versatile interface processors with distributed routing, the first silicon switching engine, and port adaptor technology. Mr. Chen is responsible for issuing over 30 United States Patents and holds six, himself. In addition, he authored the book titled "Active Filter Design."