Alan Foster
Private Equity Investor at TeleSoft Partners
Profile
Mr. Alan Foster is a Managing Director at TeleSoft Partners.
He is on the Board of Directors at VoiceObjects, Inc. and Education.com, Inc.
Before joining TeleSoft Partners in 2004, Mr. Foster was a Principal at Berkeley International Capital Corporation.
Prior to Berkeley International, Mr. Foster worked in the Circuits and Interconnect Technology group at Silicon Graphics.
Previously he held Design and Automation Engineering positions at Apple Computer.
Mr. Foster started his career at an entrepreneurial laser systems manufacturer designing laser systems, building embedded control systems, and managing product development for medical applications.
Mr. Foster received an M.B.A., with Honors, from The Anderson School at UCLA, and M.S.
and B.S.
degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
Alan Foster active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
TeleSoft Partners
 TeleSoft Partners Investment ManagersFinance TeleSoft Partners (Telesoft Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Arjun Gupta. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2004 |
Former positions of Alan Foster
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| APPLE INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Education.com, Inc.
 Education.com, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Education.com, Inc. provides online education information to parents with kids in preschools and colleges. It offers various educational games, including preschool, kindergarten, first grade, math, and reading games, and worksheets, workbooks, and activities for preschool, kindergarten, middle school, and high school, as well as for first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. The company was founded by Ronald F. Fortune, Todd Schwartz, and Danielle Wood in 2006 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Berkeley VC International LLC
 Berkeley VC International LLC Investment ManagersFinance Berkeley VC International LLC (Berkeley VC International) is venture capital firm founded in 1977 by Arthur I. Trueger. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
VoiceObjects, Inc.
 VoiceObjects, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services VoiceObjects, Inc. provides voice application management systems. The company was founded by David B. Becker, Karl-Heinz Land and Michael Codini in 2001 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Alan Foster
| Stanford University | Graduate Degree |
| UCLA Anderson School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
|---|---|
| APPLE INC. | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 5 |
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TeleSoft Partners
TeleSoft Partners Investment ManagersFinance TeleSoft Partners (Telesoft Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Arjun Gupta. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
VoiceObjects, Inc.
VoiceObjects, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services VoiceObjects, Inc. provides voice application management systems. The company was founded by David B. Becker, Karl-Heinz Land and Michael Codini in 2001 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Education.com, Inc.
Education.com, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Education.com, Inc. provides online education information to parents with kids in preschools and colleges. It offers various educational games, including preschool, kindergarten, first grade, math, and reading games, and worksheets, workbooks, and activities for preschool, kindergarten, middle school, and high school, as well as for first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. The company was founded by Ronald F. Fortune, Todd Schwartz, and Danielle Wood in 2006 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Commercial Services |
Berkeley VC International LLC
Berkeley VC International LLC Investment ManagersFinance Berkeley VC International LLC (Berkeley VC International) is venture capital firm founded in 1977 by Arthur I. Trueger. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Silicon Graphics, Inc. Computer Processing HardwareElectronic Technology Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users | Electronic Technology |
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