Jake has over ten years of venture capital experience and has helped complete more than 20 investments at Lightspeed across mobile, Internet, systems, software and components sectors. Jake also co-leads Lightspeed's India initiative.
Prior to Lightspeed, Jake was a product line manager for Cisco Systems. He was responsible for launching and managing the industry's first DOCSIS-based cable modems and routers, which won "Best of Show" and "Best Networking Hardware" at Comdex '99. Jake was with Cisco's cable business unit, as it grew from a $1M to $1B annual revenue business.
Jake serves on the Board of the MIT-Stanford Venture Lab and the Advisory Board of Nexus India Capital, an India-focused venture capital firm. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a MEng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.