Rich Redelfs
Independent Advisor, CEO Coach, and Board Member at Various Companies (and part time ski bum)
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Independent Advisor, CEO Coach, and Board Member
2016 - Current
Member Board of Directors
2023
Ottometric has radically transformed automotive test-drive validation with a new software platform that automates and enhances the validation and training process. With Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) test-driving generating petabytes of data, Ottometric's AI-based platform helps companies save millions $ in development costs while improving system reliability and time-to-market, and ultimately saving lives.
Accelerating ADAS Validation and AV Training for automotive system suppliers and OEMs
Raised $4,900,000.00 from Proeza Ventures, Automotive Ventures, Rally Ventures, Goodyear Ventures, Investor Collaborative, Trucks Venture Capital and Reinforced Ventures.
Member Board of Directors
2019
Quadric's GPNPU (general purpose neural processing unit) is a licensable processor IP core, which delivers high ML inference performance while also running C++ code without forcing the developer to artificially partition application code between two or three different kinds of processors. It's an edge CPU, DSP and AI-accelerator all in one.
Quadric is a Semiconductor IP licensor. Quadric's GPNPU processor blends machine learning inference performance with DSP programmability.
Raised $43,750,000.00 from Xerox Venture Capital, MESH, Uncork Capital, Cota Capital, MegaChips, Denso, Pear VC and Leawood Venture Capital.
Chairman of the Board
2012 - 2018
Chairman of the Board
2016 - 2017
General Partner
2004 - 2015
Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm made up of former entrepreneurs and helps companies and businesses grow.
President and CEO
1999 - 2003
VP/GM and various sales and marketing mgmt.
1989 - 1999
3Com provides network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver application, infrastructure and performance protection.
Raised $1,100,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates.
COO
1987 - 1989
Various sales and marketing management
1982 - 1987
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
1980 - 1982
BS
1976 - 1980