Curt has over 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley high technology companies.  He has worked at AMD, Sun Microsystems, Quantum, Phoenix Technologies, and most recently, Corel's Digital Media Group, holding senior operating and strategy development roles. 

As head of worldwide product development, he has implemented rigorous business processes, relocated operations to Asia, and run design and support centers there.  As head of corporate development and strategy, he has done acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships that helped accelerate growth and strengthen competitive position.  He has also run IT at two of these companies, and has been instrumental in harnessing the power of IT to make operations more efficient and more innovative. 

Prior to these companies he was a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a project engineer with the Hamilton Standard Division of United Technologies.  He holds a BS in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale, an MS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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