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Mr. Mike Hodges
Venture Partner, ATA Ventures
Mr. Mike Hodges joined ATA Ventures in 2006 as a Venture Partner, after having built a reputation as a successful CEO and interim
CEO. Mike is credited with several successful turn-around efforts, including Tellium, a Telecom Networking company that began as a technology spinout from Bellcore in 1997 (Tellium completed a public offering of $1.5B in 2001). Furthermore, Mr. Hodges filled
CEO or iCEO roles at a variety of venture-backed technology start-ups, including Cygnet Systems, Biometric Imaging, SkyStream,
NanoGram, Bandwidth9, Onetta, Silvan Networks, and MEMX.
Prior to his startup success, Mike’s career from direct operating roles through division president at Spectra-Physics during which
time the company grew to a $300M revenue NYSE public company. His more notable positions at Spectra-Physics included Division
President Barcode Laser Scanning and Division President Autolab Instrumentation Division.
In a feature article about Mike, Telephony Magazine named him as “The Best CEO You’ve Never Heard Of”. The magazine went on
to say, “Mike is money. He’s the first guy you should turn to when the game is on the line and the last guy you should ever bet
against.” Along with Mike’s past operating roles, he has worked regularly with several leading venture capital firms as an expert
consultant.
Mr. Mike provides expert support to the ATA Venture’s comprehensive portfolio of companies, as well as seeking new investments for
the firm’s current and future funds. He currently serves as a Director on the Boards of TeleCIS Wireless, PixSense and Red Condor. Mike
graduated from U.C. Berkeley, receiving BSEE and MSEE degrees.
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