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Published on: 3/26/2006
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Larry J. Roberts has been a private investor for over 15 years.Since 1995, as the principal in LJR & Associates, he has specialized in both funding and participation in high technology start-ups in an advisory role.He is currently a Board Member at Translation Technologies, Inc. and an Advisory Board Member at Luminous Networks.He is a past Board member at Xiox and former Advisory Board member at VPNet and Versametrix.While at 3Com the last 3 years, he served on the (internal) Executive Board.In late 1998, Larry and four other partners formed Northwest Angel Investors, LLC (NWAI).He has held many senior level positions at 3Com, IBM, ROLM, Xiox, and Xerox.Larry's tenure at 3Com, in particular, honed his skills beyond direct sales to include OEM, Channels (Resellers, Distributors, VAR's and System Integrators), Retail, and Telesales/Telemarketing.He was at either a director or VP level for twenty years.He has a BA from California State University, Northridge and extensive graduate work from Pepperdine University and University of California, Santa Barbara.