Mr. Wenli Yu

Wenli YuFounder of Seneca Networks and Data Labs

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Wenli YuAdvisory Board MemberWenli Yu, founder of Seneca Networks, has more than 18 years of experience in developing and managing communications and networking technology in the data and telecommunications industry.Most recently, he founded and served as President and CEO of Data Labs, an ATM access start-up company that was acquired by Yurie Systems (now Lucent Technologies).

Previously, Mr. Yu held several key management and engineering positions at Telecommunications Techniques Corporation, delivering market-leading products for Wide Area Networks service providers.In addition, Mr. Yu has been actively involved with other entrepreneurs and venture capital backed start-ups in the Washington, DC, area including Woodwind Communications where he served as Chairman of the Board.

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Wenli YuFounder of Seneca Networks and Data Labs

Wenli Yu, President and C.E.O. of Seneca NetworksThe future of high-bandwidth capabilities, and some words of wisdom from the lonely road of entrepreneurship

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Wenli Yu, Founder, President & CEO, Seneca Networks

- Wenli Yu, President & CEO, Seneca Networks, Inc.

Wenli YuPresident & CEO, Seneca NetworksWenli Yu has over 20 years of experience in the data and telecommunications industry.Most recently, he served as President and CEO of Data Labs, an ATM access start up company that was acquired by Yurie Systems and Lucent Technologies.In addition, Mr. Yu has been actively involved with other entrepreneurs and venture capital backed start-ups in the Washington, DC area including Woodwind Communications where he served as Chairman of the Board.Previously, Mr. Yu held several key management and engineering positions at Acterna, a leading manufacturer in the communications and networking equipment marketplace for IXCs and ILECs.

Just ask Wenli Yu, CEO of Seneca Networks. While many would-be entrepreneurs go around hat in hand to venture capital firms and find no takers, Yu notes he had no trouble at all. "It was very easy for us," says Yu, who took in $25 million in January from Sprout Group and several other venture firms. "We didn't have a single rejection."

How did Seneca do it? It has an experienced executive team - including founders of Data Labs, which is now part of Lucent - that came up with a good idea: a switch that whisks broadband data in big cities more quickly, easily and cheaply. "The analogy is a transport vehicle from D.C. to New York," says Yu. "While everyone else is building automobile engines, we are building an airplane."

Just ask Wenli Yu, CEO of Seneca Networks. While many would-be entrepreneurs go around hat in hand to venture capital firms and find no takers, Yu notes he had no trouble at all. "It was very easy for us," says Yu, who took in $25 million in January from Sprout Group and several other venture firms. "We didn't have a single rejection."

How did Seneca do it? It has an experienced executive team - including founders of Data Labs, which is now part of Lucent - that came up with a good idea: a switch that whisks broadband data in big cities more quickly, easily and cheaply. "The analogy is a transport vehicle from D.C. to New York," says Yu. "While everyone else is building automobile engines, we are building an airplane."

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