Reply #27: Tom SImpson, VH Board bio - Venture Capitalist

[Eloriel]

Admiral Bill Owens, Chairman

Admiral Bill Owens serves as the Company's Chairman. Currently, Bill Owens is Co-CEO and Vice Chairman of Teledesic, a global broadband networking company. Previously, he was President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the nation’s largest employee-owned high-technology company.

During his distinguished military career, Bill Owens held the rank of four-star Admiral in the US Navy and served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments, commander of the US Sixth Fleet, senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defense Frank Carlucci and Dick Cheney and director of the Office of Program Appraisal for the Secretary of the Navy.

Admiral Owens is a graduate of the US Naval Academy with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. He has bachelors and masters degrees in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University and a master’s in management from George Washington University.