Ralph Ungermann, Managing Director

Mr. Ungermann is a founder and Managing Director of CSV; he has 39 years experience of founding, leading and creating strong exits for high-tech start-ups in the United States and Japan.

Prior to CSV, Mr. Ungermann co-founded First Virtual Communications, a leading supplier of online rich media communication software and went IPO in 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Ungermann was the Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Ungermann-Bass, the first Local Area Network (LAN) company in the world. Before Ungermann-Bass, Mr. Ungermann was the Co-Founder, COO and Director of Zilog, which Z80 product line was very successful, winning most of the second generation PC design-ins. In 1972, Mr. Ungermann joined Intel's new microprocessor development group and was later promoted to the Manager of microprocessor R&D. This team brought the legendary 8080 microprocessor to market.

Mr. Ungermann received a Master's degree in Computer Architecture from UC Irvine and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Mr. Ungermann was previously a board member of Strix Systems.