About Us

Steve Krausz
Chairman, Occam Networks; Managingl Partner, U.S. Venture Partners

Steve Krausz who joined the Firm in 1985, has a background deeply rooted in information technology. Steve's eight years of operating experience with NASA Ames, BTI Computers, Direct Inc. and Daisy Systems have served him well as an advisor to many leading network vendors, customers, investors, and start-ups. Krausz is a frequent panelist and moderator at many industry and engineering events and forums. At USVP, Steve has focused on communications, Internet, infrastructure, networking and systems technology. He has led the Firm's investments in, Accelerated Networks, Verity, Rasna, Xylan, Applied Digital Access, Elantec and Micro Linear, all of which became public companies. Steve had early involvement with many successful companies such as, Checkpoint Software, Harmonic, and Stratacom. He served on the Boards of Directors of EPIC Design Technologies and Photon Dynamics. Other companies, Palladium Interactive, acquired by The Learning Company, and Centerview Software, acquired by Informix, were portfolio investments. Currently he is on the Boards of 10 private USVP investments including, Agility Communications, Yafo Networks, Mayan Networks, Occam Networks, Kasenna, Video Networks and Photopoint. He is a Board of Director Observer at New Focus, Rapid 5 Networks, Force 10 Networks and Centerpoint. Steve holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.