Primary Job Title Board Chairman Primary Organization 
Solar Power Partners
Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Investor Type
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Barry Schiffman is the Board Director of Pelican Imaging.
Also a Co - Founder & Executive Managing Director of Globespan.
Barry sources new investment opportunities, evaluates and negotiates investments, and serves on the Boards of portfolio companies, with an individual focus on the Communications, and Systems and Peripherals sectors.
Barry serves on the Boards of,
Amalfi,
Analogix,
Luidia,
Solar Power Partners,
Wirefree Partners .
He has also led the team to successful investments in,
AirGate PCS (NASDQ:PCSA),
Aptis Communications (acquired by Nortel Networks),
Avanex Corporation (NASDAQ:AVNX),
Brocade Systems (NASDAQ:BRCD),
Digital Island (NASDAQ:ISLD),
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR),
Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU),
Monterey Networks (acquired by Cisco),
Net Perceptions (NASDAQ:NETP),
Philsar Electronics, Inc. (acquired by Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDQA:CNXT),
Silknet (NASDAQ:SILK; acquired by KANA Communications,
NASDAQ:KANA), among many others.
Barry was the Senior Executive Managing Director of JAFCO Ventures, where he opened the Palo Alto office in 1996. He built JAFCO's presence on the west coast and, along with Andy Goldfarb, led the seamless transition and spinout of Globespan Capital from JAFCO Ventures in 2003.
