Education
RPI - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
BS-EE, Computer Systems HW/SW Engineering 1975-01-01 - 1979-01-01Work Experience
Createlabs Venture Fund
Current
Createlabs Venture Fund
Logitech spinoff VR Depot
Current
Logitech spinoff VR Depot
CoPortal & MyOwnEmpire
1997-01-01 - 2000-01-01
CoPortal & MyOwnEmpire
Logitech
1991-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Logitech
Plexus Corp.
1990-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Plexus Corp.
SyntheSys Research, acquired by Tektronix
1989-05-01 - 1990-07-01
SyntheSys Research, acquired by Tektronix
Fortune Systems
1984-01-01 - 1987-01-01
Fortune Systems
Data General
1982-01-01 - 1984-01-01
Data General
Honeywell
1980-01-01 - 1982-06-01
Honeywell
Skills
Summary
Founder - CreateLabs Venture Capital funded by one of the wealthiest family in Asia. Bob has co-invested with Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Barksdale Group, Oak Investment Partners, Sand Hill Capitol, Technology Crossover Ventures, Greylock, Crosslink Partners Nokia Ventures, AMEX, Investor AB, US Venture Partners, GE Power Systems, Woodside Fund, Perseus Capital, NewVista Capital, Atherton Ventures, etc. Bob's entrepreneurial activities have appeared in CNN, US News & World Report, Dow Jones, Red Herring, Business 2.0, ZDTV, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Herald, Salon Magazine, and The San Jose Business Journal. Invested in >200 VC backed co's, serving as Advisor, Business Development, Marketing & Marketing Research Bob founded: VR Depot (a simulation and virtual reality input device spin off exclusively licensed by the famous mouse company Logitech – still operating for 16 years), SyntheSys Research acquired by global company Tektronix (still operating for 24 years), BlueKite (wireless Internet technologies - original company RadioMail invented email but Patent rights were given away by co-founder), CoPortal (B2B and EAI technology tools), MyOwnEmpire (a My.Yahoo type portal with patent pending business model for ownership stakes in all businesses people buy from), Ride.com (sold) Mr Haya holds a Patent Pending for mass equity ownership of Internet companies.& a Computer Systems Electrical Engineering degree from, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Troy, NY USA. consistently ranked in top 50 Universities in the world & #1 Engineering School in the USA previously. Specialties: due diligence, marketing, sales, branding, relatively deep hardware & software knowledge