Mr Peter H van Oppen

KANDO id: 40827

Bio

Peter van Oppen is a member of Trilogy’s investing team. He served as Chairman and CEO of Advanced Digital Information Corporation (ADIC) and its predecessor companies from 1989 to 2006. Previously, he worked in the medical electronics industry and as a consultant at Price Waterhouse LLP and Bain & Company in New York, Boston, and London. A data storage company, ADIC grew from sales and valuation levels of below $10 million to annual revenue of nearly $500 million and a cash sale price of about $800 million in 2006. He was an initial investor in companies that became Voicestream and Western Wireless and served as a director of related entities at various times between 1992 and the sale of Western Wireless in 2005. In addition to ADIC and Western Wireless, he has served on numerous public company boards including Isilon Systems through its sale to EMC as well as many private entities. Peter served as Chair of the Whitman College Board of Trustees and as Chair of its Investment Committee. He was formerly an Advisory Board member and director of the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, As a public company director, he has participated in panels related to effective Corporate Governance. Peter holds a BA in Political Science from Whitman College and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. In addition to his active board roles with Trilogy portfolio companies, Peter currently serves on the board of Impinj (NASDAQ: PI) and previously served on the board of Level 3 Communications.

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