Regis McKenna

Bio

Regis McKenna helped launch some of the most important technological innovations of the last twenty-five years including the first microprocessor (Intel Corporation), the first personal computer (Apple Computer), the first recombinant DNA genetically engineered product (Genentech, Inc.), and the first retail computer store (The Byte Shop). McKenna worked with a number of entrepreneurial start-ups during their formation years including: America On Line, Apple, Compaq, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Intel, Linear Technology, Lotus, Microsoft, National Semiconductor, Silicon Graphics, 3COM, and many others. In the last decade, McKenna consulted on strategic marketing and business issues to firms in the United States, Japan, and Europe. McKenna continues to be involved in high tech start-up companies through his venture activities.