Jon Bayless is a General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds who has been with the firm since 1981. See sector focus and contact routes.
Jon Bayless is a General Partner at Sevin Rosen Funds who has been with the firm since 1981, serving as its President since 1987. He is a veteran networking investor who focuses on opportunities arising from the transition of telecommunications networks to Internet protocol, as well as wireless and cloud-based business applications. Bayless typically takes a lead role in nurturing early-stage companies, having led the firm’s early investments in and served as chairman for CIENA Corp. and Landmark Graphics Corp., both now public. His notable portfolio includes Extenet, GENBAND, NetSocket, and Vidyo, for which he currently sits on the board. He has also helped secure exits for prominent telecommunications-infrastructure companies such as Monterey Networks, Navarro Networks, and Lightspeed. Bayless holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University and previously worked as vice-president of engineering at Arthur A. Collins Inc., leading R&D for advanced navigation and telecommunications systems.
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