E. Floyd Kvamme

E. Floyd Kvamme
E. Floyd Kvamme
Born	Earl Floyd Kvamme 1938 (age 78–79)
Other names	E. Floyd Kvamme
Occupation	Director
Title	Partner, Vice-Chairman
Political party	Republican

Earl Floyd Kvamme (born 1938) is an American engineer, venture capitalist, and government advisor.

The son of Norwegian immigrant parents, Kvamme grew up in Northern California graduating from Jefferson High School of Daly City in 1955. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1959 and an MS in Semiconductor Materials Science and Engineering from Syracuse University in 1962.

In 1967, Kvamme was one of the original members of a team to establish new National Semiconductor headquarters in Silicon Valley. In 1982, Kvamme became Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Apple Computer. While at Apple, he was instrumental in deciding to air the 1984 advertisement. He has been a director (and later Partner Emeritus) at venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers since March 1984. In the corporate world he has served on the boards of Brio Technology, Gemfire, Harmonic, National Semiconductor,Photon Dynamics, Power Integrations, and Silicon Genesis.

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