Donald A. Lucas

Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs. Capella was founded in 2000. Privately held and located in San Jose, California, Capella has a seasoned management team with experience from leading telecom and technology companies. Additionally Capella has an extensive intellectual property portfolio with 27 patents issued and over 30 pending. The company has been funded by leading ventures funds including Formative Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.

Response Analytics, Inc. develops software solutions for financial analytics. Its solutions include enterprise risk management, mortgage litigation analytics, and mortgage asset management. The firm serves the retail, mortgage and commercial banking, and automotive finance industries. The company was founded by Brent W. Lippman, Frank Bria, and Bill Miller in 2006 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

RWI Ventures Management Company LLC (RWI Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Donald A. Lucas. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Khimetrics, Inc. was one of the leading providers of business software solutions. It helps its customers to improve business performance through a better understanding of customer demand. The company’s customer demand solutions uniquely combine a single technology framework that addresses the entire product lifecycle price, promotion, markdown and clearance with retail centered methodologies and domain expertise. Khimetrics was located in Scottsdale, AZ.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lucas Venture Management LLC (Lucas Venture Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1990 by Donald A. Lucas. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.