Mike Kothari

Mr. Kothari is the cofounder and former COO of Luminous Networks, the industry leader in gigabit IP over fiber optical switches. Technologic Partners named Luminous Networks one of the top ten private technology companies in 2001. In June of 2000, he left Luminous to offer his expertise to aspiring entrepreneurs. He established a new venture capital fund, Appleseed Partners, LLC, which invests in telecom, networking and infrastructure software start-ups. He sits on several corporate boards and advisory boards providing hands-on help to each one of them.