Management Team & Board of Advisors
A powerful combination of abilities enables Acorn to identify technologies that have commercial opportunity and to manage the technology and business issues leading to successful commercialization.
Acorn's Management Team
Acorn's management team represents significant diversity and long-term experience in research, technology development, and business including general management, venture capital and finance.
- Dennis J. CaganDirector
- Dr. Joe J. DanieleChief Operating Officer
- Dr. Alvin M. DespainChief Technology Officer
- Dr. R. Stockton GainesExecutive Chairman
- Tom L. HorganChief Executive Officer
- Peter NortonDirector
- Dr. Thomas E. EverhartDirector
Acorn's Board of Advisors
The Acorn Technologies Board of Advisors was formed in March of 2001.
The objective in forming the BoA is to connect the company to nationally recognized scientists, technologists, and entrepreneurs, thus extending the company's network of expertise in order to evaluate early stage technologies and to facilitate Acorn's interaction and access to Industry. Each of our four BoA members has received national and international recognition within the scientific community as well as having led critical functions for companies such as Silicon Graphics, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, MIPS, Openwave, @Home, Hewlett Packard, General Motors, and others. Furthermore, every member has very significant ties with prominent universities such as Stanford, Caltech, USC, and Harvard.