David Jarmon is an entrepreneur and technology executive whose career spans multiple startups in custom chip design and technology licensing. After earning his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, David began his career at a chip design automation startup founded by a UT ECE instructor, setting the stage for decades of work at a half-dozen startups operating at the intersection of engineering problem solving and customer-driven innovation.

Teresa is a distinguished leader in the field of telecommunications and data analytics, currently serving as a Senior Delivery Manager at Ciena Corporation. A proud alumna of The University of Texas at Austin, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with highest honors in 1981 before completing a Master’s degree at Caltech in 1983.

Jim is a Special Advisor and Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings LLC, which he and two colleagues formed in 2000. Riverstone is a private equity firm that has invested $40 billion in energy entities in 180 companies in 11 countries. He has served on the Boards of Directors of several public entities.

Jim began his career in 1968 at Bell Labs working on advanced ballistic missile defense systems and other DoD programs. He was part of a team that was technical advisor to the 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT 1).