Kevin Kimberlin - Technological

Technological

In 1982, Kimberlin structured the first outside financing for Millicom, helping the company to form its joint venture with Racal Electronics, which evolved into Vodafone Group Plc. In 1993, Kimberlin co-founded Ciena Corporation, which commercialized the first wave division multiplexing (WDM) system. George Gilder, author and futurist, called WDM “comparable in importance to the integrated circuit,” because it was a major catalyst to the internet explosion. The Wall Street Journal called Ciena “one of the biggest jackpots in the history of venture capital.”

Prior to its public offering, Kimberlin was the sole General Partner of Next Level Communications, a leader in VDSL, for integrated broadband access. Kimberlin guided Next Level through its IPO with underwriters CSFB, Merrill Lynch, UBS and Lehman Brothers, achieving a market cap of $17 billion before being acquired by Motorola in 2002.