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  Asian American Federation - 2001 Gala
Dado was also honored in 1993 with the Asian Business League of San Francisco's (ABL-SF) Distinguished Asian Leadership Award, which is bestowed on Asian Americans who demonstrate leadership skills in the public and non-profit sectors of the community.
Dado was awarded a B.S.E.E., cum laude, from the Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and an M.S. in electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.
Dado was born in the Philippines in the Cagayan Province on May 23, 1946.
www.aafny.org /special/gala2001/banatao.asp   (450 words)

  
 Forefront Fall 2002
Dado’s inquiry led to long and close working relationships with such College of Engineering professors as David Hodges and Paul Gray, both of whom served the College as deans.
The Banataos’ particular interest in the College of Engineering led to their 2001 decision to help launch CITRIS, the new Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, with a cornerstone pledge.
The Banataos are quick to endorse CITRIS’s core objective, which is to apply engineering teaching and research to large-scale societal needs.
www.coe.berkeley.edu /forefront/fall02/banataos.html   (502 words)

  
 Engineering News, Date
Banatao grew up as a farmer’s son in a poor neighborhood in the Philippines, where most of his friends never studied past grade school.
Now Banatao is among the most prominent and wealthy Filipinos in the world, regularly advising the Philippine president and cabinet on technology and science issues.
Banatao received an electrical engineering degree from the Mapua Institute of Technology in Manila and graduated among the top of his class.
www.coe.berkeley.edu /engnews/Spring04/EN14S/sv.html   (554 words)

  
 Diosdado Banatao
It was also Dado's genius that gave the world the first Ethernet controller chip that enabled computers to link up and to communicate with one another and the first chip set that significantly reduced the complexity of the personal computer.
By the time IBM introduced the personal computer in the early 1980's, Banatao was already deep in chip technology research and experimentation.
Never content until an invention of his could be made accessible to many, Banatao has had the satisfaction of knowing that the products of his genius continue to benefit not only Silicon Valley but also the Philippines and the rest of the world.
www.geocities.com /fasa_usc/culture/banatao.htm   (609 words)

  
 Tallwood Venture Capital - Our Team
Prior to forming Tallwood, Dado was a venture partner at the Mayfield Fund.
Dado serves as Chairman of SiRF Technology (SIRF), InPhi Corporation, Peleton and Sequoia Communications and is on the boards of directors of Alphion Corporation, Redfern Integrated Optics, Teja Technologies Inc. and T-RAM Semiconductor.
Dado holds a B.S.E.E., cum laude, from the Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
www.tallwoodvc.com /team/dado_b.html   (216 words)

  
 BPA/P Business Processing Association PHILIPPINES
Banatao's words, my activities were to “shadow” or “tail” him, as some form of immersion in venture capital.
Banatao straightened his posture and how his eyes widened (which, I was to learn later, I was to avoid doing at all costs).
Banatao to, and we had on one occasion made about four landings in one day (talk about being spoiled on the Tallwood jet), I saw his dedication, hands-on approach, thought process and sense of humor.
www.bpap.org /bpap/articles/bpap_articles.asp?art_id=274   (1938 words)

  
 TeamAsia Strategic Marketing Communications Firm - Public Relations
Banatao is the legendary poor boy from Barrio Malabbac in Cagayan who revolutionized the PC industry by developing the first IBM-compatible chip set, thereby creating the non-branded PC in 1985.
After Banatao was hired by Boeing, he moved to the U.S. and eventually entered graduate school at Stanford University, where he obtained an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering.
Banatao then set off on an amazing streak of hard-earned luck, albeit with a few substantial downs to put the many ups into perspective.
www.teamasia.com /pr/PR_media.asp?art_no=77   (817 words)

  
 Ubicom : Investors : Dado Banatao
In addition to pursuing private venture opportunities, Dado is a founder and managing partner at Tallwood Venture Capital.
Dado serves as chairman for several current Tallwood portfolio companies.
Dado holds a B.S.E.E., cum laude, from the Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.
www.ubicom.com /company/investors/dado_banatao.html   (171 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com | Making Good in Silicon Valley | 7/21/2000
As a scientist, he has a strong grasp of the three major technologies necessary for the cyber age: the design and manufacture of chips, which are the brains of computing, cellphones, data servers and the Internet; the transmission of vast amounts of data reliably and cheaply at high speed; and global positioning systems.
But Banatao already had set up a third vehicle, S3 Inc. S3 has a return on equity of 46.1% and is estimated to be the world's third most profitable technology company.
Currently, Banatao is involved in developing the vertical cavity surface emitting laser, or Versel, which speeds the transmission of data along optical lines, and the chip for a global positioning system (GPS), which utilizes satellites to locate objects.
www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/magazine/2000/0721/biz.ayala.html   (1333 words)

  
 Characteristics of the Entrepreneur:
The last and most prestigious award for "Master Entrepreneur" was given to Dado Banatao, co-founder of several successful start-ups including Chips and Technologies and S3, and current chairman of five high technology companies.
Banatao was recognized for his personal qualities, including a competitive spirit, love of taking calculated risks, and technical knowledge.
Banatao claimed that he was given too much individual credit, and that he was just one of many people who enabled these start-ups to succeed.
www.stanford.edu /class/e145/materials/Characteristics.html   (2638 words)

  
 Fil-Am Celebrities
Dado Banatao is not new really but to some he's big news right now but he was even then.
In 1997 Forbes estimated Dado Banatao's worth to be around 50 to 100 million but he's worth over that by now as stocks went up so much in the last 3 years.
Banatao is a graduate of BSEE from Mapua Institute of Technology and MSEE-CS from Stanford University.
www.epilipinas.com /spotlights.htm   (2304 words)

  
 BPA/P Business Processing Association PHILIPPINES
Banatao admitted that he was "pleasantly surprised" with the technology ideas he heard this time.
Banatao is now regarded as a major contributor to the PC industry.
Banatao said that he does wear many hats these days, and often travels to meet new companies, investors, and partners.
www.bpap.org /bpap/articles/bpap_articles.asp?art_id=259   (940 words)

  
 Ayala Foundation U.S.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Dado Banatao is the managing partner of Tallwood Venture Capital, a firm focusing on semiconductors and semiconductor related technologies.
Dado provides Tallwood with a unique perspective with his past experiences as a successful engineer and entrepreneur.
Dado and his family also established the Banatao Filipino American Education Fund that provides scholarship grants to young Fil-am students as well as support to his alma mater, the Malabbac Elementary School, in the Philippines.
www.af-usa.org /board.asp   (2234 words)

  
 Sequoia Communications
Banatao is currently the Managing Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital.
Banatao was a Venture Partner at the Mayfield Fund.
Banatao was honored with the prestigious Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award sponsored by Ernst and Young, Inc. Magazine and Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services in 1997.
www.sequoia-communications.com /board.html   (1337 words)

  
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Dado and Maria Banatao - Dado and Maria established The Banatao Filipino American Education Fund to assist Northern California high school students of Filipino heritage in pursuing a college education.
The Banataos established the fund to encourage excellence in math and science to promote rewarding careers in the field of engineering since Filipino Americans are underrepresented in this profession.
The Banataos funded their Scholarship Fund using gifts of cash and publicly traded stock.
www.asianpacificfund.org /donors/banatao.shtml   (159 words)

  
 Inphi Corp. - About - Investors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tallwood Venture Capital, Mayfield, and Walden International are the principal investors in the company and are represented on the Inphi board by Dado Banatao, Todd Brooks, and Lip-Bu Tan, respectively.
Dado Banatao, managing partner of Tallwood Venture Capital (www.tallwoodvc.com) in Palo Alto, California, serves as Chairman of the Board for Inphi Corporation.
Banatao co-founded three Silicon Valley companies: S3, Chips and Technologies, and Mostron.
www.inphi-corp.com /about/investors.shtml   (263 words)

  
 From Cagayan Valley to Silicon Vallley
Inventor, visionary, and venture capitalist, Dado Banatao, the most well-known Filipino-American entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, shares his insights on entrepreneurship, education, and engineering.
Diosdado “Dado” Banatao is the most well-known Filipino-American entrepreneur in Silicon Valley.
Dado takes some time out of his still hectic workweek to share with the SGV Review his thoughts on entrepreneurship, engineering, and education.
www.ey.com /GLOBAL/content.nsf/Philippines/From_Cagayan_Valley_to_Silicon_Vallley   (185 words)

  
 Sun.Star Pangasinan - Ferrer: 'Poor boy' from Cagayan now a technology tycoon
UP President Francisco "Dodong" Nemenzo said, "Dado Banatao is richer than Ayala." Dado admitted that he owns two private jets and drives a Porsche sports car, and that he once earned and lost $350 million in a single day at the US stock market.
The soft-spoken Banatao is founder and managing director of Tallwood Venture Capital, which focuses on semiconductors and semiconductor-related technologies.
Banatao, so far has visited his hometown Iguig four times, he used to walk tread bare along dirt roads.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/pan/2005/01/14/oped/ed.p..ferrer.html   (558 words)

  
 Romina delos Reyes Saha SPCM HS'77 : Tara Rani Saha : www.Paulinians.com
Banatao had realized early on that the only way to get ahead in the cutthroat environment of Silicon Valley was to work harder than everybody else.
Dado Banatao was raised in rural Cagayan with his brother and sister.
Ever mindful of his humble roots, Dado and his family have made it a mission to share their fortune in the field responsible for his success: engineering.
paulinians.homestead.com /files/mina77.htm   (11703 words)

  
 Semiconductor Venture Fair III
According to Banatao, the technology itself is the ultimate differentiator, and having a team that can truly execute on that technology is vital.
In addition, we have arranged a rare keynote address by Dado Banatao, Managing Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital on "Strategic Investing" and an elite group of panelists to discuss key issues relating to the current status of the semiconductor industry, where the industry is headed and how companies have dealt with exit strategies.
Banatao's advice to emerging companies in this space, "Cautious optimism and timely execution are key elements for companies to take advantage of the upturn starting in the second half of 2002 and to normal semiconductor growth rates in 2003."
www.infocastinc.com /semiconductor/semivf04_pasteventpress.html   (1963 words)

  
 Business - Tallwood Quietly Cultivates Success
Yara and general partner Dado Banatao are two of Silicon Valley's most noteworthy semiconductor entrepreneurs.
Tallwood officially began as an investment entity in 2000, consisting solely of Banatao as both limited and general partner.
By mid-2001, Yara was ready for something new, and Banatao was thinking about shifting his investment practice from his own money to institutional investors.
www.ftponline.com /channels/business/2005_11/vcwatch/tallwood   (635 words)

  
 SGV Review Issue No 7 cont
Tony won the award in the Philippines in 2004 and later on, in a worldwide competition in Monaco, emerged as the Ernst and Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year, selected among other winners from 31 countries.
Dado won his award in the United States in 1997.
Dado was born in Cagayan, a son of a simple farmer and a housekeeper, and went to a public elementary school.
www.ey.com /GLOBAL/content.nsf/Philippines/SGV_Review_Issue_No_7_cont   (434 words)

  
 Light Reading - Optical Networking - Tellamon Names Vice Chairman - Telecom News Wire
Dado Banatao as a member of the company's Board of Directors and as Vice-Chairman.
Banatao, a respected engineer with extensive experience in building and guiding technology-related enterprises, is widely regarded as a Silicon Valley visionary.
Banatao has co-founded three technology start-ups, S3 (SIII), Chips and Technologies (INTC), and Mostron, and currently serves as Chairman of a number of companies including Cyras Systems, Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), NewMoon.com, Newport Communications, and Silicon Access Networks.
www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=2118   (611 words)

  
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The Banatao Filipino American Education Fund was established through the Asian Pacific Fund with a private donation from Maria and Dado Banatao.
The Banatao Filipino American Education Fund hopes to encourage excellence in math and science and to promote rewarding careers in the field of engineering, a field in which Filipinos are currently underrepresented.
The Banatao Filipino American Education Fund will award 24 scholarships to qualified high school juniors for SAT preparation courses and college admissions counseling.
www.asianpacificfund.org /awards/banatao.shtml   (429 words)

  
 Dado Banatao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diosdado Banatao (born May 23, 1946, Iguig, Philippines), popularly known by his nickname Dado, is a well-known Filipino serial entrepreneur and engineer working in high-tech industry.
He has served on the board of directors and as chairman of several emerging companies, including Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), NewPort Communications (acquired by BRCM), and Cyras Systems (acquired by CIEN).
Banatao holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford University.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dado_Banatao   (189 words)

  
 FILIPINO CENTER GAINS TRACTION
At a one-night gathering in San Jose last month hosted by the Santa Clara County Filipino American Chamber of Commerce, community leaders from the Bay Area raised $20,000 in pledges toward $1 million needed to build and operate the new center, which is to open in August.
Quickly, foundation pledges surpassed $200,000 from individuals and corporate donors, to be added to the half-million-dollar challenge grant from angel investor Dado Banatao that lit a fire of community enthusiasm for the project.
The original Manilatown was a 10-block area bordering San Francisco's Chinatown that served as a community and gathering spot for elderly Filipino immigrants who had come in the early 1900s to work in fields in Salinas, Watsonville, Stockton and Delano.
www.manilatown.org /sjmercury0505.htm   (1113 words)

  
 EETimes.com - Future murky for processor maker Clearwater Networks
In the last year, the company has lost key management personnel, including founder and chief technical officer Mario Nemirovsky, as well as two chief executive officers.
The Los Gatos, Calif.-based company is now being headed by Dado Banatao, a managing partner at Tallwood Venture Capital (Palo Alto, Calif.), which funded the company.
Banatao did not return phone calls from EE Times by press time.
www.eetimes.com /story/OEG20020125S0053   (525 words)

  
 Kauffman eVenturing : Profile : Diosdado (Dado) Banatao
Formerly a venture partner at Mayfield Fund, Dado co-founded three technology startups, S3 (SBLU), Chips and Technologies (INTC), and Mostron.
Dado serves as Chairman for Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), SiRF Technology, and current Tallwood communication portfolio companies.
He also served as Chairman and led investments in Acclaim Communications, acquired by Level One (INTC), Newport Communications, acquired by Broadcom, and Cyras Systems, acquired by Ciena.
eventuring.kauffman.org /eShip/appmanager/eVenturing/Redirect?key=Profiles/Profile_058.htm   (211 words)

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