Micell Technologies, Inc., a biomedical device company, develops interventional cardiology systems for vascular drug delivery. It develops MiStent, a drug-eluting stent that allows control of drug release and pharmacokinetics. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Alex is a founding managing director of Storm Ventures. Storm Ventures was founded in 2000 and is an early stage venture capital firm focused on Mobility, Internet-enabled and Enterprise software companies.
He was an investor and CEO/Chairman of Sanera Systems, acquired by McData, and served on the McData Board of Directors until 2007.
He was also an investor/Board Member of Airespace, acquired by Cisco.
His investment focus is on mobility, data centers and Web 2.0/Enterprise software. He currently serves on the board of BookRenter, Bivio, Cellfire and Qumu.
Prior to founding Storm Ventures in September 2000, Alex spent twenty-one years in high tech at ROLM, IBM, Stratacom, and Cisco, holding several executive positions, most recently as an SVP/GM at Cisco.
He was part of the early management team of Stratacom which Cisco acquired in 1996.
Alex holds a BSEE from Stanford University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.