Board of Directors

Kevin Landis, Firsthand Capital Management

Kevin Landis is the Chief Investment Officer of Firsthand Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory firm he co-founded in 1994. One of the nation's best-known technology investors, Kevin serves as portfolio manager for Firsthand Technology Value Fund (NASDAQ: SVVC), a publicly traded venture capital fund.

Born and raised in Silicon Valley, Kevin has over two decades of experience in engineering, market research, product management, and investing in the technology sector. He is a board member at several start-up technology companies.

Kevin appears regularly on CNBC, CNBC Asia, and Bloomberg News, and has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Smart Money, Time, and Money magazines. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, sharing his advice not only on technology investments, but also on management and mentoring of technology entrepreneurs.

Kevin holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University.