Raymond J. Lane has been our senior advisor since January 2021. Mr. Lane has been a Managing Partner at GreatPoint Ventures, a venture capital firm since March 2015. Since February 2015, he has served as the Lead Independent Director of Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND), a plant-based food company. Mr. Lane has served as a Partner Emeritus and Advisor of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers LLC, a venture capital firm, since April 2013 and was a Managing Partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers LLC from September 2000 to April 2013. He has also served on the board of directors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE: HPE) since November 2015. In addition, Mr. Lane previously served as executive Chairman of Hewlett-Packard Company from September 2011 to April 2013 and as non-executive Chairman of Hewlett-Packard Company from November 2010 to September 2011. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins in 2000, Mr. Lane was President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Oracle Corporation, a software company.
Mr. Lane serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, including as Chairman of the Board from July 2009 to July 2015. He also serves on the board of directors of Special Olympics International.
Mr. Lane holds a BS degree in Mathematics and an honorary Ph.D. in Science from West Virginia University.