Howard Salwen

Howard founded Proteon, Inc. in 1972 and was Chairman of its Board of Directors until it merged with Netrix Corp. in December of 1999. Proteon, also known as OpenRoute Networks, Inc. and NxNetworks, Inc. manufactured hardware and software for computer network communications. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of UltraNet Communications, Inc. UltraNet was acquired by RCN Corp. In 1998. UltraNet Communications was an Internet service provider. Howard was a member of the Board of Directors of Telco Systems, Inc. from 1987 to 1993 and served as its President and CEO for part of that period. Telco Systems is a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Marathon Technologies, Inc. From 1996 to 2004. Marathon manufactures hardware and software for fault tolerant and nonstop computing. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Turbine Entertainment Software Corporation. a producer of massive multiplayer online games. Howard was interim CEO of Scalable Display Technologies, Inc. Scalable implements high resolution - high brightness digital projection systems. Howard was a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Network and Communication Council and was its Chairman in 1996. He is currently a Trustee Emeritus of the Mass. Technology Leadership Council. He also serves as an Overseer on the Celebrity Series at The Museum of Science. Howard has a BSEE and MSEE from MIT that were received in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Mr. Salwen has served as the New England chapter chairman of the IEEE Communications Society and has contributed his time and efforts to numerous IEEE meetings and functions over the past 40 years.