Kevin Doren

Kevin Doren is a Managing Director of Divergent Ventures. He has a technical background (BSE in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1978) and has extensive experience starting and managing high-technology companies. In 1983 he co-founded Equinox Systems Inc., a manufacturer of data communications equipment, which went public and was later acquired, serving as VP Engineering and VP Advanced Technology. In 1987 he co-founded GO Corporation, a pioneer of pen computing which was chronicled in the book “Startup”, serving as VP Engineering and VP Advanced Technology. While with Paul Allen’s organization from 1993 to 1998, Mr. Doren started at Interval Research, Mr. Allen’s Palo Alto-based business incubator and research facility, and moved to the Paul Allen Group in 1995 to focus exclusively on venture capital investment and management of portfolio companies. He was a director of WebTV Networks Inc. (acquired by Microsoft) and Transmeta Corp. (now public). During 1997 and 1998, he also served as CEO of Cardinal Technologies, a company majority-owned by Mr. Allen, and its spin-off Red Wing Corporation.

Mr. Doren has been an active early-stage venture investor, and is typically one of a company’s first outside investors or directors. He was a director of 4thpass Inc., (a developer of software for wireless communications) until it was sold to Motorola, he was a director of Zetta Systems, Inc. (a developer of software for disaster recovery of storage servers) before it was sold to Overland Storage, and he is currently a director of Hyperquality, Inc. (a provider of quality management services and software for call centers).