Attila Takacs
Member at Sand Hill Angels
Attila Takacs
Member at Sand Hill Angels
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Entrepreneur In Residence, Ericsson D-15
2019 - Current
Leading new technology programs with major partners and customers. Responsible for programs on 5G Cloud RAN and communication solutions for remote operation of drones/robots.
Director, Ericsson Garage, Technology Incubator, Silicon Valley
2016 - 2019
Launched the first corporate incubator of the company in Silicon Valley, and helped grow the incubator network to 15 sites globally. Bootstrapped local ecosystem of startups, universities, accelerators, VCs. Managed a portfolio of incubation projects, many showcased by the CEO at Mobile World Congress, the #1 telecommunications industry event. Managed cross-organizational project and program teams with 5 direct reports.
Engineering Director, Networking & Cloud Research Lab, Silicon Valley
2013 - 2016
Led product initiatives on core 5G technology components: Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Slicing, Edge Computing. Managed 20 engineers and the budgets of engineering programs.
Manager, Networking Technology Research Lab, Hungary
2008 - 2013
Developed the first SDN product prototype for the service provider domain. Led projects on 4G packet core, LTE radio network control, and mobile backhaul. Led the planning, organization, and execution of major multi-lateral projects with large corporate, start-up, and academic partners. Managed a team of 12 engineers.
Standardization Manager
2006 - 2008
Shaped Internet and Telecommunications industry standards in IETF and IEEE. Authored 8 IETF RFCs. Served on the IETF Nomination Committee.
Member
2019
Smart Money for Great Startups - Founded in 2000, Sand Hill Angels is an active angel investment group comprised of world-class entrepreneurs, accredited investors and Senior Business Executives based in Silicon Valley. We are passionate about entrepreneurialism and the commercialization of disruptive technologies, with early-stage investments in promising start-ups.
Member
2018
The Berkeley Angel Network is a group of angel investors who are alumni, faculty and former faculty of UC Berkeley. As many of us have experience in growing successful companies, investing in successful companies and/or both of the above, we strive to promote entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education within UC Berkeley and the alumni community.
Start-up Advisor and Mentor
2014
SkyDeck is the start-up accelerator of the world's #1 public university, UC Berkeley. SkyDeck combines the consulting know-how of traditional accelerators with the vast resources of its research university. The highly competitive start-up program has a less than 4% acceptance rate.