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UCF Venture Accelerator Coach
Michael was a co-founder of Vivace Networks and has raised over $125M in venture capital in Silicon Valley start-ups. He has extensive experience in the development, marketing, and sales of complex voice and data network equipment to worldwide service providers and Enterprise customers. Michael holds a patent for IP Virtual Private Networks. He was instrumental in selling Vivace, a company that he co-founded, to a $6B public company.
Prior to joining Vivace Networks, Mr. Kazban was the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Wavespan Corporation. He was instrumental in the definition and delivery of the industry’s first and highest capacity Wireless IP Integrated Access System. He was responsible for the sale of the Wavespan to the industry’s market leader.
Before Wavespan, Mr. Kazban was a member of the executive management team at Premisys Communications Corporation. In his role as Senior Vice President of Business Management, he was responsible for the management of the company’s product portfolio. Mr. Kazban also served as the company’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Service.
Before joining Premisys Communications, Mr. Kazban was a Director of Product Management at AT&T. He was responsible for the Access Multiplexer line of business and made investments on behalf of AT&T.
Mr. Kazban holds a MBA degree from the University of Tampa and BSEE degree from the University of Central Florida.
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