History & Management

Raymond A. Williams, Jr.
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board

Raymond A. Williams, Jr. received his undergraduate degree in Industrial Management from the University of Washington and his MBA in Investments and Corporate Finance from the New York University, Graduate School of Business.

After graduation from NYU, Mr. Williams joined IBM Advanced Computing Systems Group as the Financial Administrator. Mr. Williams left IBM Corporation to co-found Amdahl Corporation with Gene Amdahl. Since his departure from Amdahl Corporation, Mr. Williams has founded, co-founded, or invested in over 60 companies in the electronics and health care industries, including Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Ventritex, Inc., Grid Systems, Viasoft, Netframe and two banks, University National Bank (now Comerica) and Silicon Valley Bank.