Technology >> CEO Interviews >> April 24, 2000
NAT GOLDHABER founded Cybergold, Inc. in 1995 He is Chairman, President
& CEO. Previously, he was CEO of Kaleida Labs, the multimedia joint
venture between IBM and Apple. Earlier, he was founder and CEO of
Centram Systems West, which developed TOPS, the first IBM/Macintosh
local area network. Sun Microsystems, Inc. purchased Centram Systems
West, Inc., in April 1987. Mr. Goldhaber remained as President and CEO
of TOPS until March 1998 when the company reached a $32 million run rate
with a staff of 120. In addition to heading start-up companies, Mr.
Goldhaber has been active as a venture capitalist, first as President of
Cole Gilburne Goldhaber & Ariyoshi Management, Inc. (CG) in Berkeley, a
venture capital firm focused on high-technology development, and later
as President of the National Pacific Fund. CG was a venture fund which
supported TOPS in its early growth period. CG investments included:
Macromedia (MACR), the leading supplier of multimedia and web animation
tools; On Technology (ONTC), Mitch Kapor's groupware start-up; and Shiva
(SHVA), developer of wide area networking equipment. Prior to starting
his career in high tech, Mr. Goldhaber served as special assistant to
Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, William W. Scranton III. He ran the
State Energy Agency as its interim director. Before that, he proposed
the creation of and worked to establish Maharishi International
University, now a fully accredited institution offering undergraduate
and graduate degrees in Fairfield, Iowa. He has served on the advisory
boards of PC Expo and MacWorld Expo, the Center for Creative Imaging,
the multimedia group of the National Association of Broadcasters, and
currently sits on the Executive Board of University of California at
Berkeley. He holds a Bachelor's degree from MIU and a Master's degree
from University of California at Berkeley. Profile
Mr. Goldhaber: Cybergold was incorporated in California in 1995. Our
first efforts were largely dedicated toward systems design and
