Partners

Glenn Falcao is currently a partner with FA Investments, an investment firm he founded in 2001. Before founding FA Investments, Glenn was a partner with Bessemer Venture Partners in their Boston office. Prior to joining Bessemer, he was the Executive Vice President of Corvis Corporation, an optical networking company that he helped take public in one of the most successful IPOs in 1999. Before joining Corvis, Mr. Falcao held various executive management positions at Nortel Networks. He was instrumental in the launch of Nortel’s Optical business, and subsequently as President of their Internet access business, Mr. Falcao helped reposition the company to take advantage of the growth in the Internet. Mr. Falcao has been involved in the Communications industry for over 20 years and is an active member on a number of boards, as well as the chairman of the Howard County Incubator.

Roy Koelbl is the founder of IntAlliance Partners and former founder and owner of Strategic Telecommunication Projects International (STPI), LLC, an executive level consulting company providing services in technology, corporate and product positioning, business development, and financing. Mr. Koelbl previously served as an executive and officer of Siemens-Optisphere and Teleglobe. At Siemens, he was the Senior Vice President and CTO for worldwide optical networking, defining Siemens’ product roadmap, technology strategy, investment opportunities, and merger and acquisition opportunities. At Teleglobe, he was the Vice President of Worldwide Network Infrastructure, simultaneously managing groups in Europe, Canada, and the US with an annual capital budget in excess of $1 billion. He is the former Director of Network Architecture and Planning at Southern New England Telephone (SNET), and former Director of Access Technologies for Bell Communications Research (now Telcordia). Mr. Koelbl also serves as a New Brunswick Ambassador for his home province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Mr. Koelbl received a B.Sc. (Applied Physics) from the University of New Brunswick and an M.Sc. (Eng) in Nuclear Physics from Queens University. He currently resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and two sons.

Albert Diehl has over thirty years of business development, commercial real estate and technology integration experience in both the private and public sector. Mr. Diehl most recently served as Executive Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Telkonet, Inc., the market leader in power line communications (PLC). Prior to joining Telkonet, Al served as Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Development at Noment Networks and Regional Operating Officer and National Sales Director at both InterQuest Communications and Darwin Networks. Al has also served as Senior Vice President at the American Real Estate Exchange (AMREX) and Senior Vice President at Oxford Development Corporation. His public service positions included Chief of Staff in the Office of Public and Indian Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as General Manager of the New Community Development Corporation at HUD.

Al holds an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Tennessee and graduate degrees in Urban Planning and Business Administration from the University of Tennessee and the University of Northern Colorado, respectively.

Don Avery brings nearly thirty years of sustained leadership in high-technology product development, corporate operations and building effective teams. He has a proven record of accomplishment for “getting the job done,” taking numerous products and processes from design concept, through manufacturing to successful deployment. He is the former Vice President of Engineering and Product Development for Ciena Corporation’s Transport Products Division. Mr. Avery was specifically recruited, due to customer concerns, to strengthen and head Ciena’s next generation transport product development effort. Under his direction, Ciena’s state of-the-art DWDM transport system was successfully designed, field tested, and deployed, ultimately generating over $1B in revenue. Prior to his tenure at Ciena, Mr. Avery successfully lead product development for an early stage fiber optic startup, from the due diligence phase of funding, through production, and finally acquisition. Mr. Avery has evaluated scores of companies as potential acquisitions or development partners, directly supported worldwide sales and marketing, and is a hands-on technologist. He has additionally served as corporate CFO and CIO, while managing a technical services team.

Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. Avery was a Navy Cryptologist, specializing in tactical cryptologic system development, engineering, operational field-testing, and combat-ready deployment. Mr. Avery holds a bachelors degree in meteorology (minor: mathematics) from Purdue University, as well as a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Navy’s Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA. He is certified as an Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Specialist, and a graduate executive coach. He is a published author and currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Chesapeake Therapeutic Riding, Inc., a regional charity utilizing horses for healing.