David L. House

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of the Computer History Museum, House has had a distinguished career spanning Intel, Nortel, and Brocade.

House has served as a Brocade director from 2004 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors from December 2005 of Communications Systems, Inc. From January 2005 through December 2005, he served as Executive Chairman of the Board.

House served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allegro Networks, a privately held provider of voice data and broadband services, from January 2001 until April 2003. Prior to that, he served as President of Nortel Networks Corp. from August 1998 until August 1999. House joined Nortel Networks Corp. when it was merged with Bay Networks, Inc., where he served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1996 until August 1998.

He held senior management positions at Intel Corporation for 23 years. House received a B.S.E.E. degree from Michigan Technological University and an M.S.E.E. degree from Northeastern University of Boston. He is also a co-founder of the Computer History Museum.