Dr. Ganapathy is the Executive in Residence, Artiman Ventures. Previously, Ganapathy was the Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of VxTel, developer of VoIP DSP processors and subsystems, which was acquired by Intel in 2001. At Intel, he was a Director of Architecture and Engineering in Ultrawideband Networking Operation (UWB) and Edge Access Division (VoIP, 3G BTS) as well as in the CTO office of the Intel Communication Group. Before co-founding VxTel, he was Principal Engineer and Fellow of Conexant and Rockwell Semiconductor leading the development of 56-kbit modems and GSM phones. Ganapathy has published over a dozen papers and has been issued sixteen patents.

Dr. Rappaport is the William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin; Director, Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG). Rappaport is active in numerous entrepreneurial and academic endeavors, as well as domestic and international regulatory bodies, including the Technology Advisory Council for the Federal Communications Commission, National Academy of Science, IEEE and International Telecommunications Union.