Charles Giancarlo

Managing director of Silver Lake, a private investment firm that focuses on the technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries.

Charles Giancarlo is a managing director of Silver Lake, a private investment firm that focuses on the technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries. He also serves as interim president and CEO of Avaya Inc., a leading telecommunications company co-owned by Silver Lake, and is expected to become chairman of the board of Avaya in January 2009 upon appointment of the new president and CEO. Mr. Giancarlo is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in the communications industry. Before joining Silver Lake in December 2007, Mr. Giancarlo spent 14 years with Cisco Systems, where he led the company’s product development, business development and other management activities. Among the variety of senior executive roles he held was executive vice president and chief development officer, responsible for all of the company’s business units and divisions, and president of Cisco-Linksys. Mr. Giancarlo joined Cisco when the company acquired Kalpana Inc., a pioneer in Ethernet switching. He was an early developer of both asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and switched Ethernet technologies, and he holds multiple patents in ATM and voice technologies. Mr. Giancarlo founded four communications equipment companies and sold two of them to larger companies. In 2007, he was named to Network World’s list of the “Top 50 Most Powerful People in Networking” for the fourth year in a row. In addition to serving on Accenture’s board of directors, Mr. Giancarlo also serves on the board of Avaya and Netflix Inc. Mr. Giancarlo holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Brown University, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

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John T Chambers	Spencer Abraham, Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Susan Golding, Cisco Systems Inc Federal PAC Aka Cisco Systems E-PAC, Zoe Lofgren
Constance (aka Elaine) Chambers	Spencer Abraham, Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Susan Golding, Cisco Systems Inc Federal PAC Aka Cisco Systems E-PAC, Mitt Romney, Zoe Lofgren
Leonard Blavatnik	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mitt Romney, Mark Warner
Bill Gates	Spencer Abraham, Melissa L Bean, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mark Warner, Zoe Lofgren
Gary Winnick	Spencer Abraham, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney
Terry S Semel	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Susan Golding, Mitt Romney
Donald G Fisher	Spencer Abraham, Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Zoe Lofgren
Leonard A Lauder	Melissa L Bean, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mark Warner
Eric Schmidt	Spencer Abraham, Hillary Clinton, Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mark Warner, Zoe Lofgren
Leon Black	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mitt Romney, Mark Warner
Robert C Wright	Spencer Abraham, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney
George Vradenburg	Spencer Abraham, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Mark Warner
William E Oberndorf	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Susan Golding, Mitt Romney
Steven Roth	Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Mark Warner
Michael B Levy	Melissa L Bean, Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Ben Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Gordon Harold Smith, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mitt Romney, Mark Warner, Zoe Lofgren
John Catsimatidis	Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Chuck Schumer, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Mark Warner
Marc Rowan	Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Ben Nelson, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mitt Romney, Mark Warner
Jeffrey O Henley	Spencer Abraham, Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney, Zoe Lofgren
Doris Fisher	Spencer Abraham, Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Gordon Harold Smith, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Matthew K Fong, California Republican Party/V8, Mitt Romney
Ronald Conway	Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, Kirsten Gillibrand, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Schumer, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Mark Warner, Zoe Lofgren

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Dec 8 '57
Aliases	Charles H Giancarlo, Mr Charles H. Giancarlo

Charles Giancarlo

Managing director of Silver Lake, a private investment firm that focuses on the technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries.

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