M.B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
B.S., University of California, Davis

Mr. Lowe is a faculty advisor for the MBA Consulting Center, helping to cast and guide the student teams working with sponsor clients. He is Managing Partner and founder of Praxis Ventures, a consultancy advising high potential technology companies on strategy development, venture capital financing, and M&A transactions.  Praxis Ventures has been instrumental in raising over $150M in venture capital financing for its clients, and has advised on M&A transactions and initial public offerings valued in excess of $3B.

Previously, Mr. Lowe was senior vice president of corporate development and general manager for emerging business units at Adaptec, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADPT), a publicly traded information technology firm headquartered in the Silicon Valley.  He was a corporate officer under SEC section 16B. 

In his corporate development role, Mr. Lowe was responsible for leading the Company’s strategy development, new business units, and M&A activities. At Adaptec, Mr. Lowe led the Company strategic planning efforts and developed growth strategies to double revenues and triple profits in two years through a combination of organic and M&A initiatives.  Mr. Lowe  successfully led multiple buy- and sell-side M&A transactions taking them from strategic thesis development through deal sourcing, transaction execution, and post-deal integration.

This marked Mr. Lowe’s second tenure with Adaptec.  During his first stint with the company, he served as general manager for the Company’s core high performance storage component business unit growing revenues from $200M to$ 500M in three years.

Prior to returning to Adaptec, Mr. Lowe served as President + CEO of infrastructure software start-up, New Moon Systems Inc., culminating in the company’s acquisition by Sun Microsystems.  Additionally, Mr. Lowe has held senior marketing posts in Hewlett-Packard’s personal computer business.  As Director of North American PC marketing, Mr. Lowe was not only responsible for marketing of a $200M business, but developed the and led the business unit’s 5-year strategic planning and annual operating plan processes.

Mr. Lowe holds an MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles and a bachelor’s of science degree in genetics from the University of California at Davis. He has been a lecturer at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management since 2005 where he teaches courses in new venture formation, business planning, and product management.

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