Rohini joined NEA in 2007 as a Principal, focusing on information technology investments. Prior to joining NEA, Rohini was most recently with Cisco Systems as Head of Wireless, Corporate Business Development, where she set strategy and led an acquisitions and investments team for growing Cisco’s wireless businesses. Prior to Cisco, Rohini spent more than seven years at Intel Capital as a Senior Investment Manager, where she invested in several companies, spanning semiconductors, systems and service provider markets. While at Intel, she also led Intel’s early WiMAX investments and provided strategic advice to Intel’s WiMAX business groups. Rohini started her career as a design engineer at Bay Networks, working on Ethernet chips and hardware. Rohini received a master's in business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She also holds a master's degree from Case Western Reserve University and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras, both in Electrical Engineering.
