L. William Krause has been President of LWK Ventures, a private investment firm since 1991 and acts as a Senior Advisor to the Technology Group of The Carlyle Group. He is based in Los Altos, CA.
Prior to his involvement with Carlyle, Mr. Krause served as President and Chief Executive Officer of 3Com Corporation, a global data networking company, from 1981 to 1990, and as its Chairman from 1987 to 1993 when he retired. Mr. Krause currently serves as director of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a leader in data networking solutions, Coherent, Inc., a supplier of Photonic-based systems, Core-Mark Holdings, Inc., a distributor of packaged consumer goods, and Sybase, Inc., a leader in enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information.
Mr. Krause holds a B.S. E.E. degree and received an honorary Doctorate of Science from The Citadel.