Paul Frankel, Managing Partner
Paul Frankel is co-founder and Managing Director of Ecosa Capital. He is an industry fellow at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at UC Berkeley and an associate at the Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism at St. Mary’s College. He has held adjunct faculty appointments at UC Berkeley and at Stanford University.
In 1999, he co- founded the Wi-Fi Alliance and continued to serve as the organization’s vice-chairman after joining 3Com Corporation where he was responsible for M&A, venture capital investments and technology licensing. As a director in the company’s wireless communications business unit, he worked directly with 3Com Ventures, a $200 million strategic investment pool, to make in excess of $62 million worth of new investments and acquisitions in 11 silicon, hardware and software companies.
Early in his career, as director of international sales and marketing for Haitai America's electronics division (a subsidiary of South Korean chaebol Haitai Group), Paul generated $35 million in annual sales outside the US.
After graduating with a degree in political science and economics from the University of Arizona, Mr. Frankel worked for the Honorable U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini and the Arizona state legislature. He also earned a MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a FINRA Series 7 license.