Frank P. Paniagua, Jr. Founder & Chief Executive Officer green plug™

Frank Paniagua has spent his entire career involved with startups. Frank was the co-founder of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), vice president of Worldwide OEM Sales at RasterOps & VideoLogic (both companies executed successful IPOs), founder of KidWise LearningWare, co-founder of Eskape Labs and AutoNetworks, and the president of IXMICRO. (EskapeLabs, IXMICRO, and AutoNetworks were acquired.) Frank has a history of success including 24+ years of “ solution selling ” into the industry’s most respected PC and consumer electronic manufacturers (Apple, Compaq, Digital Equipment, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Sun, and Sony). Frank’s expertise is building and growing new ventures into successful companies. Frank’s last tenure was as a partner for Trusted Strategies, an IT security consulting firm. Frank holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from California State University Hayward.