Howard S. Charney MBA ’73, J.D. ’77 has been elected to SCU’s Board of Trustees. Charney is an engineer, serial entrepreneur, patent law attorney, and a 35-year veteran of Silicon Valley’s high-tech industry. As senior vice president at Cisco, he contributes to the networking company’s strategy and direction, advises customers on implementing critical Internet technologies, and communicates Cisco’s vision to key audiences worldwide. He was one of the four founders of 3Com Corporation, and the founder of Grand Junction Networks, which invented Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching, and which was purchased by Cisco in 1995. In addition to his SCU degrees, he received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He sits on the boards of several technology companies, and is on the advisory board for SCU’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society.