Christopher Vargas

Christopher Vargas has been an internet entrepreneur since the late 1980s.   He started his career building a secure Internet for the US Government from 1988-1991. From 1991-1999 he was a senior executive at Cisco Systems, in sales and marketing roles.   Following that, he was President of F-Secure Ltd, a Helsinki-based internet security company, and CEO of Proficient Networks, a San Francisco-based networking infrastructure company. 

In 2003 he founded Generations Investments LLC, a private investment company.   He is currently a member of The Angels Forum, an early stage venture capital group in Palo Alto, California.   In 2007, he founded the Cleantech Circle LLC, an early stage Cleantech investment Partnership. 

Christopher was a Fulbright scholar to Finland from 1987-88 and received a M.S. Electrical Engineering ('87) and B.S. Computer Engineering ('85) from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. 

Christopher is active in local community, in addition to serving on the board of SV2, Chris is the Chairman of the Los Altos Hills Pathway Committee, a member of Environmental Entrepreneurs, and one of the founders/former board member of the Bullis Charter School.   He lives in Los Altos Hills, California with his wife Marita and three children.