Archie Clemins

Archie Clemins, "a Venture Partner with Highway 12 Ventures, is the founder and President of Caribou Technologies, Inc., an international consulting firm. His specialty is alliance building, with a focus on business opportunities within the Government, where commercial technologies present optimum enterprise solutions. Clients include several Fortune 500 companies: Science Application International Corporation (SAIC), Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS), Boeing, CACI, Sumitomo Corporation of America, and NTT Data of Japan.

"Mr. Clemins serves on the Board of Directors for Global Crossing (GLBC), Healthwise, The Software Revolution, Positron Systems, and Vector Security Acquisition Corporation; is the Chairman of Advanced Electron Beams; and assists several small technology companies, often serving on their advisory boards. Additionally, he is on the Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the State of Idaho and the Board of Directors for the University of Illinois Alumni Association.

"Archie Clemins received his Bachelor of Science (BS) and Masters of Science (MS) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana campus). Commissioned into the United States Navy through the University’s Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Program, he completed the Naval Nuclear Power Program and served on ballistic missile and attack submarines prior to his command of the USS POGY (SSN647).

"Promoted to Flag (General Officer) rank in 1991, he had five follow-on assignments, including Commander, Pacific Fleet Training Command in San Diego, California and Commander, Seventh Fleet, headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan. Admiral Clemins concluded his military career as the Commander of the U. S. Pacific Fleet and retired from active duty in December 1999.  During his last three major commands he initiated several key endeavors involving change management and information technology.

"Archie Clemins holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Illinois and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He and his wife Marilyn reside in Boise, Idaho."

"Archie Clemins is the owner and President of Caribou Technologies, Inc., and co-owner of TableRock International LLC, both international consulting firms concentrating on technology and business development. He is Chairman of Bot Inc., a startup company located in Seattle that focuses on Software Intelligent Agents, and the Vice-Chairman of two additional startup firms: a high-energy electron beam enterprise in Boise and a low-energy electron beam corporation in Boston."