Larry Boucher
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO, Alacritech

Larry Boucher is a 35-year industry veteran and respected visionary in the areas of server adapter, storage, and networking technologies. Following a 12-year tenure in IBM's Storage Division, Boucher went to Shugart Associates where he was credited with creating the small computer systems interface (SCSI) in 1979. The SCSI protocol is now the industry standard for connecting storage and other peripherals to PCs and servers. In 1981, his vision for an open SCSI standard led him to found Adaptec, Inc., a global leader in innovative storage solutions with revenues today approaching one billion dollars. Boucher served as Adaptec's CEO for six years, took the company public in 1986, and was a member of its Board of Directors until 2001. In 1987, Boucher founded Auspex Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of enterprise servers, where he pioneered the networked file system design that is the basis of today's network-attached storage (NAS) model.

Boucher founded Alacritech, Inc. in 1997 to realize his vision of eliminating the network processing bottleneck with innovative acceleration solutions that enable fast and efficient servers and storage systems. Today, Alacritech is delivering high-performance accelerators based on the company's patented SLIC (Session Layer Interface Control) Technology®. With the emergence of the iSCSI (SCSI over Internet) standard, Boucher's Alacritech is the only company that offers scaleable, standards-compliant acceleration solutions for both storage and networking. These solutions not only close the I/O processing gap, but also position the company as a leader in the converging NAS/SAN (storage area network) markets. Boucher has led the company through three rounds of funding totaling over $38 million dollars.

Boucher received his MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his BS in Business Administration and MBA from San Jose State University.