Brian Holden

Brian Holden is vice president of standards at Kandou. Previously, he served as president and fellow of the HyperTransport Consortium, chair of the market awareness and education committee for the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), and director of standards for PMC-Sierra (now Microsemi).

Brian began his career as an electrical engineer at GTE. He received a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from Cornell. He’s the author of “HyperTransport 3.1 Interconnect,” a biography of his great grandfather titled, "Charles W. Woodworth: The Remarkable Life of U.C.’s First Entomologist,” and the forthcoming book titled “Chord Signaling.” He has 49 U.S. Patents.