Cornell Class of 1961

Robert W. Felton

Berkeley, CA 94705

Undergrad college/major: Engineering/ME.

Affiliations at Cornell: Alpha Delta Phi, Crew Club, NROTC, NarMid.

Advanced degrees: MS Nuclear Engineering, University of Washington 1971.

Career/occupation: Serial Entrepreneur.

Honors and awards: US Navy: Distinguished Service Award – 1970; Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year – 1998.

Important affiliations: Professional Nuclear Engineer; Tera Corporation BOD Chairman 1974 – 1985; Indus International Inc. BOD Chairman 1988 – 1999; TenFold Corp, BOD 1997 – 2008 Chairman 2005 – 2008; DevonWay Inc. BOD Chairman 2005 - Present; Cornell University EPE Chairman 1996, 1999 – 2000.

Marital status: Divorced.

Spouse: Long term partner: Dr. Lindsay Newcomb

Children: Kimberly (BS University of Colorado 1989, MS JFK University 2008); Todd (BA Cornell Class of 1991 MA&S Syracuse 1994).

Grandchildren: From Kimberly: Alex (13) and Daniel (11); From Todd: Timothy (12) and Liam (10).

Outstanding Cornell memory: Passing CrowBar Point on Lake Cayuga while rowing for Cornell (a long way out!).

How has your life differed from what you expected? Expected to have a career in the US Nuclear Navy but instead used that experience to found now three companies supplying software to the US nuclear power industry.

Post-grad Cornell activities: US Navy 1962-1970. Lt. Commander USN. Qualified in Submarines, OOD, EOOW and Nuclear Engineer. Distinguished Service Award - Submarine Force Pacific Fleet 1970; University of Washington, MSNE 1971; Kaiser Engineers Inc. 1971-74; Power Information Center TERA Corp. 1974-85, Founder, CEO. IPO 1982. Retired 1985; Indus Group, Inc./Indus International, Inc. 1988-99, Founder, VC, Chairman and CEO. IPO 1996, Retired 1999; TenFold Corp. BOD 1996 - 2008. Chairman and CEO 2005-08; M&A 2008; DevonWay, Inc. Founder, VC, Chairman and CEO 2005 – present.

Personal reflections: The Cornell Five Year engineering program was so intense that along with rowing, NROTC and being in a fraternity, I did not take advantage of much else that Cornell had to offer. I did meet the mother of my children at Cornell. As I look back there was so much more that the Cornell Experience had to offer. My advice to my son Todd, Class of 1991, was to take full advantage of Cornell and being in the Arts enabled him to do so. He also met his wife, Chris ’60, at Cornell.