Craig C. Taylor has been an active venture capitalist since 1977. He earned a BS (1972) and an MS (1974) in physics from Brown University, and an MBA from Stanford in 1977. He worked in the Office of Technology Licensing at Stanford from 1975 to 1977. He is a director of Adeza Biomedical (NASDAQ:ADZA) and serves on the board of directors of several private companies, including ForteBio, Labcyte, Optimedica, and Zyomyx. Mr. Taylor is a past member of the Board of Directors of the National Venture Capital Association, and serves on the Board of Advisors of the MIT/Stanford Venture Laboratory.