# Thomas (TJ) Jermoluk

> Thomas (TJ) Jermoluk is an engineer, founder, investor and Beyond Identity co-founder and board member. A former president and COO of Silicon Graphics, leader of @Home Network and general partner at Kleiner Perkins, he has worked across visual computing, broadband and passwordless authentication, often alongside Jim Clark. His current board work also includes AI hardware company Positron.

- **Role:** Co-founder and board member at Beyond Identity; board member at Positron
- **Organizations:** Beyond Identity, Silicon Graphics, @Home Network / Excite@Home, Kleiner Perkins, Bell Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, Hyperion Development Group, Positron, Covariance Labs
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Virginia Tech, M.S. in computer science, Virginia Tech
- **Known for:** Helped design and lead teams developing Silicon Graphics products., Led @Home’s expansion in cable broadband and its 1999 Excite acquisition., Co-founded Beyond Identity to replace passwords with device-bound cryptographic authentication.

## Career timeline

- **1978-1979** — Earned computer science degrees at Virginia Tech.
- **Before 1986** — Worked in research and development at Bell Laboratories and Hewlett-Packard.
- **1986** — Joined Silicon Graphics as an engineer.
- **1994** — Named Silicon Graphics president and COO in a February announcement.
- **1996** — Left Silicon Graphics to become CEO of @Home Network.
- **1999** — Led @Home’s acquisition of Excite.
- **2000** — George Bell succeeded him as CEO in January; Jermoluk left the chairman role in May and moved into venture capital at Kleiner Perkins.
- **2019** — Began Beyond Identity with Jim Clark.
- **2020** — Publicly launched Beyond Identity as co-founder and CEO with $30 million Series A financing.
- **2022** — Beyond Identity announced $100 million Series C financing, $205 million total funding and a $1.1 billion valuation.
- **2026** — Listed on Beyond Identity’s board as co-founder; Positron lists him as a board member representing the Jim Clark Family Office.

## Achievements

- Helped design and lead teams developing Silicon Graphics products.
- Led @Home’s expansion in cable broadband and its 1999 Excite acquisition.
- Co-founded Beyond Identity to replace passwords with device-bound cryptographic authentication.
- RSA Conference biography credits him with founding nine companies, including Beyond Identity, HiCMOS, AOptix and SmartPipes.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Positron’s September 10 financing announcement named Jermoluk among directors joining its board as it announced $875 million in Series C financing at a $5 billion valuation.
- **2026-03** — Covariance Labs’ March 9 SEC Form D lists Thomas Jermoluk as a director.

## Links

- Website: https://www.beyondidentity.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-jermoluk-a4a491126/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11