Kirby A. Dyess
Principal, Austin Capital Management LLC
Kirby Dyess is currently the principal at Austin Capital Management LLC. The firm's primary business is investing in early-stage companies, primarily those located in Oregon.
She serves on the board of directors of Itron, Inc. of Liberty Lake, Washington; Merix Corporation of Beaverton; and Compli Corporations of Portland. She chairs the board of Prolifiq Software, Inc. headquartered in Beaverton.
She is currently a member of the Oregon Health and Science University Governing Board and recently served on the Oregon Board of Higher Education.
Dyess earned a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Idaho. She pursued post-graduate work in biochemistry and business at Portland State University and Stanford University.