Technology Innovation Leader & Serial Entrepreneur; Former CEO at Concentric Network & Danger Inc.; Author of "Great Again"

Versailles, KY, USA
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Henry R. Nothhaft Biography

Henry R. Nothhaft is a serial entrepreneur and advocate for innovation policy in the United States. Over a career spanning more than three decades in the technology sector, Nothhaft contributed to significant advancements in telecommunications, networking, and mobile technology. His leadership roles included serving as chief executive officer at Concentric Network, an early internet service provider, where he guided the company through a $70 million initial public offering and its subsequent $2.9 billion acquisition by Nextlink Communications, now XO Communications. Nothhaft also held the position of chairman and chief executive officer at Danger, Inc., a wireless software and services provider acquired by Microsoft Corp. for $500 million. He later became president and CEO of Tessera Technologies, a company specializing in miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a former Marine Corps officer, Nothhaft served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. His career in technology included involvement with Telenet, one of the first public email and data networks, and participation in the development of the mobile internet and early smartphones with social networking capabilities.

Nothhaft has contributed to public discourse on innovation and economic policy, co-authoring an article in The New York Times titled "Inventing Our Way Out of Joblessness" with Paul R. Michel, former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has addressed the impact of underfunded patent systems on job creation and the introduction of new products and services, advocating for reforms to strengthen the connection between innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.

Nothhaft is the author of "Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership," a national bestseller that examines the challenges facing American start-ups and proposes policy solutions to foster job creation and economic vitality. Drawing on his experience in the high-tech industry, Nothhaft continues to be a prominent voice in discussions on entrepreneurship, technology innovation, and economic policy in the United States.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/13/2026.

Henry R. Nothhaft Speaking Topics

  • Revitalizing Americas Job Creation Engine

    Consider the questions on so many peoples minds these days: Why is it that two-income families can barely make it today, whereas when I was young, a middle class family could usually do fine on just one income?

    Why did America once have money for schools and GI Bills and interstate highways, while today our infrastructure is in a state of dangerous decline? And why does prosperity seem to be a fading memory for many, as even greater riches accrue to an ever smaller few.

    Two reasons, in the first place, back then America led the world in scientific and technological innovation. Innovation accounts for at least 80 percent of the nations economic growth and increases in living standards. The second reason why life was prosperous is that those technological innovations were inextricably linked to high value manufacturing of new products and services.

    Nothhaft will outline the key reasons for this state of affairs and offer implementable, practical solutions. Using many personal anecdotes to humanize these issues, he will highlight how the sole source of new job growth in the US-startups and small businesses-are being crushed by one size fits all government tax and regulatory burdens that prevent them from growing, going public and creating jobs.

    Why Facebook is worth $70 billion yet creates less than 1/50th the jobs produced by previous generations of startups-and what this means to all of us.

    How our underfunded patent office is costing the nation millions of jobs and thousands of innovative new products, services and medical treatments.

    Why the offshoring of high-tech manufacturing is hollowing out the middle class and threatening the job creation potential and future prosperity of the nation itself.

    Using his first-hand experience with the way America does business nowadays, he proposes several ways to restore American dynamism and creative vigor by restoring the link between innovation and wealth and job creation through start-ups.

Henry R. Nothhaft Videos

Tessera's Nothhaft Says Patent Backlog Hurts Jobs Growth

Tessera's Nothhaft Says Patent Backlog Hurts Jobs Growth

April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Nothhaft, chief executive officer of Tessera Technologies Inc., speaks about a backlog at the U.S. Patent and Trademark...

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