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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.4M
  • Private
  • US
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The mission of Vocera Communications is to enhance business productivity, teamwork, and service levels by enabling fluid, instant voice communication among team members, across groups, and throughout an organization of mobile professionals. Vocera's hands-free, 802.11b wireless solution provides a cost-effective, easy-to-use system for instant voice communication in hospitals, retail stores, and other building and campus environments. There's no need to remember phone numbers. Simply say the name, title, or function of the person you need to reach and Vocera connects you instantly to the people and information you need.

President & CEOJulie Shimer
Number of Employees 65
Contact Information

525 Race Street

San Jose, California 95126

www.vocera.com

408-882-5100

NAICS Code Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications: 517212

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Julie Shimer President & CEO
Robert Zollars CEO
Martin Silver CFO
Robert Shostak Principal Founder and Cto
Amy Karabinas Vice President, Engineering
Brent Lang Vice President, Marketing
Paul Scott Vice President, Sales
Victoria Perkins Vice President, Customer Services
Randy Nielsen Co-Founder

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Brian Ascher Board Director
Don Wood Board Director
Organization Position Status
Welch Allyn Inc. President & CEO Current
Vocera Communications, Inc. President & CEO Current
Welch Allyn Inc. Board of Directors Current
3Com Corporation vice president Former
Motorola, Inc. vice president Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute bachelor's degree in physics Former
Organization Position Status
Fraxel Laser Chairman and CEO of Vocera Communications Current
Vocera Communications, Inc. CEO Current
Young Presidents' Organization Board of Directors Current
VWR International, Inc. Director Current
Diamond Foods, Inc. Director Current
Emerald Nuts Board of Directors Current
Woundcare Solutions, LLC Chief Executive Officer Former
Neoforma Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. Former
Allegiance, Inc. Former
Kraft Foods Inc. Former
Cardinal Health, Inc. Former
Neoforma Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Former
Madison Dearborn Partners LLC Board of Directors Former
John F. Kennedy M.B.A. In Finance Former
Reliant Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Arizona State University Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing Former
Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. CFO Current
Hewlett-Packard Company partner Former
Hewlett-Packard Company product engineer Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania MBA Former
Purdue University bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering Former

Robert Shostak, principal founder and CTO of Vocera Communications founded Vocera Communications in 2000. Dr. Shostak has lead the strategy and architecture of the Vocera Communications System. Under Dr. Shostak's guidance the company began shipping product in October, 2002. Prior to founding Vocera, Dr. Shostak founded Portera Systems, a Web technology company, where he was CTO. He also co-founded and was vice president of software development at ANSA Software, where he authored the Paradox database desktop software. When ANSA merged with Borland International in 1989, as chief scientist, Dr. Shostak spent several years developing new database technology. He is recognized as the father of the branch of distributing computing know as Byzantine Agreement. Dr. Shostak was the recipient of the 2005 Edsger Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. He holds BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and applied mathematics from Harvard University.

Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. Principal Founder and Cto Current
Borland Software Corporation Chief Scientist Former
Harvard University Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Former
Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. Vice President, Engineering Current
International Business Machines Corporation Former
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Former
Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current
Senseiq Inc. Advisor Current
The Monitor Strategy Consultant Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA Former
University of Michigan BS in Industrial & Operations Engineering Former
Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. Vice President, Sales Current
Northwestern University BA and MA degrees in political science Former
Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. Vice President, Customer Services Current
Brown University BA Former
Organization Position Status
Vocera Communications, Inc. Co-Founder Current

Brian focuses on software and information technology investments. Brian is a Director of Atrenta, Datallegro, RelayHealth, Simple Star, T3Ci, Unicru, Vocera Communications, and Winery Exchange. Prior to joining Venrock, Brian was Senior Product Manager for Intuit's Quicken.com website and earlier, Product Manager for Quicken for Windows. Before his work with Intuit, Brian worked as a Strategy Consultant at Monitor Company where he advised clients worldwide on issues of management and strategy. Brian received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Organization Position Status
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Venrock Associates Kauffman Fellow Current
Intercasting Corp. Board of Directors Current
Retail Solutions, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Awarepoint Corporation Board of Directors Current
Ourstory, Inc Board of Directors Current
Unicru Inc. Director Current
RelayHealth Corporation Director Current
Datallegro, Inc. Director Current
T3CI Director Current
Atrenta Inc. Director Current
Winery Exchange, Inc. Director Current
Simple Star, Inc. Director Current
Vocera Communications, Inc. Board Director Current
Intuit, Inc. Senior Product Manager Former
The Monitor Strategy Consultant Former
Monitor Group Strategy Consultant Former
Stanford University M.B.A. Former
Princeton University B.A. Former
Organization Position Status
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Managing Director Current
Vanguard Ventures General Partner Current
Entrepreneurs Foundation Board of Directors Current
Cooking.com Board Director Current
Vocera Communications, Inc. Board Director Current
Konarka Technologies, Inc. Board Observer Current
Sylantro Systems Board Director Current
Framingham Commercial Real Estate Director Current
Vanguard Ventures Board of Directors Current
Vanguard Ventures Managing Member Current
Metricom, Inc. President Former
International Power Technology, Inc. Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Former
McKinsey & Company, Inc. Management Consultant Former
Octel Communications Management Position Former
Konarka Technologies, Inc. Board observer Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business Master in Business Administration Former
Stanford University MBA as well as Former
Stanford University Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics Former

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