Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| David Thompson |
Chief Marketing Officer |
| Jon Meyer |
CIO |
| Randolph Barr |
Chief Security Officer |
| Shawn Farshchi |
CIO & Vice President, Technology Operations |
| Bert van der Zwan |
Vice President, EMEA |
| Dan Derosa |
Vice President, Marketing |
| Dave Whetstone |
Vice President, Prof Segment Services |
| David Berman |
Vice President |
| David Farrington |
General Counsel & Vice President, Corp Development |
| David McKay |
Vice President, Marketing |
| David W. Hsieh |
Vice President, WebEx Services |
| Dean MacIntosh |
Vice President, Finance |
| Glenn Reinus |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
| Jeff Tonkel |
Vice President, Prod Management |
| Jeffrey Schmidt |
Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales |
| Jim Hirt |
Vice President, Strategic Accts |
| Michael LeBlond |
Vice President, Communications |
| Peter Carson |
Vice President, Business Development |
| Peter Scocimara |
Vice President, Customer Success |
| Praful Shah |
Vice President, Strategic Communications |
| Rena Lane |
Vice President, HR |
| Robert Farris |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
| Stewart Sonnenfeldt |
Vice President, Business Development |
| Tony Gasson |
Vice President & General Manager, Communications |
| Chris Haddock |
Director, Marketing |
| Jack Chawla |
Director, Product Management |
| Sanjay Dalal |
Director, Communications |
| Dan Lauder |
General Manager, Communications |
| Isabel Kaplan |
Marketing Manager |
| Kevin Mackin |
General Manager, Communications |
| Mark Fenson |
Manager, Channel Sales |
| Dianna Miller |
Designer |
| Norman Fogelsong |
Venture Investor |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Chairman & CEO |
Current |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Newton Group, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Apple Inc. |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Chief Marketing Officer |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
CIO |
Current |
Randolph Barr serves as the Chief Security Officer for WebEx Communications, now a part of Cisco. WebEx is the global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web with 35 ,000 customers worldwide and 2.5M registered hosts . Barr oversees the company's global security infrastructure and the WebTrust Seal, ISO-17799 attestation and SAS-70 Type II reporting for WebEx. Prior to his appointment as Chief Security Officer, Barr held several management positions within WebEx. Barr brings more than 10 years of IT and leadership experience from the healthcare, gaming and high-tech industries.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Chief Security Officer |
Current |
| I Scream for Telework |
|
Current |
| Telework Exchange |
|
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
CIO & Vice President, Technology Operations |
Current |
| Golden Gate University |
MBA |
Former |
| California State University |
BSEE |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, EMEA |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Marketing |
Current |
Whetstone has over a decade of experience marketing communication services. Most recently, Whetstone founded and served as chief marketing officer of Virgin Mobile, the first US-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Whetstone developed the company's strategy, product and marketing proposition, wireless applications and retail relationships. Prior to that, Whetstone was a marketing executive at Vodafone AirTouch (now Verizon Wireless) for seven years, where he introduced new products and targeted new customer segments, increasing prepaid subscribers from 150,000 to over 1,000,000 in two years. Whetstone also worked as a consultant at Bain & Co. and Price Waterhouse.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Prof Segment Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Webex, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. |
|
Former |
| University of San Diego |
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
General Counsel & Vice President, Corp Development |
Current |
| Webex, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Apple Inc. |
|
Former |
| University of California Santa Cruz |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, WebEx Services |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Finance |
Current |
| Webex, Inc. |
Vice President, Finance |
Former |
| San Francisco State University |
Masters of Business Administration |
Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
B.A. in Economics |
Former |
Glenn Reinus joined Rackspace from WebEx, a leading provider of Web communications services, where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development. He brings 20 years of sales management and business development experience in the telecommunications, networking and Internet software markets. Reinus has significant experience working with early stage companies and has been in the Internet market since 1995. He served as Vice President of Business Development at BackWeb Technologies prior to joining WebEx, and has held senior management positions with industry leaders such as Compaq, GTE and IBM/ROLM. Reinus holds a B.S. degree in Marketing and Business Administration from California State University, Northridge.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Rackspace, Ltd. |
Vice President of Worldwide Sales |
Current |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
Current |
| BackWeb Technologies Ltd. |
Vice President of Business Development |
Former |
| GTE |
|
Former |
| Webex, Inc. |
|
Former |
| California State University, Northridge |
Business Administration |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Prod Management |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Strategic Accts |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Business Development |
Current |
| Raychem |
vice president of electronics systems |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
MBA |
Former |
| Vanderbilt University |
BS in Mechanical Engineering |
Former |
Peter Scocimara has served as Vice President, Customer Success since August 2002. From April 2002 to
August 2002, Mr. Scocimara served as WebEx Vice President, Business Planning. From January 1998 through
September 2001, Mr. Scocimara held the following management positions at Excite@Home Corporation:
Director of National Accounts (January 1998 to May 1998), Director International Operations (May 1998 to
September 1999), Vice President International Operations (September 1999 to March 2001) and Executive Vice
President, International (March 2001 to September 2001). Mr. Scocimara earned a B.A. in International Relations
from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Customer Success |
Current |
Praful Shah is the Vice President, Strategic Communications of WebEx Communications. Praful has completed his BS in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in India. After completion he move to US where he studied MS in Computer Science from Penn State. Praful has 20 years of senior management experience with major technology companies. At Oracle, Tandem, and NCR, Praful developed his technological proficiency. While at Oracle, Praful was the marketing senior director for the Internet and database divisions, as well as director of consultant marketing. He was instrumental in the launch of the Network Computing Architecture, Web Application, Electronic Commerce and Oracle8 Database Servers. During his employment at Tandem, Praful held senior level positions in product management, as well as consultant, product and competitive marketing areas. Founded in 1996, WebEx is the leader in Web Communications Services. It provides Web based carrier class communication services using its multimedia switching platform deployed over global network. WebEx's services enable end-users to share presentations, documents, applications, voice and video spontaneously in a seamless environment. WebEx's services are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering, and various other functions. With its modular framework, standards-based APIs and unique Media Tone technology, WebEx is the leading provider of Web meeting services.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Strategic Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, HR |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President, Business Development |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Vice President & General Manager, Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Director, Marketing |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Director, Product Management |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Director, Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
General Manager, Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Marketing Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
General Manager, Communications |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Manager, Channel Sales |
Current |
Dianna Miller is an interaction designer at WebEx Communications and has been wearing a variety of hats in Silicon Valley for the past fifteen years. She's designed interfaces for interactive TV products, web sites and web applications for companies such as Microsoft/WebTV Networks, Sun Microsystems, MetaTV, Apple Computer, Splash Technologies, and Disney. In 2003, she completed her Masters in Interaction Design at the Interaction Design Institute in Ivrea, Italy, where she focused on the consumer application of wearable computing in fashion. Interests include new design education and bringing design tools to the development of service ideas that use convergent technologies to support sustainable business models.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Designer |
Current |
| Society for New Communications Research |
Research Fellow and Advisory Board Member |
Current |
Anthony R. Muller, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of JDS Uniphase Corporation, joined Uniphase Corporation in January 1998 after serving on their Board of Directors for fourteen years. He has been Chief Financial Officer during a period of almost forty-fold growth, including the merger with JDS FITEL that formed JDS Uniphase and twelve acquisitions including the largest announced technology acquisition in history (SDL). From 1985 to 1990, he was Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Valley Group while that company was expanding with a vigorous acquisition program. He was Senior Vice President Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Centigram Communications Corporation from 1990 to 1996, taking the company public after restructuring its operations and finance operations, and Senior Vice President and CFO of Micro Focus Group Plc. during its very successful turnaround from 1996 to 1998. He was a director of Uniphase Corporation and Megahertz Corporation until the latter's acquisition by U.S. Robotics, serving on the audit and compensation committees of each company. His earlier experience was as consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He earned a BA in economics from the Uni
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Symyx Technologies, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| JDS Uniphase Corporation |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| Silicon Valley Group |
Chief Financial Officer |
Former |
| JDS Uniphase Corporation |
Executive Vice President |
Former |
| Silicon Valley Group |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
member |
Former |
| Symyx Technologies, Inc. |
Chairperson |
Former |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
audit committee chair |
Former |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Silicon Valley Group |
Director |
Former |
| Stanford University |
M.B.A. |
Former |
Dan Eilers is a Managing Director at Vanguard and invests in software, hardware, storage, and other information technology companies. He brings over 20 years of technology management and venture capital experience to his role, including serving as the President and CEO of three companies--two private, one public, was the founding managing partner of Apple Computer's venture capital fund, has been an active angel investor/advisor to start-ups, and the chief marketing officer at Apple Computer. Immediately prior to joining Vanguard Ventures, he was an angel investor, advisor and board member to several early stage private and public companies including WEBEX Communications, SiteSmith, and Carrier Access Corporation. Dan served as President and CEO of CIDCO, Inc., a consumer telecommunications products company which grew to over $250 million in revenue under his leadership. There Dan was responsible for launching twelve new products, including the pioneering iPhone Internet screen phone and the MailStation. He also served as CEO-in-residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, assisting in the evaluation of numerous venture capital investments, and advising portfolio companies on operational and strategic matters. While in this role, he became CEO and President of NAT Systems, a private enterprise software and services company backed by KPCB, which was subsequently acquired. He spent nine years at Apple, held the Chief Marketing Officer position (Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing), and established and led for 6 years Apple's strategic investment group, which included venture capital investing, joint ventures, acquisitions and alliances. Dan also led Claris Corporation as President and CEO as it grew from being the world's 13th largest to the 8th largest vendor of personal computer software applications. Dan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and an MBA degree from Stanford University. Dan's board memberships include Artificial Muscle, Inc., DVD Play, Presto, Radiance Technologies, and Vormetric.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Vanguard Ventures |
Managing Director |
Current |
| Truedelivery |
General Partner, Vanguard Ventures |
Current |
| Ami Electronics |
General Partner of Vanguard Ventures |
Current |
| Artificial Muscle, Inc. |
General Partner of Vanguard Ventures |
Current |
| Vanguard Ventures |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Vormetric, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Artificial Muscle, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Browster, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Radiance Technologies, Inc. |
Board Member |
Current |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
board member |
Current |
| CIDCO, Inc. |
CEO |
Former |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
CEO-in-residence |
Former |
| CIDCO, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Claris Corporation |
President and CEO |
Former |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
President |
Former |
| Vanguard, Inc. |
General Partner |
Former |
| Apple Inc. |
partner |
Former |
| SiteSmith |
Angel Investor |
Former |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Angel Investor |
Former |
| Carrier Access Corporation |
Angel Investor |
Former |
| Stanford University |
MBA Degree |
Former |
| University of Washington |
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Airspan Networks, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Optical Solutions Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Calix |
Director |
Current |
| Antelecom, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Standard Renewable Energy |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Seapoint Ventures |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| ALLTEL Corporation |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Sb&C, Ltd. |
President |
Former |
| AT&T Inc. |
President |
Former |
| Southwestern Bell Telephone |
President |
Former |
| ALLTEL Corporation |
President |
Former |
| ALLTEL Corporation |
officer |
Former |
| BayPackets |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Webex, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Texas A&M University |
Bachelor of Science Degree In Industrial Engineering |
Former |
| Airspan Networks, Inc. |
member |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| International Venture Partners, Inc. |
General Partner |
Current |
| Cortina Systems Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Genentech, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Verisity, Ltd. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Aspect Software, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| 3Com Corporation |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Cypress Semiconductor Corporation |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Artisan Components, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| WebEx Communications, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| MIPS Technologies, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| LSI Corporation |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Applied Biosystems Group |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Dust Networks |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Linear Technology Corp. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| SupportSoft, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Concur Technologies, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Compaq Computers |
Investor |
Current |
| Websense Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Lam Research Corporation |
Investor |
Current |
| Polycom, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| Motion Computing, Inc. |
Investor |
Current |
| @Road, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Amgen Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Quantum Corporation |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Digital River, Inc. |
Venture Investor |
Current |
| Institutional Venture Partners |
General Partner |
Former |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
computer programmer |
Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
management consultant |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Board Member |
Former |
| Harvard Law School |
J.D |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
M.B.A |
Former |
| Stanford University |
B.S. degree in Management Science & Engineering |
Former |