Voltage Security Board of Directors
- Srivats Sampath, Chairman of the Board
- Ann Winblad, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
- Dan Boneh, Co-founder, Voltage Security
- Ken Gullicksen, Morgenthaler Ventures
- Mark Siegel, Menlo Ventures
- Peter T. Meekin, Trident Capital
- Sathvik Krishnamurthy, President and CEO, Voltage Security
- Mark A. Bertelsen, Business Lawyer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Srivats Sampath, Chairman of the Board
Srivats Sampath is President and CEO of Mercora,
the world's largest and legal music radio network. Srivats was most
recently with McAfee.com (NASDAQ:MCAF) before merging the company with Network
Associates (NYSE:NET) in October 2002. He served as McAfee.com's founder,
President and Chief Executive Officer from December 1998, bringing over 15
years of experience serving in management and executive roles in the computer
industry.
Prior to founding McAfee.com, Srivats was with Netscape Communications,
a provider of Internet software and services, as Vice President of
Product Marketing. From June 1993 to June 1996, Srivats served as the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Discussions Corporation, a company
he founded to develop email-based groupware solutions. Srivats also worked
as Director of Product Marketing for Network and Security Products for Central
Point Software, Inc., and was the Chief Architect and co-founder of
the LAN Enhancement Operations and Microcomputer Communications Division
of Intel Corporation.
Srivats serves on the boards of Determina and as Chairman of Voltage Security.
He received his B.S. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
from Madras University in India. Srivats also holds multiple patents
in delivering security-as-a-service and contextual internet advertising.
Ann Winblad, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Ann Winblad is the co-founding Partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on software investing and manages over $1 billion in capital. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners has launched over 80 new software companies.
Ann has over 25 years of experience in the software industry as a successful software entrepreneur, strategy advisor, technical author and venture capitalist. Her background and experience have been chronicled in many national business and trade publications.
Ann has a B.A. in Mathematics and in Business Administration. She has a Master
of Education with a focus in International Economics from the University of
St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. Ann also has an honorary Doctorate of Law
degree from the University of St. Thomas.
Ann serves as a Director of start-up and public companies. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas.
Dan Boneh, Co-founder, Voltage Security
Dr.
Dan Boneh is a leading authority in the fields of cryptography and
computer science. As a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University,
Dr. Boneh leads the applied cryptography group. Dr. Boneh is co-inventor
of the Identity-Based Encryption from the Weil Pairing, along with
Dr. Matt Franklin of the University of California at Davis.
Dr. Boneh works on various topics in applied cryptography
and computer security. His focus is on building security mechanisms
that are easy to use and deploy. Along with his students, he developed
new mechanisms for web security, file system security, and copyright
protection. Dr. Boneh contributed to the security and performance of
the RSA cryptosystem, developed new privacy mechanisms, and contributed
to the study of cryptographic watermarking.
The author of over 60 technical publications, Dr.
Boneh holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has received numerous
awards, including the Packard Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Award, the
Terman Award and several NSF grants.
Ken Gullicksen, Morgenthaler Ventures
Ken Gullicksen is a partner at Morgenthaler Ventures, an investment
firm with venture capital headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Morgenthaler
manages $2 Billion in capital and has built over 180 information technology,
industrial and life sciences companies.
Ken has 18 years of experience in Silicon Valley's high-technology
industry as CEO, business strategist, marketing/engineering director
and venture capitalist. Ken was founding CEO of FiberStreet, Inc.,
a gigabit network service provider. He previously served as Director
of Business Development for Nortel Networks. Ken held a number of market
development and engineering roles at Hitachi-Raychem Display Systems
and Sun Microsystems.
Ken has a B.S. in electrical engineering from San Jose State University, San
Jose, California, and an MBA from Stanford University. Ken is based in Menlo
Park and focuses on enterprise IT investments. He is a board member of Nominum,
Inkra Networks, imeem, Snocap and Voltage Security.
Mark Siegel, Menlo Ventures
Mark joined Menlo Ventures in 1996. Previously, he held product management
and consulting management positions at Oracle Corporation and worked
in business development at Netscape Communications Corporation. At
Menlo, Mark focuses primarily on early-stage software and communications
companies. His recent investments and board seats include: Authoria,
Covalent Technologies, diCarta, Emptoris, Phiar, Questra, Sitara Networks
Tera Systems and Voltage Security.
Mark holds a B.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Peter T. Meekin, Trident Capital
Peter Meekin joined Trident Capital as a Managing Director in 1999. He has more than 20 years of experience in software, information services, and technology consulting. Prior to joining Trident Capital, he was Vice President of Venture Development at Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health. He has also held senior technology and management positions with Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation and IBM. In addition, Peter has hands-on entrepreneurial experience having launched three start-up companies in the software and consulting industries.
Peter's current board memberships include Aethon, Arxan Technologies, Circles, iRobot (IRBT), TriCipher and Vidient. He formerly served as a director of Berkeley Enterprise Partners, Inc. (acquired by Extraprise, Inc.), Customer Analytics, Inc. (acquired by Exchange Applications (EXAP)), Cymfony (acquired by TNS Media Intelligence), ELetter, Inc., ESS Software, Inc., Sygate Technologies (acquired by Symantec), Tablus, Inc (acquired by RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) and Thor Technologies (acquired by Oracle).
Sathvik Krishnamurthy, President and CEO, Voltage Security
Sathvik
Krishnamurthy was appointed President and CEO of Voltage
Security in
March 2003 and brings over 15 years of computer networking, messaging
and security software experience to the company.
Prior to joining Voltage, Sathvik was Vice President
of Marketing and Business Development at ValiCert, a leading provider
of secure file transfer, messaging and authentication software. While
at ValiCert, Sathvik created, implemented and oversaw the company’s
global strategic marketing and partnership initiatives, helping to
drive revenues from zero to $24M.
Before ValiCert, Sathvik served in various capacities
at Worldtalk Corporation, including Vice President and General Manager
of the security division. At Worldtalk, Sathvik led the company into
the secure messaging marketplace which led to the company’s $200M
acquisition by Tumbleweed in January 2000.
Prior to Worldtalk, Sathvik held engineering positions
at various data communications companies including Retix, TITN and
Touch Communications.
Sathvik holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and
Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mark A. Bertelsen, Business Lawyer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Mark Bertelsen is a senior partner of Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
the leading law firm representing high technology and emerging growth
companies. He served as Managing Partner from 1990-1996 and currently
is a member of the firm’s Policy Committee of senior partners.
His practice focuses on a wide variety of corporate, financing and
securities law matters, including equity and debt financings; corporate
governance; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and strategic
alliances; and international transactions. He represents clients ranging
from start-up ventures to Fortune 500 companies. He serves on the Board
of Directors of Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK), Informatica (Nasdaq: INFA),
and a number of private companies.
Mr. Bertelsen received his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law,
University of California Berkeley, in 1969 and graduated in 1966 from
the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to joining the firm
in 1972, he served two years as an officer in the U.S. Army.
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