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CMOS RF solutions for the cellular handset industry
 

ACCO

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


Mobile Advertising Solutions Provider
 

Ad Infuse

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


Enterprise Software
 

Aduva
Acquired by Sun Microsystems

     
 
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Director of Technical/Customer Support
     
     
     
     
 


Trusted Network Community Provider for Organizations
 

Affinity Circles

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
esi
 


Network Storage Solutions
 

agami

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


WLAN Infrastructure for Enterprise
 

Airespace
Acquired by Cisco in March 2005

     
 
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Chief Executive Officer
 
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Vice President of Sales
 
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Director of Product Management  
esi
 


Wi-Fi Radio Frequency Infrastructure
 

AirTight Networks

     
 
-
Vice President of Sales
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
 


Wi-Fi Radio Frequency Infrastructure
 

Apacewave Technologies

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


Broadband Wireless Access Systems
 

Aperto Networks

     
 
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Vice President of Worldwide Sales
 
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Vice President of Operations
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
 



EDA / Design for Manufacturing
 

Aprio Technologies
Merged with Blaze DFM

     
 
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Chief Executive Officer
     
     
     
     
 


Semiconductor Automation Equipment Supplier
 

Aquest Systems

     
 
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Vice President of Product Development & Engineering
 
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Chief Financial Officer
     
     
     
 


Broadband Wireless Systems for Cable Market
 

Arcwave
Merger of Advanced Radio Cells and CoWave Networks

     
 
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Vice President of Sales
 
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Vice President of Marketing
 
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Vice President of Engineering
 
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Director of Manufacturing/Operations
 


Multi-Antenna Signal Processing Solutions
 

ArrayComm

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
 


Wireless LAN System on a Chip Solutions
 

Atheros

     
 
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Vice President of Operations
 
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Director of OEM Programs
     
     
     
     
 


Finger Print Sensing Devices for Mobile Applications
 

Atrua Technologies

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
 
-
Vice President of Operations
     
 


Cellular/WiFi Convergence Solution for Carriers
 

Azaire Networks
Acquired by Intellinet

     
 
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Chief Technology Officer
 
-
Vice President of Operations
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
 


Open Source Software Solutions
 

Black Duck Software

     
 
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Vice President of Business Development
     
     
     
     
     
 


Software Development and Deployment Tools
 

Borland Software Corporation

     
 
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Vice President / General Manager
     
     
     
 


Enterprise Security and Acceleration Solutions
 

Britestream
Acquired by nCipher PLC

     
 
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Vice President of Worldwide Sales
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
 
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Director of Sales, Mid-West
     
 


Broadband Communications Semiconductors
 

Broadcom Corporation

     
 
-
Vice President of Settop Box Software
     
     
     
 


Silicon Solutions for Broadband Networks
 

BroadLogic Network Technologies

     
 
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Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
 


Applications for the Mobile Marketplace
 

Cellfire

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


Next-generation OSS Software
 

CEON Corporation

     
 
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Vice President of Customer Solutions
     
     
     
     
     
 


Grid Technologies for Media Server Networks
 

Contextream

     
 
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Chief Executive Officer
     
     
     
     
 


VPN/Security Solutions for Carriers
 

Cosine Communications

     
 
-
Senior Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
 
-
Vice President / General Manager
 
-
Vice President of Hardware Engineering
     
 


Silicon Solutions For High-Speed Communications
 

Crimson Microsystems

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


Integrated Mobile Internet Solutions
 

Danger
Acquired by Microsoft

     
 
-
Senior Director of Operations
     
     
     
     
 


Mobile, Broadband and Internet Video Solutions
 

Dilithium Networks

     
 
-
Director of Enterprise Sales
     
     
     
     
 


Software and Services for the Home Lending Industry
 

Dorado Corporation

     
 
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Senior Director of Professional Services
 
-
Senior Director of PMO
     
     
     
 


Wireless Mesh Networking Systems
 

Dust Networks

     
 
-
Vice President of Technology
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
 


Next Generation GPS Solutions
 

Enuvis
Acquired by SiRF

     
 
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Executive Director of Product Management
 
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Director of Business Development
 
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Director of Handset Engineering
     
     
 


Information Management Software
 

EverNote

     
 
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Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 


Investment Firm Targeting Radio Broadcast Industry
 

First Broadcasting Corporation

   
 
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Executive Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
     
 


Next Generation Power Management IC Solutions
 

Fyre Storm
Acquired by Exar

   
 
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Vice President of Engineering
 
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Director of Analog IC Engineering
     
 


System-On-Chip (SoC) Integrated Circuits for Multimedia Home Networking
 

Gigle

   
 
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Vice President of Sales
     
     
 


Fabless IC Solutions Manufacturer bringing local intelligence into sensory interfaces
 

GTronix

   
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
 


Global Specialty Pharmaceutical and Medication Delivery Company
 

Hospira

   
 
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Technical Program Director
     
     
 


Fiber Fast Solutions for Interactive Services
 

Ikanos Communications

     
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
 
-
Vice President of Corporate Development
 
-
Senior Vice President and General Manager
     
     
 


Mobile Device Management Solutions
 

InnoPath Software

     
 
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Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 

Secure Financial Solutions

 

Integrated Decision Systems
Acquired by CheckFree Corporation

   
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 

Motion Sensing Solutions for Mobile Applications

 

Invensense

   
 
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Vice President of Wireless Marketing
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
 

Power Supply Control IC Solutions

 

iWatt

   
 
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Vice President of Sales
     
     
     
 


Personalized & Secure Mobile Communications
 

Jangl

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

M2M Applications Service Provider

 

Jasper Wireless

   
 
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Vice President of Business Development
 
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Senior Director of Product Management
 
-
Senior Director of Sales
     
 

Enhanced Voice Solutions for Mobile Devices

 

JetQue

     
 
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Senior Vice President of Business Development
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

VoIP Convergence Solutions

 

Kagoor Networks
Acquired Juniper Networks

     
 
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Director of Operations
     
     
     
 

Communications Semiconductor Products

 

KeyEye Communications

     
 
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Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 

Cellular/WiFi Convergence Solution for Carriers

 

Kineto Wireless

     
 
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Vice President of Business Development
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
 
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Director of QA/Test Engineering
     
 

Mobile Advertising Solutions Provider

 

Kiptronic
Acquired by Limelight Networks

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 

IP Solutions for Cellular Carriers (Push to Talk)

 

Kodiak Networks

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 


Developer of Ultra Small, Ultra High Bright (UHB), LED Components
 

LedEngin

     
 
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Vice President of Marketing
 
-
Vice President of Operations
     
     
     
 


Digital Interactive Whiteboard Systems
 

Luidia

     
 
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Vice President of Sales
     
     
     
     
 

Global Domain Name Portfolio Management

 

Mark Monitor

     
 
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CTO & Senior Vice President of Engineering
     
     
 


Personalized Media Search & Discovery Services
 

MeeVee

     
 
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Vice President of Sales
     
     
     
     
 

Broadband Wireless Service Provider

 

Metro Fi

     
 
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Senior Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


RF and Mixed Signal Design Innovations
 

Mobius Microsystems

     
 
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Chief Executive Officer
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
     
 


Intelligent Mixed Signal Power Management ICs
 

mSilica

     
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
     
     
     
     
 


High-Performance Semiconductor Timing Solutions
 

Multigig

     
 
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Chief Executive Officer
     
     
     
     
 

OSS and Infrastructure Protection Software

 

Narus

     
 
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Director of Product Management
     
     
     
     
 


Wireless ATM Equipment
 

Netro
Acquired by SR Telecom Inc.

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Director of Hardware Engineering
     
     
 

Wi-Fi Access Gateway Solutions

 

Nomadix
Acquired by MagiNet

     
 
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Chief Technology Officer
 
-
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
     
     
     
     
 

GPS Solutions

 

Novariant

     
 
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Vice President of Worldwide Sales
     
     
     
     
 

Analog/ Mixed Signal Driver ICs for OLED Displays

 

Ñuelight Corporation
Acquired by Leadis

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

Full Custom ASIC Design Services

 

Open-Silicon

     
 
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Director of Manufacturing
     
     
     
 

Enhanced Voice Solutions for Cellular Phones

 

Orative
Acquired by Cisco

     
 
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Vice President of Business Development
     
     
     
 

Wi-Fi Compatible WPAN Technology for Battery-Operated Devices

 

Ozmo Devices

     
 
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Chief Executive Officer
     
     
     
 

IP Traffic and Route Analysis Solutions

 

Packet Design

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
     
     
 


Communications Headset Products
 

Plantronics

     
 
-
Senior Director, Software & Firmware Systems
     
     
     
     
 

Enterprise Security Software Solutions

 

Postini Corporation
Acquired by Google

     
 
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Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 

High-performance Server Networking Solutions

 

Precision I/O

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Director of Software Engineering
     
     
     
 


Broadband Wireless Networking Solutions
 

Proxim Wireless

     
 
-
Senior Vice President of Sales, Americas
     
     
     
     
 


ICs for Consumer Wireless Applications
 

Quintic Corporation

     
 
-
Director of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 


Managed Delivery of Digital Assets over IP Networks
 

Radiance Technologies

     
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
     
     
     
 


Network Protocol Software
 

Radlan
Acquired by Marvell Semiconductor

     
 
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Vice President of Business Development
 
-
Senior Director of Sales
     
 

Enterprise Risk Management Solutions

 

Reconnex
Acquired by McAfee

     
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 


802.11x System on a Chip Solutions
 

Resonext Communications
Acquired by RFMD

     
 
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Vice President of Worldwide Sales
     
     
     
 

RFICs For Consumer Entertainment Products

 

RF Magic
Acquired by Entropic, IPO in December 2007

     
 
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Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
 
-
Vice President of Sales
 
-
Director of Operations
     
 


RFID Solutions for Supply Chain Networks
 

Savi Technology
Acquired by Lockheed Martin

     
 
-
Vice President of Hardware Engineering
     
     
     
 


SOCs that boost the storage I/O performance of next generation servers, workstations and personal computers
 

Sandforce

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 

Advanced Signal Processing Products

 

Scintera

 
-
Chief Executive Officer
 
-
Vice President of Operations
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
 
-
Senior Director of Engineering
 

Motion Sensor ICs

 

Sensor Platforms

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 
esi

Semiconductor Systems Solutions for High-Speed Communications Platforms
 

SiBeam

     
 
-
Vice President of Operations
     
     
     
     
 
esi

High-Performance Communications Semiconductors
 

Sierra Monolithics

     
 
-
Vice President of World Wide Sales
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 


RF MEMS Based Precision Timing Solutions
 

Silicon Clocks

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

10G iSCSI System on a Chip Solutions

 

Siliquent
Acquired by Broadcom Corporation

     
 
-
Director of Marketing
     
     
     
 

Utility Network Infrastructure Solutions

 

Silver Spring Networks

     
 
-
Senior Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Manufacturing
     
     
 

Wireless Broadband Network Systems

 

SkyPilot Networks

     
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
 
-
Vice President of Business Development
     
     
 

Online Community Content Platform

 

Smalltown

     
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
     
     
 

Wireless Broadband Access Solutions

 

Soma Networks

     
 
-
Vice President of Manufacturing Operations
 
-
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
 
-
Vice President of Sales
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
 

IP Solutions for Cellular Carriers (Push to Talk)

 

Sonim Technologies

     
 
-
Vice President of Handset Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Project Management
 
-
Director of Program Management
     
     
 


Integrated timing solutions for the Consumer, Computer and Communications Markets
 

SpectraLinear

   
 
-
Vice President of Sales
 
-
Director of FA & Reliability
     
 


Linear Cellular Base Station Amplifier Products
 

Spectrian
Acquired by Remec

     
 
-
Vice President / General Manager
 
-
Vice President of Quality
     
     
     
 

Sports & Entertainment Ticket Exchange

 

StubHub
Acquired by eBay

     
 
-
CTO & Senior Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

Telecommunications Network Test Equipment

 

Sunrise Telecom

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
 


Electronic Design Automation Software
 

Synfora

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 


Communication Semiconductors for Digital Broadband Access Networks
 

Teknovus

   
 
-
Vice President of Product Marketing
     
     
 

Performance Analytics for the Mobile Industry

 

Telephia
Acquired by Nielsen

     
 
-
Senior Vice President of Wireless Systems Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

Automated Test Solutions for Embedded Systems

 

TestQuest

     
 
-
Chief Marketing Officer
     
     
     
     
 


Web-Based Real Estate Solutions Provider
 

TotalMove

     
 
-
Chief Architect
     
     
     
     
 


Provider of Contextual Online Advertising Solutions
 

Tumri

     
 
-
Director of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

High-speed Wireless Semiconductor Solutions

 

Tzero Technologies, Inc.

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
 
-
Director of Marketing
     
     
     
 


Mobile Broadband Optimization Solutions
 

Venturi Wireless

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Customer Operations
     
     
     
 

WLAN Infrastructure

 

Vernier Networks

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
 
-
Vice President of Business Development
     
     
     
 

WiFi VOIP Enterprise Solutions

 

Vocera

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
 

Next Generation Location-Based Blogging and Alerts

 

Wave Market

     
 
-
Vice President of Business Development
     
     
     
     
 

Mobile Tracking Network and Devices

 

Wheels of Zeus

     
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
 


Multifunction Wireless Sub-Systems for Mobile Applications
 

Wi2Wi

   
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
     
     
 


Tunable RF Silicon Solutions
 

WiSpry

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 

Global Venture Capital

 

WK Technology Fund

     
 
-
Vice President of Investments
     
     
 


Enterprise Software
 

Workcard
Acquired by Adecco

     
 
-
Chief Financial Officer
     
     
     
 


Ultra-Wide Band System on a Chip
 

Xtreme Spectrum
Acquired by Motorola

     
 
-
Vice President of Engineering
     
     
     
     
 


Enterprise Security Software Solutions
 

Zone Labs
Acquired by CheckPoint Software

     
 
-
Director of QA & Release Engineering
     
     
     
     
     
 

The Following Search Assignments were Completed by ESI Associates Prior to Joining Our Team:



Legal Intellectual Property Management Software
 

Aurigin
Acquired by Information Holdings

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
 


Digital Asset Management Technology
 

Chuckwalla

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
     
     
 


InfoPortal Software
 

CoVia

     
 
-
Senior Vice President of Sales
     
     
     
 


eCommerce Internet Billing Software
 

CyberSource
IPO

     
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
     
 


Enterprise Utility Software
 

Exigen Group

     
 
-
Vice President of Operations
     
     
     
 


Application Debugging Software
 

Geodesic
Acquired by Veritas Software

     
 
-
President & CEO
     
     
 


Web-Based Supply Chain Software
 

Global Factory

     
 
-
Senior Vice President of Sales & Business Development
 
-
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Products
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
 


3G Wireless Hardware
 

IP Wireless

     
 
-
Chief Executive Officer
     
     
 


eCommerce Software
 

NexPrise
Formerly Ventro Corporation

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
 


Native IP Hardware Storage Switching Solutions
 

Nishan Systems
Acquired by McData

     
 
-
General Manager of Asia-Pacific Operations
     
     
 


B2B Contract Compliance Software
 

Provato
Acquired by iMany

     
 
-
Vice President of Business Development
     
     
 


Purchase Order, Supply Chain Software
 

Rightworks
Acquired by i2

     
 
-
Vice President of Professional Services
     
     
 


DataBase Catalog Supply Chain Software
 

Saqqara

     
 
-
Vice President of Sales
     
     
 


eAI Middleware Software
 

SeeBeyond
Acquired by Sun Microsystems

     
 
-
Vice President of Professional Services
     
     
 


Interactive Video Streaming Software
 

SeeItFirst

     
 
-
Vice President of Marketing
     
     
     
 


Website Capacity Loading Software
 

Velogic
Acquired by Keynote Systems

     
 
-
Vice President of Sales
 
-
Vice President of Professional Services
     
     
     
 


WLAN Systems
 

Vivato

     
 
-
Vice President of Operations