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Management

David Bridgeford, VP Finance/Controller

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Mathew Steinberg, VP Business Development

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Ravi Baddam, VP Information Technology

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Vish Akella, CEO/Chairman/Founder

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Marek Tlalka, VP Sales & Marketing

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Ravinder Sajwan, CTO/co-Founder

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Jagdish Rao, Director of Operations

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Madihally Narashima, VP Technology

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Board of Directors

David Mimran

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Ryan Floyd

Prior to founding Storm Ventures in October 2000, Ryan directed the business development activities at E-TEK Dynamics (now JDS Uniphase) where he focused on building strategic OEM and customer relationships, scaling E-TEK's manufacturing operations as well as directing the equity investing and acquisition activities. Prior to joining E-TEK, Ryan was with Summit Partners, a private equity firm, where he focused primarily on the communications industry, including Summit's investment in E-TEK Dynamics in July 1997. Ryan received his B.S. and M.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University.

Thomas Rosch

Tom Rosch focuses on wireless & mobility, digital media & internet, datacenter infrastructure and semiconductors. Representative investments include Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex), Juniper Networks, Signio (acquired by VeriSign), Sentient Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), eStamp, and Accept.com (acquired by Amazon.com). Rosch is currently on the boards of Open-Silicon, SiliconOptix, Platform Solutions and Quantance. He also led InterWest's investment in Staccato Communications.

Previously, Rosch was a partner at AT&T Ventures, where he focused on networking, software infrastructure and semiconductors. Prior to that, Rosch was senior manager of the Media Convergence Practice at The Boston Consulting Group and an analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Rosch received his M.B.A. and J.D. from Stanford, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard. He lives in Woodside, California, with his wife and twin daughters.

Representative Previous Investments
Sierra Logic – acquired by Emulex (ELX)
Juniper Networks (JNPR)
Signio – acquired by Verisign (VRSN)
CoSine Communications
Sentient Networks – acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Accept.com – acquired by Amazon (AMZN)

A Word from Tom
"Starting and running young companies is hard. A young company team must develop trust in itself and in its ability to execute in the market — it must stand for excellence and clarity in every aspect of what it does. A lot of the things I am proudest of — coaching, team-building, facilitating deals — are all about having been there before and helping teams develop themselves. Like everyone here at InterWest, I'm not confused about who is the star of the show and who creates value: it's the team. I just think our experience and approach make us a superior partner to help turn potential into success."