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Kurt Kruger, Director of Marketing
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Jim McGuire, VP Engineering/co-Fdr
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Andrew Gottleib, VP Marketing
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Gerard Baglieri, VP Sales
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Jennifer Gill Roberts
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Paul Holland
Paul brings with him the veteran knowledge of working with and aiding technology start-ups in their earliest stages. His primary focus has been the development and acceleration of enterprise software companies. He has a compelling professional profile that is highlighted by his role in taking two venture-funded software start-ups, Kana Communications (KANA), and Pure Software (RATL), public.
Prior to becoming a general partner at Foundation Capital, Paul was senior vice president of worldwide sales at Kana Communications, joining them in 1997 as their 15th team member and increasing their sales over 5000% in just three years. At Kana, a leading supplier of Enterprise Relationship Management solutions to strategic e-businesses, Paul went on to build a team of over 350 people that secured more than 900 customers worldwide, and with Paul's help they were listed among the top ten IPOs of 1999. Before Kana, Paul helped grow revenues for another highly successful start-up, Pure Software, bringing them from a market value of $2 million to over $1 billion in his five year tenure there as vice president and general manager. They had the second most successful IPO of 1995 and were later acquired by Rational Software. He began his professional career at SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute) Paul currently serves on the board of directors for Talking Blocks, manageStar and Ketera.
Andy Rachleff
Andy has been at Benchmark Capital for 10 years, evaluating new investments and providing guidance to portfolio companies. Andy also serves as a lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and serves as a member of the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and as an overseer for its School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Adam Grosser
Adam brings a fresh focus, entrepreneurial verve and substantial experience to the Foundation Capital team. With a primary emphasis on Telecommunications and Data Communications, Adam currently serves on the boards of Hammerhead Systems, Synfora, Control4, SiBEAM, Silver Spring Networks, PeakStream, Rinera Networks, and EnerNOC. In addition, he has previously served on the boards of Alteon WebSystems (now part of Nortel Networks), Skystream Networks and @Home Australia.
Prior to joining Foundation Capital, Adam was president of Excite@Home's 1400-person Subscriber Networks division, responsible for @Home (residential broadband sales and marketing), @Work (commercial access, hosting, and e-commerce solutions), company-wide customer care, and an integrated engineering, network and product operations team; founder, president and CEO of Catapult Entertainment steering the company through its sale to Mpath Interactive in 1996 and subsequent IPO; and worked in technology and management for Sony Pictures, LucasArts Entertainment, and Apple Computer.
Infused with a love of technology and art, Adam builds boats and planes, bikes avidly if slowly, and adopts rhinos and manatees for unsuspecting friends. Adam holds BAS, MS and MBA degrees from Stanford University, is a lecturer at the UCLA School of Film and Television and contributes to National Public Radio's Marketplace.
Lou Steinberg
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Douglas Leone
Sequoia Capital is one of the largest and well-known venture capital firms in existence. The firms has been an active participant in the inception stages of many of the most influential companies that have built today's IT and networking industries. Sequoia's understanding of industry trends, the business depth of their partners, and the breadth and expertise of their resources have made them among the most respected and successful venture firms in the world. It's high-tech investments include, among others, 3Com, Apple Computer, Auspex, Cisco Systems, Electronic Arts, Network Appliance, Redback Networks, StrataCom, Tandem Computer and Yahoo!.
Christine Heckart
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KC Claffy
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