Experience

Monta Vista Capital

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Silicon Valley Monta Vista Capital is a VC that invests in early stage teams who have the domain and technical wherewithal to upheave enterprise markets. Small and nimble, the firm makes quick investment decisions and puts its deep network into action for the benefit of entrepreneurs we back.



Sure Ventures

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Partner

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Early stage venture capital firm focused on InsureTech



TiE LaunchPad

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Managing Director

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  Sunnyvale, CA TiE LaunchPad is an accelerator for enterprise-focused startups. Working with up to 8 startups at a time, TiE LaunchPad provides seed capital, dedicated mentorship, and TiE resources. As Managing Director, my role is to manage the fund that provides the capital, recruit great entrepreneurs to join the accelerator, and help them succeed by tapping into the deep TiE network. For more details, see www.tielaunchpad.com.



PubNub

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Represent TiE Angels as a board observer. PubNub enables software developers to rapidly build and scale real-time apps by providing the cloud infrastructure, connections and key building blocks for real-time interactivity. Developers can build real-time apps like live dashboards and data streams, real-time collaboration, 2nd screen synchronization and machine-to-machine signaling for any device. With PubNub, developers can dramatically reduce the cost, complexity and time to deliver real-time… Show more Represent TiE Angels as a board observer. PubNub enables software developers to rapidly build and scale real-time apps by providing the cloud infrastructure, connections and key building blocks for real-time interactivity. Developers can build real-time apps like live dashboards and data streams, real-time collaboration, 2nd screen synchronization and machine-to-machine signaling for any device. With PubNub, developers can dramatically reduce the cost, complexity and time to deliver real-time experiences. Show less



TiE

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Steering Committee

  • Jul 2010 - Present

  TiE Angels is an angel investment group comprised of Silicon Valley TiE charter members. As a part of the steering committee, I helped launch this group that successfully began investing from its onset. See www.tiesv.org for more information.

• Head of TiE Angels

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2018

  Sunnyvale, CA Co-chair TiE Angels, the angel forum at TiE Silicon Valley. This group consists of over 150+ active angels with investments in enterprise, mobile, energy, medical devices and some consumer companies. For details and to apply, see www.tieangels.com.



TiE

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Member, Board of Directors

  • Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  Santa Clara, CA Director and Charter Member Chair for TiE Silicon Valley chapter. Since being elected to this position, I have helped TiE Silicon Valley successfully recruit and increase the number of charter members at our chapter by 50%.



CloudVolumes Inc.

• Board of Directors

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2013

  San Francisco Bay Area (Acquired by VMware, September 2014) Formerly known as SnapVolumes, CloudVolumes was founded in early 2011 by virtualization, security and datacenter luminaries from VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Symantec, RSA, Sun (Oracle) and Virident to provide IT with new enterprise class solutions for instant-workload management that takes full advantage of virtualization, supports legacy applications, eliminates the need for re-architecting or rewriting existing software, and works with existing policies and… Show more (Acquired by VMware, September 2014) Formerly known as SnapVolumes, CloudVolumes was founded in early 2011 by virtualization, security and datacenter luminaries from VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Symantec, RSA, Sun (Oracle) and Virident to provide IT with new enterprise class solutions for instant-workload management that takes full advantage of virtualization, supports legacy applications, eliminates the need for re-architecting or rewriting existing software, and works with existing policies and management solutions in datacenter and clouds by virtualizing everything above the OS. The company is headquartered in Los Altos, California. For more information, visit http://www.cloudvolumes.com. Show less



Astia

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair, Board of Trustees

  • Jul 2007 - Apr 2011

  Astia - formerly the Women's Technology Cluster - is a community of experts committed to building women leaders and accelerating the funding and growth of high-potential, women-led technology start-ups. As a Member of the Board of Trustees, I help guide the organization in achieving its mission.



Pancetera Software

• Board of Directors

  • Dec 2009 - Sep 2010



EvoStor, Inc.

• Board of Directors

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2010



Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (Aspenwood Ventures)

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • Dec 2000 - Sep 2010

  San Francisco Bay Area Premiere venture capital firm with a focus on early stage software startups. Have been instrumental in many investments including Baynote, Bridgestream, Cenzic, InMage, Jareva Technologies, Krillion, Scalent, SyncVoice, Tizor and Voltage Security. Titles varied from Associate to Managing Director.



enCommerce (acq. by Entrust)

• Group Product Manager

  • Aug 1998 - Nov 2000

  Oversaw development and release of enterprise single sign-on application.



Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Marketing Manager

  • Aug 1997 - Aug 1998

  Managed line of dual-port specialty SRAM.



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Various Sales & Product Management

  • Jun 1989 - Aug 1997