Rob Zecha
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xuchen wang
Rob is a goal oriented professional. He is a rare individual that is not only a visionary but knows how to practically nail-down a road map to carryout that vision.(In his own words, not optimistic, not pessimistic but realistic) His leadership and ability to execute raised the bar for the entire organization. Rob has a strong ability to reach across organizational lines to bring the right people and resources together to accomplish goals. His "CAN DO" mindset together with his innovative thinking, cross-functional skills has set an example for Falconstor. I believe that Rob will have a very significant impact on the long term success of Falconstor.
Brian Graff
I had the pleasure of working with Rob during our 3 year tenure together at SMSC. He impressed me with his ability to appropriately mange a wide range of scenarios effectively. A great example of this was when through his intelligent management, one of our engineering teams went through a drastic transformation from inconsistent performance to predictable and reliable new product introduction. In addition to the above example, I have the highest regard for Rob's professionalism and business acumen. It is without hesitation that I highly recommend Rob for consideration in an engineering management, marketing or business development capacity for your company or organization and would be privileged to work with him again.
xuchen wang
Rob is a goal oriented professional. He is a rare individual that is not only a visionary but knows how to practically nail-down a road map to carryout that vision.(In his own words, not optimistic, not pessimistic but realistic) His leadership and ability to execute raised the bar for the entire organization. Rob has a strong ability to reach across organizational lines to bring the right people and resources together to accomplish goals. His "CAN DO" mindset together with his innovative thinking, cross-functional skills has set an example for Falconstor. I believe that Rob will have a very significant impact on the long term success of Falconstor.
Brian Graff
I had the pleasure of working with Rob during our 3 year tenure together at SMSC. He impressed me with his ability to appropriately mange a wide range of scenarios effectively. A great example of this was when through his intelligent management, one of our engineering teams went through a drastic transformation from inconsistent performance to predictable and reliable new product introduction. In addition to the above example, I have the highest regard for Rob's professionalism and business acumen. It is without hesitation that I highly recommend Rob for consideration in an engineering management, marketing or business development capacity for your company or organization and would be privileged to work with him again.
xuchen wang
Rob is a goal oriented professional. He is a rare individual that is not only a visionary but knows how to practically nail-down a road map to carryout that vision.(In his own words, not optimistic, not pessimistic but realistic) His leadership and ability to execute raised the bar for the entire organization. Rob has a strong ability to reach across organizational lines to bring the right people and resources together to accomplish goals. His "CAN DO" mindset together with his innovative thinking, cross-functional skills has set an example for Falconstor. I believe that Rob will have a very significant impact on the long term success of Falconstor.
Brian Graff
I had the pleasure of working with Rob during our 3 year tenure together at SMSC. He impressed me with his ability to appropriately mange a wide range of scenarios effectively. A great example of this was when through his intelligent management, one of our engineering teams went through a drastic transformation from inconsistent performance to predictable and reliable new product introduction. In addition to the above example, I have the highest regard for Rob's professionalism and business acumen. It is without hesitation that I highly recommend Rob for consideration in an engineering management, marketing or business development capacity for your company or organization and would be privileged to work with him again.
xuchen wang
Rob is a goal oriented professional. He is a rare individual that is not only a visionary but knows how to practically nail-down a road map to carryout that vision.(In his own words, not optimistic, not pessimistic but realistic) His leadership and ability to execute raised the bar for the entire organization. Rob has a strong ability to reach across organizational lines to bring the right people and resources together to accomplish goals. His "CAN DO" mindset together with his innovative thinking, cross-functional skills has set an example for Falconstor. I believe that Rob will have a very significant impact on the long term success of Falconstor.
Brian Graff
I had the pleasure of working with Rob during our 3 year tenure together at SMSC. He impressed me with his ability to appropriately mange a wide range of scenarios effectively. A great example of this was when through his intelligent management, one of our engineering teams went through a drastic transformation from inconsistent performance to predictable and reliable new product introduction. In addition to the above example, I have the highest regard for Rob's professionalism and business acumen. It is without hesitation that I highly recommend Rob for consideration in an engineering management, marketing or business development capacity for your company or organization and would be privileged to work with him again.
Experience
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Scala Computing
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
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Jan 2018 - Present
Scala Computing solves an industry need to simplify the migration, deployment, submission and management of High Performance Computing applications in the cloud.. Scala Computing has developed a Secure, Cloud-based Supercomputing platform that enables organizations to leverage the power of Big Compute easily, cost-effectively, and efficiently. Our platform has been built by engineers for engineers with one thing in mind: to serve as your engine for innovation. Setup your job in minutes, not days, weeks or months and run your deployment on the Scala Computing Cloud Platform.
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Stealth Company
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Indonesia
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officeer
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2017 - 2018
Startup e-commerce company in the craft food and beverage industry with a strong technology content Marketing Partnership Platform along with an online educational application. Responsible for all operations including finance, business development, venture capital funding and strategic vision. Startup e-commerce company in the craft food and beverage industry with a strong technology content Marketing Partnership Platform along with an online educational application. Responsible for all operations including finance, business development, venture capital funding and strategic vision.
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FalconStor Software
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United States
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer
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2013 - 2016
FalconStor Software, Inc. is a market leader in disk-based data protection as a software-defined-storage data services company focusing on the enterprise. The company's mission is to transform traditional backup and disaster recovery into next-generation service-oriented data protection. Built upon an award-winning platform, FalconStor solutions deliver disk-based backup, continuous data protection, WAN-optimized replication and disaster recovery automation. Responsible for company’s product development, product management, project management, quality assurance, L3 customer support, lab equipment and technical publications. Focus on software defined storage technology for IT professionals in need of disaster recovery, business continuity and backup solutions in the enterprise/cloud. Managed data services include storage virtualization, replication, snapshot agents, mirroring, clustering, virtual tape libraries and Dedupe. Development of web/mobile management apps.
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Altior Inc.
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United States
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Computer Networking Products
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Vice President of Operations (role similar to a COO position)
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2010 - 2013
Altior is a fast-growing startup with key focus on storage software solutions using H/W acceleration to accelerate Hadoop, Big Data services. The company migrates CPU-intensive algorithms including Compression, Encryption, Hashing, SSL, MACSec, IPSec and customer-specific algorithms, to a PCIe acceleration card or an ASIC. The company is an end-to-end solution supplier including the hardware, algorithm IP, and integration tools to deliver very fast and very low-risk complete solutions for OEM customers. Led company product development and operations including sales, marketing, business development, product management and manufacturing.
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SMSC
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Vice President of Engineering, Business Development and Marketing
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2006 - 2009
Vice President of Marketing for Networking Products: Re-invented company’s semiconductor networking business in Ethernet controllers, PHYs, USB to Ethernet controllers, Ethernet switches and Gigabit Ethernet technology owning product line responsibility for $70 million. Vice President of Engineering for Connectivitiy Products: Led engineering reorganization regaining group's trust of the corporation. Reduced budgets by over $1 million while increasing product tapeout capabilities by 200% in the development of USB Hubs, Card Readers and Combo devices. Vice President of Business Development Connected Home Media: Analyzed company’s existing technology to determine its capabilities for market acceptance in building new division for consumer electronics applications using audio and video distribution in the connected home.
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Afides
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Belgium
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Hospitality
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Founder, VP of Engineering
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2003 - 2005
Early-stage technology company focused on security-based networking products. Managed software and hardware engineering components along with due diligence to attract Series-A round of venture funding. Helped shape business plan, product definition and company objective for potential investors presentations. Early-stage technology company focused on security-based networking products. Managed software and hardware engineering components along with due diligence to attract Series-A round of venture funding. Helped shape business plan, product definition and company objective for potential investors presentations.
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Executive Consultant
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2001 - 2002
On-call executive consultant post-merger with NPI. Provided guidance on NPI’s developed technology, business relationships, and customer support issues. Supplied engineering and budget information on network storage appliances comprised of NPI’s gigabit Ethernet routing switches integrated with FalconStor’s storage virtualization software. On-call executive consultant post-merger with NPI. Provided guidance on NPI’s developed technology, business relationships, and customer support issues. Supplied engineering and budget information on network storage appliances comprised of NPI’s gigabit Ethernet routing switches integrated with FalconStor’s storage virtualization software.
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Network Peripherals Inc.
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Corporate Officer, Vice President of Worldwide Engineering
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May 1997 - Jun 2001
Responsible for the design and development of Ethernet Switching/Router Products (10Mb/100Mb and Gigabit) post-merger with NetVision Corporation Responsible for the design and development of Ethernet Switching/Router Products (10Mb/100Mb and Gigabit) post-merger with NetVision Corporation
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President
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Mar 1995 - Apr 1997
Venture capital backed stackable Ethernet switching technology. Acquisition partnering, technology contracts negotiation, operations management and technology architecture. Venture capital backed stackable Ethernet switching technology. Acquisition partnering, technology contracts negotiation, operations management and technology architecture.
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Education
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New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
BSEE, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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