Advisors
Jnan Dash – Former CTO, Oracle
A leading expert in the software industry, Jnan mentors some of the leading startup executives in the Silicon Valley. Jnan was the Group Vice President, Systems Architecture and Technology at Oracle from 1992 to 2002. At Oracle he provided technical leadership to the database and application teams, while interfacing with major customers. Prior to joining Oracle, Jnan was a founding member of IBM’s DB2 database team, where he led technology for 16 years. He has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and a Master's degree in Systems Design from the University of Waterloo, Canada
Ulf Sandberg – Former SVP Global Services, MySQL
A 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the professional services industry. Ulf played a critical role in helping MySQL grow from start-up to successful acquisition. Before joining MySQL, Sandberg was Vice President of professional services at Finaplex, an enterprise software company in the global financial services market. Prior to that he was Vice President, field services at Marimba (IPO 1999 and later acquired by BMC). Earlier in his career, Sandbergheld a number of engineering management positions in U.S. and European companies. He received his MSEE from Lunds Institute of Technology, Sweden and resides in Silicon Valley, California.
Bob Walters – CEO, Untangle
Former Marine pilot who flew the F/A-18 Hornet fighter, Bob now leads Untangle, the pioneer in open source network gateway platforms. Previously, Bob was CEO of Teros, which was acquired by Citrix Systems. Bob was an executive at Securant Technologies (now part of RSA Security), Linuxcare, Informix Software, and Red Brick Systems. Bob is a published expert and invited speaker in internet security, data warehousing/data mining, entrepreneurship, and leadership. He is an honors graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and was a Guggenheim Fellow at Princeton University.
Geva Perry has 15 years of experience as an executive in the enterprise software industry. He is an advisor to a number of companies, small and large, on cloud computing related strategy and marketing. His blog on cloud computing, Thinking Out Cloud, is widely read and he is a frequent speaker on the topic at corporations and industry events. Until recently, Geva spent five years at GigaSpaces Technologies where he played a variety of executive roles. His latest position was Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager Cloud Computing. In this role, Geva was responsible for all global go-to- market activities at GigaSpaces, including strategy and positioning, product marketing and strategic alliances. Geva received a Bachelor's degree from Hebrew University. He holds an MS from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
