 | 2005
Airespace develops computer networking equipment used to build wireless LANs. The company markets to enterprise, education, and government customers
| Liquidity Acquired by Cisco Systems in 2005 for $450 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Sales Worldwide Field Operations |
 |
 | 2000
Allayer Communications designs silicon solutions that enable High Bandwidth Optical and Enterprise Switches to be smarter and faster.
| Liquidity Acquired by Broadcom in 2000 for $275 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 1997
Amdahl is a manufacturer of mainframe computers and peripherals used by very large organizations such as airlines, financial institutions and government agencies.
| Liquidity IPO in 1976 (AMDH). Acquired by Fujitsu in 1997 for $1.5 Billion. Positions Recruited
SVP Peripheral Products |
|
 | 2010
Synthetic Biology: Pharmaceuticals, Fuels
| Liquidity IPO in 2010 (AMRS) Positions Recruited
CEO, CFO, SVP Research |
|
 | 2007
802.11 Wireless LAN System
| Liquidity IPO in 2007 Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 1999
Ascend Communications develops, manufactures, sells and services wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers worldwide.
| Liquidity IPO in 1994 (ASND). Acquired by Lucent Technologies in 1999 for approximately $24 Billion. Positions Recruited
EVP International Services, EVP/GM Access, VP Product Management, VP Engineering, SVP Operations, VP Human Resources |
|
 | 2002
Astral Point makes optical communications gear for metropolitan networks designed to send voice and data transmissions between cities.
| Liquidity Acquired by Alcatel in 2002 for $135 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 1997
Aurum Software is a suite of applications that addresses the functional needs of sales, marketing and support organizations involved in the management of customer relationships.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (AURM). Acquired by Baan in 1997 for $250 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2010
Provides solar thermal power, steam and energy systems for industrial processes and utility-scale electricity generation
| Liquidity Acquired by Areva in 2009 for $250M Positions Recruited
CEO, COO, EVP Engineering Construction & Power Operations, VP Manufacturing & Operations, EVP Product Development & Manufacturing, SVP Sales & Business Development |
|
 | 2006
Avamar is a provider of enterprise-class data protection software featuring industry-leading data de-duplication technology.
| Liquidity Acquired by EMC in 2006 for $165 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Business Development |
|
 | 2010
Leading provider of 4G mobile broadband solutions
| Liquidity Acquired by Broadcom in 2010 for $316M Positions Recruited
VP of Business Development, Director of Product Management |
|
 | 2011
Develops and provides networking hardware and software for gamers and mass-market consumers.
| Liquidity Qualcomm Atheros acquried Bigfoot Networks in September 2011. Positions Recruited
VP Product Marketing |
|
 | 2011
Unified network storage systems.
| Liquidity Acquired by Hitachi Data Systems corporation in September 2011. Positions Recruited
President, VP Marketing |
|
 | 2001
C-Cube Microsystems is a manufacturer of video compression chips. They provide highly integrated, standards-based digital video compression solutions for applications in the consumer electronics, computer and communications market.
| Liquidity IPO in 1994 (CUBE). Acquired by LSI Logic in 2001 for $878 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 2009
Telecommunications Test Equipment
| Liquidity Acquired by IXIA for $105M in 2009. Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 2000
Centillium designs and markets communications chipset solutions for central office equipment, digital loop carrier line cards, and customer premises equipment for Digital Subscriber Line, Voice over Packet and premises networking.
| Liquidity IPO in 2000 (CTLM). Positions Recruited
VP Worldwide Sales |
|
 | 1996
Cisco Systems is engaged in networking for the Internet. Cisco Internet Protocol based networking solutions are installed at corporations, public institutions and telecommunication companies, and are found in a growing number of medium-sized commercial enterprises.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (CSCO). Positions Recruited
VP Sales, VP Engineering, President and CEO |
|
 | 1999
Clariion is a manufacturer of storage and memory expansion products for midrange and mainframe computers.
| Liquidity Acquired by EMC as part of Data General in 1999 for $1.1 Billion. Positions Recruited
VP Worldwide Sales |
|
 | 1998
Clarity Wireless is a leading developer of wireless communication technology for computer networking and Internet service markets.
| Liquidity Acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998 for $157 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2011
Open source software solutions for enterprises and service providers including deployment, management, and configuration of multi-tier and multi-tenant infrastructure cloud services.
| Liquidity Acquired for $160M by Citrix Systems in July 2011. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2001
Cobalt is a manufacturer and developer of server appliances that extend the reach of the Internet. The company's products enable ISP's small and medium businesses, enterprise workgroups and educational institutions to realize the benefits of the emerging economics of the Internet.
| Liquidity IPO in 1999 (COBT). Acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2001 for $2 Billion. Positions Recruited
Chief Operating Officer, President and CEO |
|
 | 2009
Email solutions and Platforms
| Liquidity Acquired by BakBone Software in 2009. Positions Recruited
President & CEO. |
|
 | 2000
Concentric Network is a global provider of leading data and Internet services.
| Liquidity IPO in 1997 (CNCX). Acquired by NextLink Communications in 2000 for $3.4 Billion. Positions Recruited
VP Consumer Marketing, VP Business Development, VP Software Engineering |
|
 | 2001
Cyras Systems develops data-optimized optical switching systems for metropolitan area network applications.
| Liquidity Acquired by Ciena in 2001 for $1.1 Billion. Positions Recruited
Coming Soon |
|
 | 2009
Capacity Optimized Storage Solutions
| Liquidity IPO in 2007. Acquired by EMC in 2009 for $2.1B. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, SVP Operations, VP WW Channel Sales, VP Engineering, VP Customer Support, VP Human Resources |
|
 | 2001
Digital Island is a provider of integrated hosting, content delivery, and network services.
| Liquidity IPO in 1999 (ISLD). Acquired by Cable & Wireless in 2001 for $340 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, VP Sales |
|
 | 1999
Edify provides multi-channel enterprise CRM solutions for businesses that seek to maximize the financial return from every customer.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (EDFY). Acquired by S1 in 1999 for $345 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing, VP Sales, VP Engineering, VP Professional Services |
|
 | 2000
Eve.com was a retailer of beauty products, fashion accessories, and designer jewelry over the Internet.
| Liquidity Acquired by IdeaLab in 2000. Positions Recruited
CTO |
|
 | 2011
Force10 Networks is the global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business. The company’s high-performance solutions are designed to deliver new economics by virtualizing and automating Ethernet networks.
| Liquidity Acquired by Dell in 2011. Positions Recruited
VP of Marketing, VP of Engineering, VP of Sales, VP of Customer Support, VP of Operations, Director of Product Management |
|
 | 2011
Solid State Storage
| Liquidity IPO in 2011 (FIO) Positions Recruited
CEO |
|
 | 2003
Get2Chip's patented core technology, called "global focused synthesis," provides the industry's highest synthesis capacity and performance, and produces superior logic and interconnect structures for nanometer-scale physical design.
| Liquidity Acquired by Cadence in 2003 for $120 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2011
Gluster is a software-only, highly available, scalable, centrally managed storage pool for public and private cloud environments.
| Liquidity Acquired by Red Hat $136 million in cash. Positions Recruited
CEO, SVP Sales, VP Marketing |
|
 | 2000
HotRail developed advanced, integrated CMOS technologies for high-speed switching, interconnect, and scalable processing for Internet systems.
| Liquidity Acquired by Conexant in 2000 for $400 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 2009
Systems Monitoring, Server Monitoring & Systems Management Software
| Liquidity Acquired by SpringSource in 2009 Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2010
Supply chain management software and services.
| Liquidity Acquired by JDA Software Group Inc for $532M in Jan. 2010. Positions Recruited
VP Sales, VP Federal Sales |
|
 | 1999
Imparto is a leading provider of web marketing software. The company-s integrated web marketing suite transforms customers websites into effective marketing channels.
| Liquidity Acquired by Primus Knowledge in 1999 for $56 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO |
|
 | 1998
Inktomi develops and markets scalable software applications designed to enhance the performance and intelligence of large-scale networks.
| Liquidity IPO in 1998 (INKT) Positions Recruited
VP/GM E-Commerce Services, VP Business Development, VP Worldwide Sales |
|
 | 2000
Integrated Systems is a provider of embedded systems software for a broad range of industries includingtelecom/datacom, consumer electronics, automotive, and aerospace.
| Liquidity IPO in 1994 (INTS). Acquired by Wind River in 2000 for $930 million. Positions Recruited
VP Worldwide Sales, VP Western Regional Sales |
|
 | 1999
Inverse Network Technology offers software and measurement services that help Internet Service Providers and corporations measure, manage and improve Internet performance.
| Liquidity Acquired by Visual Networks in 1999 for $192 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 1996
InVision Technologies is the leading provider of Explosives Detection Systems (EDS) for the aviation security industry.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (INVN) Positions Recruited
President |
|
 | 2006
Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content.
| Liquidity IPO in 2006 (ISLN) Positions Recruited
Board of Directors |
|
 | 2010
Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content.
| Liquidity Acquired by EMC in 2010 for $2.25 Billion Positions Recruited
Board of Directors, VP Marketing, SVP Worldwide Sales, VP Operations |
|
 | 2000
JetCell provides a corporate network wireless solution integrating the Global System for Mobile Communications standard and Internet Protocol (IP) for both voice and data.
| Liquidity Acquired by Cisco Systems in 2000 for $200 Million. Positions Recruited
|
|
 | 2005
Kagoor is a leading supplier and innovator of session border control (SBC) technology.
| Liquidity Acquired by Juniper in 2005 for $67.5 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Worldwide Sales |
|
 | 2005
Laurel Network-s service edge routers and service management solutions enable profitable delivery of all switched and routed data services at the edge of carrier IP/MPLS networks.
| Liquidity Acquire by ECI Telecom for $88 Million in 2005. Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 1999
Liquid Audio provides record labels and artists with software tools and technologies to enable the secure online preview and purchase of CD-quality music.
| Liquidity IPO in 1999 (LQID) Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 1983
LSI Logic is a leading designer and manufacturer of communications, consumer and storage semiconductors for applications that access, interconnect and store data, voice and video.
| Liquidity IPO in 1983 (LSI) Positions Recruited
VP/GM Computer, SVP WW Marketing, VP Marketing Customer Solutions, VP Sales, VP Storage Sales, CTO, VP Customer Eng, VP Controller, Product Line Director |
|
 | 1995
Lumisys is a leading provider of desktop computed radiography systems and X-ray film digitizers.
| Liquidity IPO in 1995 (LUMI). Acquired by Eastman Kodak in 2000 for $39 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Operations |
|
 | 2000
Manufacturers- Services Limited is a global provider of advanced electronics manufacturing and supply chain services to original equipment manufacturers.
| Liquidity IPO in 2000. Positions Recruited
Coming Soon |
|
 | 2007
Intelligent Edge Security Switch
| Liquidity Acquired by Barracuda in 2007. Positions Recruited
President & CEO, VP WW Field Operations, VP WW Sales, VP Marketing |
|
 | 1998
NetDynamics offers the first comprehensive Enterprise Network Application Platform, solving the problems organizations face in integrating disparate computing environments, scaling business-critical applications and managing distributed systems.
| Liquidity Acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1998 for $160 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 1997
NetFRAME designs, manufactures, and markets enterprise-class multiprocessor network servers that address the needs of the business computing marketplace.
| Liquidity IPO in 1992 (NETF). Acquired by MicronPC in 1997 for $14 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, VP Engineering |
|
 | 1995
Network Appliance is a recognized leader in enterprise storage and the delivery of data and content on demand.
| Liquidity IPO in 1995 (NTAP) Positions Recruited
President and CEO |
|
 | 1987
Network Equipment Technologies builds service creation platforms for broadband, IP telephony, and multi-service networks.
| Liquidity IPO in 1987 (NWK) Positions Recruited
Coming Soon |
|
 | 2001
Network Peripherals supplies a full range of Layer 2/3 Ethernet switching solutions based on its flexible NuWaveArchitecture, a combination of proprietary chips and high-performance software.
| Liquidity Merged with FalconStor Software in 2001 in a $200 Million transaction. IPO in 1994 (NPIX) Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 2010
Hardware/software solutions designed to reduce data footprints with file-aware storage optimization
| Liquidity Acquired by Dell in 2010 Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 2002
ONI Systems is a telecommunications equipment provider delivering optical network systems to metro carriers.
| Liquidity IPO in 2000 (ONIS). Acquired by Ciena in 2002 for $900 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 2000
Ortel Corporation designs, manufactures and supplies advanced optoelectronics technologies that provide the critical bandwidth and two-way interactivity essential for robust telecommunications and cable television applications.
| Liquidity IPO in 1994 (ORTL). Acquired by Lucent in 2000 for $2.95 Billion. Positions Recruited
EVP/GM |
|
 | 2011
Solid State Disk Drives
| Liquidity Acquired by SanDisk in 2011 for $327M Positions Recruited
CEO, VP of Operations, VP of Engineering, VP of Marketing, VP of Sales |
|
 | 1994
Procket Networks offers core Internet protocol routers for service providers, government agencies, and enterprise customers.
| Liquidity Acquired by Cisco Systems in 1994 for $89 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, VP Engineering |
|
 | 2009
Single-use Digital Video Cameras
| Liquidity Cisco acquired Pure Digital Technologies for $590M in 2009. Positions Recruited
SVP/GM, VP Engineering |
|
 | 1993
QRS Corporation is a provider of supply chain technology for the retail industry. They provide value-added software and services to retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, vendors, wholesalers and distributors.
| Liquidity IPO in 1993 (QRSI) Positions Recruited
CFO/VP Finance and Administration, VP Sales, VP Research and Development |
|
 | 1999
Raster Graphics Inc. designs, manufactures and markets large format color printing systems for the print-for-pay, large format color digital printing market.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (RGFX). Acquired by Gretag Corporation in 1999 for $13 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, VP Marketing and Business Development, VP Engineering |
|
 | 2006
Redback Networks offers a high-density, intelligent networking device to bridge the operational gap between telco-based DSL equipment in the central office and service provider backbone routers.
| Liquidity IPO in 1999 (RBAK). Acquired by Ericsson for $2.1B in 2006. Positions Recruited
SVP Operations, CIO, President and CEO |
|
 | 1998
Reel.com is a premier destination for film-related content, commerce and community.
| Liquidity Acquired by Hollywood Entertainment Corporation in 1998 for $90 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2006
Riverbed Technology is the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS) solutions for companies worldwide.
| Liquidity IPO in 2006 (RVBD) Positions Recruited
VP Corporate Marketing, VP Channels, VP Support |
|
 | 2003
Sanera Systems builds highly reliable and scalable storage networking for enterprises and service providers.
| Liquidity Acquired by McData in 2003 for $102 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, VP Marketing, VP Product Management |
|
 | 2005
Siliquent is a fabless semiconductor company delivering the first Ethernet Processing Unit (EPU) for high performance storage and computing over a ubiquitous Ethernet infratstructure.
| Liquidity Acquired by Broadcom in 2005 for $76 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO, VP Marketing |
|
 | 2011
Social software for the Enterprise
| Liquidity Acquired by VMWare in 2011 Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2009
Open Source Java Development Platform
| Liquidity Acquired by VMWare for $420M Positions Recruited
VP Marketing, VP Business Development |
|
 | 2009
Optical Components
| Liquidity Acquired by Opnext for $170M in 2009. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing, VP Engineering |
|
 | 2005
SunPower makes solar cells and panels used to generate electrical power from the sun.
| Liquidity IPO in 2005 (SPWR) Positions Recruited
Chief Operating Officer, Board of Directors, VP Projects, GM North America, VP Supply Chain Operations |
|
 | 1991
Sybase delivers open-architecture enterprise infrastructure software, including databases, development tools, integration middleware, enterprise portals, and mobile and wireless servers.
| Liquidity IPO in 1991 (SY) Positions Recruited
Chief Financial Officer, VP Sales, VP Engineering, VP Worldwide Service and Support, VP Corporate Quality, VP Customer Support Operations, VP External Affairs |
|
 | 1992
Synopsys develops, markets, and supports a wide range of IC design products that are used by designers of advanced ICs, including system-on-a-chip ICs and electronic systems.
| Liquidity IPO in 1992 (SNPS) Positions Recruited
VP Engineering, VP Operations |
|
 | 2007
Content Processing & Acceleration Chips
| Liquidity Acquired by LSI Logic in 2007 for $85M
Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2009
Specializes in display advertisements both for the web and for mobile phones
| Liquidity Acquired by Google in 2009 Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 1999
TiVo is the creator of and undisputed leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVR).
| Liquidity IPO in 1999 (TIVO) Positions Recruited
VP Sales |
|
 | 2006
Topio is highly regarded for its innovative software that helps customers replicate, recover, and protect data over any distance regardless of the underlying server or storage infrastructure.
| Liquidity Acquired by NetApp in 2006 for $160 Million. Positions Recruited
SVP Business Development, VP Worldwide Sales |
|
 | 2005
Topspin is a leader in high performance grid and utility computing, delivering the industry’s first programmable server switch - a new category of data center infrastructure designed to allow virtual servers to be created by interconnecting industry-standard server, storage, and networking resources on-demand.
| Liquidity Acquired by Cisco Systems in 2005 for $250 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing, VP Worldwide Sales, VP Engineering |
|
 | 2000
Trillium Digital Systems is a leading provider of communications software solutions for the converged network infrastructure.
| Liquidity Acquired by Intel in 2000 for $300 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Engineering |
|
 | 1995
Verity is the leader in infrastructure software that connects people with information and matches customers with products.
| Liquidity IPO in 1995 (VRTY) Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 1997
Visigenic develops and markets a suite of software products for enterprise-wide database connectivity.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (VSGN). Acquired by Borland in 1997 for $150 Million. Positions Recruited
VP Product Development |
|
 | 1999
Vixel Corporation is creates disruptive storage networking technologies that consistently deliver easily managed, easily integrated, high-performance interconnectivity.
| Liquidity IPO in 1999 (VIXL) Positions Recruited
VP Operations |
|
 | 1999
VLSI Technology is a manufacturer of integrated circuits and other electronic components.
| Liquidity Acquired by Philips Semiconductor in 1999 for $1 Billion. Positions Recruited
VP Business Development, VP Sales |
|
 | 1994
VMX is the worldwide leader in the voice messaging industry.
| Liquidity IPO in 1983. Acquired by Octel in 1994. Positions Recruited
VP Marketing |
|
 | 2006
Wily Technology provides software for managing enterprise applications.
| Liquidity Computer Associates in 2006 for $375 Million. Positions Recruited
President and CEO |
|
 | 1996
Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet business and consumer services company that offers a comprehensive branded network of properties and services, including an online navigational guide to the Internet.
| Liquidity IPO in 1996 (YHOO) Positions Recruited
VP Business Development |
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