NEWS RELEASE
OSTEC Announces 2009 Board of Directors
For Immediate Release
June 25, 2009 - KELOWNA, BC - The Okanagan Science & Technology Council (OSTEC) held its 8th Annual General Meeting at the Delta Grand Okanagan on June 24, 2009. Business conducted at the meeting included presentation of the financial statements for 2008/2009 fiscal year, report of activities and election of the Board of Directors. Mr. David Jenkins has been elected to the position of President. Mr. Jenkins, with Borcom Associated Consultants, begins a one-year term as President after serving as a director on the board for two years.
The new Board of the Okanagan Science & Technology Council is as follows:
David Jenkins, Borcom Associated Consultants Inc.
President
Simone Brunton, Grant Thornton LLP
Director
John Christie, Vineyard Technology Consulting
Director
*Aaron Dow, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
Director
Raghwa Gopal
Director
Peter Haubrich, Okanagan Research & Innovation Centre (ORIC)
Director
Andrew Hay, Okanagan College
Director
David Jones, UBC - UILO
Director
Mike Martin, Quantech Software.com
Director
Jason Richards, Vineyard Networks
Director
*Dr. Ian Stuart, Faculty of Management - UBC Okanagan
Director
Jack Van der Star, WaveTeq Communications Inc.
Director
Sonja Vrcic, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
Director
Steve Wandler
Director
* denotes new board members
The Okanagan Science & Technology Council (OSTEC) is a not-for-profit, membership driven organization that fosters an environment that supports science and technology initiatives by acting as a representative and advocate for the interests of members and the business community as a whole. OSTEC is a conduit that brings people together, partnering with industry, agencies and government and supports the region as a globally competitive centre of excellence in the research, development and application of science, technology and innovation.
For more information, please contact:
Douglas MacLeod, Executive Director
Okanagan Science & Technology Council
e. execdir@ostec.ca
p.(250) 712-3344
f. (250) 861-4728
http://www.ostec.ca/
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Top Silicon Valley CEO’s Visit and get down to Business in the Okanagan as metabridge Successfully Launches

For Immediate Release – June 23rd, 2009
Kelowna - A leading group of technology company CEO’s from Silicon Valley, Washington DC, Ottawa and Toronto descended upon the Okanagan last week for an introduction to some of emerging technology companies in the Region. Dubbed metabridge, a link to established technology centres, the event was hosted by the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission and the Okanagan Science & Technology Council, and was the brainchild of Steve Wandler, a successful tech entrepreneur who returned to the Okanagan after merging his company in the Silicon Valley.
The metabridge initiative is designed to provide direct connection and access to key technology players for local companies seeking investment, joint partnerships, mentorship and advisory opportunities. Company leaders from Hewlett Packard, Mitel, Red Beacon, AVG Antivirus, Trend Micro, RIM and Radware spent two days seeking opportunities and connecting with local companies.
“This was the first step in building a comprehensive program in linking our tech community to those that are well established. A number of local companies have already had post event contact with some major players who visited”, suggested Robert Fine, Manager, Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission.
“The metabridge event introduced me to a tech community I never knew existed. I was impressed with the enthusiasm and ingenuity of the entrepreneurs I met, and I'm looking forward to maintaining the connections I made in Kelowna over the coming months and years”, stated Ethan Anderson co founder of Red Beacon and former Product Manager at Google.
Locals were equally enthusiastic. “The metabridge not only connected us with key contacts in the global technology hot spots like the Silicon Valley and Ottawa but also showcased Kelowna as a world class technology and living destination. This event, and more like it in the future will play a key role in the success of every technology company in the Okanagan Valley”, commented Jason Richards, President of Vineyard Networks.
“As an entrepreneur one of the most valuable resources one can gain is access to experience and great connection. Without these fundamentals, getting an idea off the ground is almost impossible. The metabridge event not only brought those elements but some of the best and brightest in the world." acknowledged Peter Matejcek, Founder and CEO of Kelowna based Huestream
A total of three events are planned each year to continue to connect technology players in the Okanagan Valley with key players in the developed technology world.
The events opening mixer was co-sponsored by Vineyard Networks. Along with a premiere breakfast at Woodland Hills Developments, where a welcoming breakfast was held for the invited guests.
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Further information:
Robert Fine, Manager Economic Development Steve Wandler
250-469-6234 www.stevewandler.com
250-864-4622
Sunday, June 21, 2009
a fantastic golf shot at Harvest Golf and Country
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| From 2009 metabridge |
We had a great time on the course with a few future partner deals to be made. It was well worth flying a few people in to Kelowna for a couple days of fun and business.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
metabridge 2009
3 days and counting till we connect the Okanagan Valley with technology hotspots around North America through our inaugural metabridge event.
I am excited about the line up we have coming for the event and look forward to a good time doing business and having some good ol'Okanagan fun - golf and wine!
Here is the line up of invited guests.
Tim Eades
Everyone.net
Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Timothy Eades was most recently VP of Market Strategy, Operations and Branding at BEA Systems which was acquired by Oracle. Prior to BEA Systems he was SVP of Sales and Marketing at Sana Security, a leader in the consumer security market driving distribution relationships with Symantec, Trend Micro, Earthlink and Lenovo.
Before Sana Eades was Senior VP and GM of Corporate Marketing and Products Division for Phoenix Technologies, a global leader in device-enabling and management software products for PCs and other user-driven connected digital services. Eades began his career as a business analyst for Dun & Bradstreet. He then served in various roles for IBM in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including managing new business and a brand marketing role for the Personal Systems Group. In 1998, he moved to IBM Worldwide to assume several roles, including Worldwide Personal Systems Group program director.
Eades holds advanced degrees in business, international marketing, and financial analysis, primarily from Solent University in England.
Tony Rosati, B.Sc., P. Eng., CACR Fellow
VP Intellectual Proerty Licensing
Certicom, a RIM company
Tony Rosati is an electrical engineer with more than 20 years of commercializing new technologies in the field of network & security technologies. As a founder of two companies, he has extensive management expertise in developing companies. Recent assignments include the management of a large intellectual property portfolio (450 patents) in a public company, Certicom Corporation. Certicom was recently acquired by Research In Motion (RIM) where he continues to manage security research, standards and related patent portfolio.
As Certicom’s VP Intellectual Property Licensing, his primary responsibility has been to maximize the value of an extensive patent portfolio. Notable IP license agreements with IBM and NSA worth more that $50M in license revenue.
Prior to representing Certicom’s IP portfolio, Tony held the position of Vice-President, Marketing & Product Management. While under this title, his responsibilities included product strategy, branding, outward marketing, and public relations management.
From 1991- 1999, Tony co-founded TimeStep, a network security company that specialized in managed IP VPN hardware and software. He held a variety of executive positions, including Marketing, Sales, and Product Management. When Newbridge Networks acquired TimeStep in 1999 for approximately 100 million US, the company employed 150 people, had worldwide distribution, and annual sales upward of 20 million US. Just a year later, Alcatel acquired Newbridge Networks, and as a result, TimeStep technology has been integrated into may core products and Alcatel’s world-wide security research initiative is located in Ottawa.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (1985) and obtained his P. Eng. in 1987. In 2006 he received a Fellowship from the University of Waterloo Center for Applied Cryptographic Research (www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca).
Dale Fuller
President & CEO - Moka5
COB - AVG Anti Virus
Dale Fuller is a leading technology executive with extensive experience in starting up and growing both technology and consumer businesses. He is responsible for leading MokaFives's overall strategy and guiding day-to-day operations. He also serves on the boards of Krugle, Phoenix Technologies, AVG Anti Virus, and Quest Aircraft Company. Most recently, he served as interim CEO of McAfee and CEO of Borland, both of which experienced huge shareholder value and revenue gains during his tenure. Dale has a track record of successfully starting companies. He has lead companies through crisis situations and directed turnarounds that resulted in substantial improvements in operational performance and increased shareholder value. In an earlier part of his career, he founded one of the leading community sites on the Internet, WhoWhere, later acquired by Lycos. As a start-up company CEO, Dale led the expansion of numerous domain sites, including Angelfire.com and Mailcity. He is a an active personal investor in approximately 60 different staged start-ups based in Silicon Valley, China, and India. He holds an honorary doctorate from St. Petersburg State University.
Danny Robinson - Managing Director
Boot Up Labs
Danny is the quintessential serial entrepreneur, with two Internet companies already under his belt. He has raised over $100M in venture capital across 8 rounds of financing, and was recently named one of TechVibes Digital Media People to Watch in 2008. As Strutta's fearless leader, Danny pushes forward the goal of creating a community of competitors from all around the globe. In his spare time, Danny studies old Saturday Night Live recordings and perfects his More Cowbell performance in order to one day be the best Cowbell player in the world.
Prior to founding Strutta, Danny was co-founder and Chairman of Peerflix, an online P2P DVD trading company, where he raised $10M from US venture capitalists Battery Ventures, 3i and BV Capital. Previously, he was co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Spinway, Inc., a pioneer technology company that developed ecommerce and private-label ISP solutions for leading brick and mortar retailers. Under his stewardship, Spinway grew to 8 million registered members in 11 months and was later sold to United Online (NetZero), which is still in operation today. Spinway investors included Mobius (then SoftBANK), Spectrum Equity, and Deutche Banc Alex Brown.
As an accomplished entrepreneur, Danny works to promote Vancouver as the tech center he believes it can be by connecting local entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley-based VCs, co-organizing the popular tech mixer, Launch Party Vancouver, speaking at local and international tech events and serving on the Science World Equity Committee. Danny is a member of the Board of Directors for Suite101, Techtrack, and iFind Media systems and is on the Board of Advisors for Lypp and YourTechOnline.
Ethan Anderson - Co-Founder
Red Beacon
Ethan Anderson is Cofounder of Red Beacon, a stealth mode internet startup working to revolutionize online local search. Red Beacon will represent a powerful new paradigm, employing advanced algorithmic matching to ensure consumers are matched with the right service provider for their particular need. Prior to founding Red Beacon, Ethan was a Product Manager at search giant Google. He was responsible for launching and managing Google Video outside the United States prior to the YouTube acquisition. He also was Google’s first Product Manager for the fast growing Southeast Asian emerging markets, and a Product Manager on Google Image Search, the top image search site in the world. Before joining Google, Ethan worked in a number of internet strategy and marketing roles at The Clorox Company, Buy.com, and McKinsey & Company. Ethan graduated with Honors from Harvard Business School and Magna Cum Laude from Duke University, where he earned a BA in Economics and Public Policy Studies.
Jeff Cates
Vice-President, Consumer, Personal Systems Group
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.
Jeff Cates is responsible for the HP PC and Digital Electronics business unit in Canada. This includes managing the Desktop, Notebook, and Display business units, as well as alliances and partnerships that increase HP’s presence in Canada. Jeff is also responsible for the overall Consumer segment go-to-market strategy for the PC business and for HP Shopping, HP’s on-line store in Canada.
Jeff joined HP in 1994 as Marketing Program Manager in HP's Medical Products Group. Since then he has held progressively senior appointments such as Small to Medium Sized Marketing Manager for the Imaging and Printing Group, responsible for segment marketing and channel strategy, Retail Sales Manager, responsible for managing HP's key retail partnerships.
Jeff holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Commerce from McMaster University.
Punit Minocha, VP Corporate Development, GM Incubation Business Unit
Trend Micro
As vice president of corporate business development and general manager of Trend Micro's incubation business, Punit Minocha is responsible for mergers and acquisitions as well as for driving new growth businesses for the company.
Prior to joining Trend Micro, Punit was director of business development at Nexsi, an Internet security company. Before that, Punit helped design Intel's Pentium, Pentium II and Itanium.
Punit holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, a master’s degree in business administration from the Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
Stephen Beamish - Sr VP Bus Dev & Strategic Alliances
Mitel Corp.
Stephen Beamish is responsible for all Mitel®corporate business development initiatives.This includes managing Mitel’s growth in channel development and
business partnerships and expanding Mitel’s global market presence.As well, Stephen is responsible for the management and expansion of Mitel’s key
strategic alliances including heading Mitel’s partnership within the Microsoft® Unified Communications group.
Prior to this latest appointment,Stephen was responsible for marketing Mitel’s comprehensive portfolio of small,medium and enterprise business
communications solutions that deeply integrate into customer processes,creating new efficiencies and productivity benefits.These include Networked Enterprise,
Mobility,Messaging,Customer Interaction and Team Working solutions. Since joining Mitel in 2003,Stephen has spearheaded the efforts that have led
to the integration of Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 with Mitel’s Live Business Gateway solution.Combined,the unified communications
solution seamlessly integrates voice,presence,chat and email into powerful real-time collaboration and presence capabilities that Live Communications Server 2005 brings.
Prior to joining Mitel,Stephen was Director of Product Marketing at Tropic Networks®,a supplier of metro-area optical networking equipment.Prior
to Tropic Networks,Stephen was Director of Global Product Marketing for the Alcatel®Broadband Access Product Line.Stephen is a sought out speaker for many industry events and has published a number of business and technology white papers.He has an International MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and holds a patent in ROI Business Modeling.
Richard Ford
Richard Ford is an independent consultant with 19 years experience in the technology industry. His practice concentrates on assisting companies with product strategy, product development and marketing, and implementation of WAN Optimization.
He spent 10 years at Packeteer (PKTR) in a variety of marketing and engineering management roles. He served as product manager for the company's flagship product, PacketShaper, making Packeteer the market-leading, trusted, safe and established brand. In engineering and operations Richard led Packeteer’s transition from in-house hardware development to collaborating with manufacturing partners in China and Taiwan.
Richard joined Packeteer from Apple Computer where he was product manager for networking & communications. He oversaw successful MacOS and 3rd party application software transitions from 68K to PowerPC, and from AppleTalk to TCP/IP. Software projects Richard managed in this period laid the foundation for the future success of iMac and Apple’s current renaissance by making internet access a built-in feature of every Macintosh computer.
Richard started his career at Falcon Microsystems, where he worked in sales and systems engineering for 4 years. At the time, Falcon was the second largest GSA Schedule reseller and specialized in selling Apple, DEC, Ungermann Bass to the US Federal Government.
Richard holds a B.S. in Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Frank Rubio -Vice President, Channel Development & CALA Sales
Radware
Frank Rubio serves as Radware Alteon’s Vice President of Channel Development as well as Vice President of Sales for the Caribbean and Latin America Region. As VP of Channel Development, he has the overall responsibility for the strategy and implementation of the channel partner and reseller programs for Radware. As VP of CALA Sales, he is responsible for all sales functions for Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. With over 18 years of experience in the IT industry, Frank has held several growth-impacting leadership roles in Channel and Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Alliances, and Systems Engineering for companies such as Seagate Software (now SAP), Packeteer (now Bluecoat), Crescendo Networks, and QinetiQ.
I am excited about the line up we have coming for the event and look forward to a good time doing business and having some good ol'Okanagan fun - golf and wine!
Here is the line up of invited guests.
Tim Eades
Everyone.net
Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Timothy Eades was most recently VP of Market Strategy, Operations and Branding at BEA Systems which was acquired by Oracle. Prior to BEA Systems he was SVP of Sales and Marketing at Sana Security, a leader in the consumer security market driving distribution relationships with Symantec, Trend Micro, Earthlink and Lenovo.
Before Sana Eades was Senior VP and GM of Corporate Marketing and Products Division for Phoenix Technologies, a global leader in device-enabling and management software products for PCs and other user-driven connected digital services. Eades began his career as a business analyst for Dun & Bradstreet. He then served in various roles for IBM in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including managing new business and a brand marketing role for the Personal Systems Group. In 1998, he moved to IBM Worldwide to assume several roles, including Worldwide Personal Systems Group program director.
Eades holds advanced degrees in business, international marketing, and financial analysis, primarily from Solent University in England.
Tony Rosati, B.Sc., P. Eng., CACR Fellow
VP Intellectual Proerty Licensing
Certicom, a RIM company
Tony Rosati is an electrical engineer with more than 20 years of commercializing new technologies in the field of network & security technologies. As a founder of two companies, he has extensive management expertise in developing companies. Recent assignments include the management of a large intellectual property portfolio (450 patents) in a public company, Certicom Corporation. Certicom was recently acquired by Research In Motion (RIM) where he continues to manage security research, standards and related patent portfolio.
As Certicom’s VP Intellectual Property Licensing, his primary responsibility has been to maximize the value of an extensive patent portfolio. Notable IP license agreements with IBM and NSA worth more that $50M in license revenue.
Prior to representing Certicom’s IP portfolio, Tony held the position of Vice-President, Marketing & Product Management. While under this title, his responsibilities included product strategy, branding, outward marketing, and public relations management.
From 1991- 1999, Tony co-founded TimeStep, a network security company that specialized in managed IP VPN hardware and software. He held a variety of executive positions, including Marketing, Sales, and Product Management. When Newbridge Networks acquired TimeStep in 1999 for approximately 100 million US, the company employed 150 people, had worldwide distribution, and annual sales upward of 20 million US. Just a year later, Alcatel acquired Newbridge Networks, and as a result, TimeStep technology has been integrated into may core products and Alcatel’s world-wide security research initiative is located in Ottawa.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (1985) and obtained his P. Eng. in 1987. In 2006 he received a Fellowship from the University of Waterloo Center for Applied Cryptographic Research (www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca).
Dale Fuller
President & CEO - Moka5
COB - AVG Anti Virus
Dale Fuller is a leading technology executive with extensive experience in starting up and growing both technology and consumer businesses. He is responsible for leading MokaFives's overall strategy and guiding day-to-day operations. He also serves on the boards of Krugle, Phoenix Technologies, AVG Anti Virus, and Quest Aircraft Company. Most recently, he served as interim CEO of McAfee and CEO of Borland, both of which experienced huge shareholder value and revenue gains during his tenure. Dale has a track record of successfully starting companies. He has lead companies through crisis situations and directed turnarounds that resulted in substantial improvements in operational performance and increased shareholder value. In an earlier part of his career, he founded one of the leading community sites on the Internet, WhoWhere, later acquired by Lycos. As a start-up company CEO, Dale led the expansion of numerous domain sites, including Angelfire.com and Mailcity. He is a an active personal investor in approximately 60 different staged start-ups based in Silicon Valley, China, and India. He holds an honorary doctorate from St. Petersburg State University.
Danny Robinson - Managing Director
Boot Up Labs
Danny is the quintessential serial entrepreneur, with two Internet companies already under his belt. He has raised over $100M in venture capital across 8 rounds of financing, and was recently named one of TechVibes Digital Media People to Watch in 2008. As Strutta's fearless leader, Danny pushes forward the goal of creating a community of competitors from all around the globe. In his spare time, Danny studies old Saturday Night Live recordings and perfects his More Cowbell performance in order to one day be the best Cowbell player in the world.
Prior to founding Strutta, Danny was co-founder and Chairman of Peerflix, an online P2P DVD trading company, where he raised $10M from US venture capitalists Battery Ventures, 3i and BV Capital. Previously, he was co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Spinway, Inc., a pioneer technology company that developed ecommerce and private-label ISP solutions for leading brick and mortar retailers. Under his stewardship, Spinway grew to 8 million registered members in 11 months and was later sold to United Online (NetZero), which is still in operation today. Spinway investors included Mobius (then SoftBANK), Spectrum Equity, and Deutche Banc Alex Brown.
As an accomplished entrepreneur, Danny works to promote Vancouver as the tech center he believes it can be by connecting local entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley-based VCs, co-organizing the popular tech mixer, Launch Party Vancouver, speaking at local and international tech events and serving on the Science World Equity Committee. Danny is a member of the Board of Directors for Suite101, Techtrack, and iFind Media systems and is on the Board of Advisors for Lypp and YourTechOnline.
Ethan Anderson - Co-Founder
Red Beacon
Ethan Anderson is Cofounder of Red Beacon, a stealth mode internet startup working to revolutionize online local search. Red Beacon will represent a powerful new paradigm, employing advanced algorithmic matching to ensure consumers are matched with the right service provider for their particular need. Prior to founding Red Beacon, Ethan was a Product Manager at search giant Google. He was responsible for launching and managing Google Video outside the United States prior to the YouTube acquisition. He also was Google’s first Product Manager for the fast growing Southeast Asian emerging markets, and a Product Manager on Google Image Search, the top image search site in the world. Before joining Google, Ethan worked in a number of internet strategy and marketing roles at The Clorox Company, Buy.com, and McKinsey & Company. Ethan graduated with Honors from Harvard Business School and Magna Cum Laude from Duke University, where he earned a BA in Economics and Public Policy Studies.
Jeff Cates
Vice-President, Consumer, Personal Systems Group
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.
Jeff Cates is responsible for the HP PC and Digital Electronics business unit in Canada. This includes managing the Desktop, Notebook, and Display business units, as well as alliances and partnerships that increase HP’s presence in Canada. Jeff is also responsible for the overall Consumer segment go-to-market strategy for the PC business and for HP Shopping, HP’s on-line store in Canada.
Jeff joined HP in 1994 as Marketing Program Manager in HP's Medical Products Group. Since then he has held progressively senior appointments such as Small to Medium Sized Marketing Manager for the Imaging and Printing Group, responsible for segment marketing and channel strategy, Retail Sales Manager, responsible for managing HP's key retail partnerships.
Jeff holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and an undergraduate degree in Commerce from McMaster University.
Punit Minocha, VP Corporate Development, GM Incubation Business Unit
Trend Micro
As vice president of corporate business development and general manager of Trend Micro's incubation business, Punit Minocha is responsible for mergers and acquisitions as well as for driving new growth businesses for the company.
Prior to joining Trend Micro, Punit was director of business development at Nexsi, an Internet security company. Before that, Punit helped design Intel's Pentium, Pentium II and Itanium.
Punit holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, a master’s degree in business administration from the Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.
Stephen Beamish - Sr VP Bus Dev & Strategic Alliances
Mitel Corp.
Stephen Beamish is responsible for all Mitel®corporate business development initiatives.This includes managing Mitel’s growth in channel development and
business partnerships and expanding Mitel’s global market presence.As well, Stephen is responsible for the management and expansion of Mitel’s key
strategic alliances including heading Mitel’s partnership within the Microsoft® Unified Communications group.
Prior to this latest appointment,Stephen was responsible for marketing Mitel’s comprehensive portfolio of small,medium and enterprise business
communications solutions that deeply integrate into customer processes,creating new efficiencies and productivity benefits.These include Networked Enterprise,
Mobility,Messaging,Customer Interaction and Team Working solutions. Since joining Mitel in 2003,Stephen has spearheaded the efforts that have led
to the integration of Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 with Mitel’s Live Business Gateway solution.Combined,the unified communications
solution seamlessly integrates voice,presence,chat and email into powerful real-time collaboration and presence capabilities that Live Communications Server 2005 brings.
Prior to joining Mitel,Stephen was Director of Product Marketing at Tropic Networks®,a supplier of metro-area optical networking equipment.Prior
to Tropic Networks,Stephen was Director of Global Product Marketing for the Alcatel®Broadband Access Product Line.Stephen is a sought out speaker for many industry events and has published a number of business and technology white papers.He has an International MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and holds a patent in ROI Business Modeling.
Richard Ford
Richard Ford is an independent consultant with 19 years experience in the technology industry. His practice concentrates on assisting companies with product strategy, product development and marketing, and implementation of WAN Optimization.
He spent 10 years at Packeteer (PKTR) in a variety of marketing and engineering management roles. He served as product manager for the company's flagship product, PacketShaper, making Packeteer the market-leading, trusted, safe and established brand. In engineering and operations Richard led Packeteer’s transition from in-house hardware development to collaborating with manufacturing partners in China and Taiwan.
Richard joined Packeteer from Apple Computer where he was product manager for networking & communications. He oversaw successful MacOS and 3rd party application software transitions from 68K to PowerPC, and from AppleTalk to TCP/IP. Software projects Richard managed in this period laid the foundation for the future success of iMac and Apple’s current renaissance by making internet access a built-in feature of every Macintosh computer.
Richard started his career at Falcon Microsystems, where he worked in sales and systems engineering for 4 years. At the time, Falcon was the second largest GSA Schedule reseller and specialized in selling Apple, DEC, Ungermann Bass to the US Federal Government.
Richard holds a B.S. in Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Frank Rubio -Vice President, Channel Development & CALA Sales
Radware
Frank Rubio serves as Radware Alteon’s Vice President of Channel Development as well as Vice President of Sales for the Caribbean and Latin America Region. As VP of Channel Development, he has the overall responsibility for the strategy and implementation of the channel partner and reseller programs for Radware. As VP of CALA Sales, he is responsible for all sales functions for Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. With over 18 years of experience in the IT industry, Frank has held several growth-impacting leadership roles in Channel and Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Alliances, and Systems Engineering for companies such as Seagate Software (now SAP), Packeteer (now Bluecoat), Crescendo Networks, and QinetiQ.
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