Asheem Chandna
Partner, Greylock Partners
Asheem joined Greylock in 2003. His areas of interest include enterprise infrastructure, security, networking and mobile. Asheem represents Greylock on the boards of CipherTrust, Imperva, Palo Alto Networks, PortAuthority Technologies, Securent and Xsigo Systems. He is also on the board at Sourcefire and was previously on the board at NetBoost (acquired by Intel).
Prior to joining Greylock, Asheem spent over fifteen years in industry operating roles helping create, grow and lead multiple technology businesses and product lines to market leadership positions. Most recently, Asheem was vice-president of business development and product management with Check Point Software Technologies. During his 6.5 year tenure, Check Point became one of the world's fastest growing and most profitable companies. Prior to Check Point, Asheem was vice-president of marketing with CoroNet Systems (a venture-backed startup acquired by Compuware), where he helped create and define a new product category for application-aware network monitoring. Previously, Asheem held strategic marketing and product line positions with SynOptics/Bay Networks and AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Asheem is a Charter Member of TiE Silicon Valley. Born and raised in India, Asheem holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Venky Ganesan
Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners
Venky focuses on enterprise software and infrastructure investments. In addition to Palo Alto Networks, he is actively involved with Agitar, Amobee, Exeros, Jajah, Marketlive, Nominum, oDesk, Plaxo, and Strongmail. Prior to Globespan, Venky was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Trigo Technologies, Inc. which was acquired by IBM in 2004. Previously, Venky worked with McKinsey & Co. in their Los Angeles and Johannesberg offices. He also was a program manager at Microsoft's Encarta group. Venky received degrees in Computer Science, Math, and Economics from both the California Institute of Technology and Reed College.
Jim Goetz
Partner, Sequoia Capital
Jim Goetz is a Partner at Sequoia Capital focusing on cloud, mobile and enterprise companies. Jim currently serves on the board of Admob, Appirio, Barracuda, Clearwell, eMeter, Jive Software, Metaswitch Networks, Nimble Storage, Palo Alto Networks and Widgetbox. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2004, Jim served as a General Partner at Accel Partners where he led the investments in Entrisphere (ERIC), Peribit (JNPR), RGB, and Rhapsody (BRCD) and was part of the team responsible for BroadJump (MOTV), Timetra (ALA) and Topspin (CSCO). Earlier, Jim was a Founder of VitalSigns (LU) where he went on to serve as VP/GM of the VitalSoft division of Lucent. Prior to VitalSigns, Jim was the Vice President of Network Management for Bay Networks. Prior to Bay and Synoptics, he held various product and marketing positions at AT&T, AT&T Bell Labs, and Digital Equipment. Jim has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Shlomo Kramer
Co-Founder and CEO of Imperva
In 2006, Shlomo Kramer was selected by Network World magazine as one of 20 luminaries who changed the network industry. Prior to founding Imperva, Mr. Kramer co-founded Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. in 1993. At Check Point, he served in various executive roles through 1998 and as a member of the board of directors through 2003. While at Check Point, Mr. Kramer played a key role in defining and creating several category-defining products and solutions, including FireWall-1, VPN-1, FloodGate-1, Check Point's OPSEC alliance, and Check Point's security appliance program. Mr. Kramer has participated as an early investor and board member in a number of security and enterprise software companies including Palo Alto Networks, Serendipity Technologies, and Trusteer. Mr. Kramer received a Masters degree in Computer Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.
Bill Lanfri
Investor
Bill Lanfri brings over 25 years of background in enterprise networking and telecommunications to his role as board member of Palo Alto Networks. His most recent experience includes serving as an Operating Partner at Accel Partners from 2000 – 2003. Before joining Accel, he served in 1998 and 1999 as interim CEO at Avanex Corporation (NASDAQ: AVNX). Prior to Avanex, he also was a founding investor and key organizational development and market strategy advisor to RedBack Networks (NASDAQ: RBAK). He has served on several boards in both advisory and initial funding capacities, including network security company Network Alchemy, acquired by Nokia Corporation in early 2000.
Lanfri was a member of the initial management team of intelligent hub pioneer SynOptics Communications (now a part of Nortel Networks), seeing the company through a period of growth from $2M to $700M in sales. Prior to that, he held technology marketing positions at Xerox Corporation’s Office Systems Division and, in the early 80s, at LAN pioneer Corvus Systems. He is a graduate of the University of California at Davis and the MBA program at Santa Clara University.
Chuck Robel
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Chuck Robel brings nearly 40 years of relevant experience to his role as board member of Palo Alto Networks. He is currently a private investor in early- and late-stage technology startups. Most recently, Chuck served as Chairman of the Board of McAfee Inc.—the world's largest dedicated security technology company—from 2006 until its $8 billion sale to Intel Corporation in February 2011. He currently serves as the Lead Director of Informatica, Inc., the largest independent data integration company. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Autodesk and DemandTec, as well asseveral other privately held companies.
Previously, Chuck served as a general partner and chief operating officer at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, a venture capital fund focused on early stage software company investments, from 2000 to 2005. Hummer Winblad managed an approximately $1 billion investment portfolio during his tenure. He began his career in 1974 at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from which he retired as a partner in 2000. From 1985 to 1995 he managed the PWC Software Services group in Silicon Valley and from 1995 to 2000 he managed their Technology Mergers and Acquisitions group in the US.
Nir Zuk
Founder and CTO
Nir Zuk brings a wealth of network security expertise and industry experience to Palo Alto Networks. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Nir was CTO at NetScreen Technologies, which was acquired by Juniper Networks' in 2004, where Nir was responsible for security technologies. Prior to NetScreen, Nir was co-founder and CTO at OneSecure, a pioneer in Intrusion Prevention and Detection appliances. Prior to OneSecure, Nir was a Principal Engineer at Check Point Software Technologies and one of the developers of stateful inspection technology.
