Arvind Purushotham

Matisse Networks' EtherBurst Optical Carrier Ethernet Swtich is revolutionizing optical networking by improving efficiency up to 50% over circuit-oriented networks. EtherBurst simplifies the network by reducing equipment requirements and operational expenses, resulting in the lowest total cost of ownership of any optical network. The EtherBurst Optical Carrier Ethernet Switch is the most efficient way to scale Carrier Ethernet networks. The EtherBurst Optical Carrier Ethernet Switch provides zero-touch optical networking that accelerates service velocity by overcoming the inefficiencies and complexities of circuit-oriented optical transport networks. EtherBurst is the first commercially available Optical Carrier Ethernet Switch based upon Ring OBS technology. Matisse has been awarded numerous patents and industry recognition awards for its breakthrough research and development in the field of optical networking. Matisse Networks is a privately held company located in Mountian View, CA.

Solidcore Systems, Inc. develops control solutions for computer devices and applications with embedded operating systems. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Kazeon Systems, Inc. provides information management and eDiscovery solutions. The firm specializes in data privacy and security, legal eDiscovery readiness, storage optimization and consolidation. Kazeon Systems was founded by Alex Kushnir, Muddu Sudhakar and Christos Tryfonas in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Mobius Microsystems, Inc. develops all-silicon oscillator technology. The company was founded by Michael McCorquodale on January 29, 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Citi Ventures Inc. (Citi Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2007 by Deborah C. Hopkins. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Click Security, Inc. provides network security analytics services. It provides services to enterprises, higher education, critical infrastructure and government agencies. The firm’s solutions include unknown threat detection, embedded malware identification, threat prioritization, early warning indicators, attack visibility-application and network perspectives, and broad context data leakage monitoring. The company was founded by Marc Willebeek-LeMair and Brian C. Smith in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Chef Software, Inc. develops and publishes software solutions for company and configuration management. Its products includes enterprise automation stack, chef automate, infra, inspec, habitat. The company was founded by Adam Brent Jacob, Nathan Haneysmith, Barry Steinglass, and Jesse G. Robbins in 2008 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pindrop Security, Inc. provides enterprise solutions that help prevent phone-based fraud. Its products include phone reputation service, fraud detection system, call forward protection, and phone fraud solutions for high risk industries. The firm?s solution combines authentication and anti-fraud detection technology to verify legitimate callers while detecting malicious callers. Its Phoneprinting technology is the first of its kind to analyze and fingerprint individual phone calls, providing the caller?s true location and calling device. It operates through its offices located in Atlanta and Toronto. The company was founded by Vijay A. Balasubramaniyan, Mustaque Ahamad, Patrick Traynor and Paul Q. Judge in 2011 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

nCircle Network Security, Inc. sells software that helps large enterprises and government agencies manage information technology security and compliance auditing needs. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.