Rod Mathews

EMC Corp. develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. It enables businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service. The company was founded by Richard J. Egan, John Curly and Roger M. Marino on August 23, 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has pioneered technology, product, and partner firsts that continue to drive the evolution of storage. NetApp® storage solutions include specialized hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage management for open network environments. Major corporations and service providers, including Citicorp Securities, Lockheed, Merrill Lynch, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo!, utilize NetApp global data management solutions

Cybermedia, Inc., provides automatic service and support software products for the PC users in the windows environment

Brocade Communications Systems LLC provides semiconductor connectivity solutions. It offers switches, storage networking, routers, software networking, automation, network visibility, mobile networking, transceivers, network management, and professional and residency. The company was founded by Paul R. Bonderson, Jr., Kumar Malavalli, and Seth D. Nieman in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Axcient, Inc. provides cloud based data backup and restore, business continuity, disaster recovery and cloud continuity solutions. It also offers cloud virtualization, centralized administration, customizable retention, file and folder protection, virtualized environment backup, heterogeneous platform support, restore to dissimilar devices, cloud data access, managed monitoring, security and compliance solutions, laptop, desktop and server protection solutions. The company was founded by Justin Moore and Dave Garnett in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Data Domain LLC provides deduplication storage systems for disk backup, data archiving, disaster recovery and remote office data protection applications. The company was founded in October 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Barracuda Networks, Inc. designs and delivers security and data protection solutions. The firm offers cloud-enabled solutions to address security threats, improve network performance, and protect and store data. It also designs solutions specifically for information technology professionals in environments subject to time, staff, and resource constraints. The company was founded by Dean M. Drako, Michael D. Perone, and Zachary S. Levow in 2003 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.