Coradiant's team brings together years of experience in performance engineering, Web infrastructure, network security and enterprise-class systems management.
CEO and Chairman
Brett is Coradiant's CEO and Chairman and brings over 20 years of executive management experience in the networking industry. Previously, as President and CEO of IPivot, he helped create the industry's first secure sockets layer (SSL) acceleration appliances and Layer 7-aware traffic management equipment. Brett spearheaded IPivot's acquisition by Intel, where he continued as General Manager of Intel's Network Equipment Division.
Prior to launching IPivot, Brett served as Vice President and General Manager of @Work. He has also served as Chairman, President and CEO of AirFiber, and in senior management positions at U S West.
Brett earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering at the University of Utah and served as an aviator in the United States Air Force.
President
Ali leads Coradiant's operations and has been instrumental in bringing Coradiant's ground breaking End-User Experience Management products into new markets and opportunities. Ali is experienced at building strategic partnerships and in developing ecosystems within new technology marketplaces. Prior to his appointment as President, Ali led Coradiant's marketing.
Ali has enjoyed successful tenures at a number of key organizations, including Intel where he served as general manager for the wireless products division. Previously, Ali was an entrepreneur in residence at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital and also served as the CEO of Kalon Semiconductor.
SVP Engineering & Operations
Steve leads Coradiant's ground-breaking engineering team and has over 20 years of experience developing high speed networking equipment. Steve was VP engineering at Netsift, Inc, which was acquired by Cisco Systems for their pioneering work in network based security. Steve served as Senior VP of engineering and General Manager of Copper Mountain Network's carrier division, a major manufacturer of DSL equipment. Copper Mountain reached a market cap of more than $6B and helped lead the development of the DSL industry.
Prior to Copper Mountain, Steven spent 16 years at Bell Labs where he was responsible for the development, product management and marketing of data networking, computer and communications products. In addition, Steven has worked with a number of early stage startups to help them develop their technical and business plans.
Steve earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Drexel University and a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from Stanford. He also holds three patents in the area of networking equipment.
SVP Finance, Treasurer
Andy manages and directs the financial, legal, and administration functions at Coradiant. Andy has been on the ground floor of several technology start-ups and has implemented and managed the accounting, human resources, contracts, purchasing, and operations departments. Start-up experience in the networking industry includes IPivot (acquired by Intel), Primary Access (acquired by 3Com), and WireCache. Andy also has significant experience in the Internet, consumer software, and aerospace/defense industries.
Andy graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Marquette University. He has also earned designations as a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Equity Professional (CEP).
Vice President of Sales, EMEA
Rob leads all sales, channels, and customer service for Coradiant's EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa ) Sales Operation, bringing a proven track record of more than 20 years of International sales and marketing experience with high tech companies. Prior to joining Coradiant, Rob was a leader in the EMEA region for the Network and Web Acceleration Technologies at Citrix Systems. Rob also served as the Sales and Marketing Director in EMEA at Packeteer. Both at Citrix and Packeteer, Rob worked to advocate the acceleration and management of web applications in EMEA.
Rob's experience also includes a number of management positions at Network Peripherals, Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel) and Getronics.
Vice President of Sales North America
Matt leads Coradiant's sales, channels, and customer service for North America. He has over 18 years of high tech sales and business development. Matt has held a number of sales leadership positions in several startup and established companies including Extreme Networks and Akamai Technologies.
Matt received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
