SOLARFLARE is founded by an
experienced team with a successful record of delivering physical
layer and data networking products into complex markets and
solving difficult communications problems.
Russell Stern
Chief Executive Officer
Russell Stern is Chief Executive Officer at Solarflare Communications.
He was formerly President and CEO at JNI Corporation in San
Diego, California. Prior to JNI, Russell served as General Manager
and COO at Quantum Corporation and CEO at Escrow.com. Prior
to that, and for over 13 years, Russell held a number of increasingly
responsible positions in the disc drive industry including five
years at Western Digital Corporation in Irvine, CA where he
served as Chief Operating Officer. He has also been with Seagate
Technology and Adaptec. Russell started his career at IBM. Russell
obtained his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering
from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.
Dr. George Zimmerman
Founder and CTO
George is responsible for Solarflare's basic technology development
and technical direction of it's products. He was formerly VP
of Strategic Planning & Chief Scientist at PairGain Technologies.
Before PairGain, he was with Caltech and NASA/JPL where he was
responsible for signal processing R&D in the Deep Space
Network. He is an acknowledged expert in wireline communications,
and was a defining force in the development of HDSL2 and g.lite
DSL technologies.
Steve Pope, Ph.D.
Founder, CTO
Steve Pope is CTO of
Solarflare Communications. Steve joined Solarflare with the merger of Solarflare
with Level 5 Networks in April 2006. Steve co-founded Level 5 Networks in July
2002. Previously, Steve was post-doctorate researcher of high-speed network
solutions at Olivetti Research Labs, which later became AT&T Laboratories
Cambridge. While at AT&T Labs, he was leader and one of the architects of
the CLAN high-performance network project. As well as being a recognized
authority on high-performance networking, Steve also has extensive experience in
operating system software development. Steve holds a first class degree in
Computer Science and a Ph.D. in mobile applications from the University of Cambridge.
Bradley Masters
Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Masters brings over fifteen years of executive leadership
in high technology to his new role at Solarflare Communications.
Previously, he was Vice-President of Engineering for JNI Corporation
(was Nasdaq:JNIC), a leading supplier of Fibre Channel Host
Bus Adapters and Infiniband Host Channel Adapters. Prior to
JNI, Masters spent seventeen years at Western Digital Corporation
(Nasdaq:WDC), where he was Vice-President of A/V Product Development
and served in various hardware, firmware, software, and VLSI
engineering management positions until co-founding and taking
on the role of Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations
for Keen Personal Media, which developed Personal Video Recording
hardware and software.
Derek Roberts, Ph.D.
Founder, Chief Scientist
Derek Roberts is Chief Scientist of Solarflare
Communications. Derek joined Solarflare with the merger with Level 5 Networks in
April 2006. Derek co-founded Level 5 Networks in July 2002. Prior to this, Derek
was the hardware architect for the CLAN high-performance networking project at
AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. While at AT&T Labs, he was also responsible
for numerous leading-edge hardware developments. Previously, Derek headed up
application software development at Myriad Solutions. Derek holds a first class
degree in Electrical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Voltage Standards from the University of
Cambridge
Ben Charny
Founder
Ben is responsible for the definition and validation of Solarflare's
products.
He was formerly Director of Carrier Products at PairGain Technologies including
PairGain's market leading HDSL product line and voice & data systems for
carriers. Before PairGain, he was with NASA/JPL where he developed integrated
rad-hard RF/DSP ASICs for spacecraft and TeraFLOP signal processors. Ben was
also with the Ioffe Institute where he conducted semiconductor optics research.
Tim
Heenan
Vice
President of OperationsTim Heenan is responsible for
all operations of the company.
He was formerly Sr.
Vice President Operations and Quality at AMCC and prior to that served as the
Vice President of Operations for AMCC's Switching and Network Processing Group.
He joined AMCC in
2000 through the acquisition of MMC Networks, where he had served as Vice
President of Operations. Prior to joining MMC Networks,
Tim spent 11 years at
Cirrus Logic, Inc. where he led the company's worldwide test operations and
quality and reliability operations. Before his tenure at Cirrus Logic, he held
various engineering positions at Signetics Corporation. Tim holds a B.S. in materials engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in engineering management from
Santa Clara University Scott Hughes
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Scott is responsible for all Financial, Human Resources, Legal,
and IT functions at Solarflare. He was formerly Vice President,
Worldwide Services at Quantum Corporation, a leading supplier
of tape drives and storage automation systems. Prior to Quantum,
Scott spent over 10 years at disc drive maker Western Digital
Corporation, where he held several senior management positions
including VP Human Resources, VP Sales Operations, and VP E-Business.
Scott started his career with Hewitt Associates, a consulting
firm specializing in Compensation, Benefits and Human Resource
management. He holds a B.A and M.A. in Economics from Stanford
University.
Bruce
Tolley
Director of Marketing
Bruce Tolley is responsible for all marketing activities at
Solarflare. Prior to joining Solarflare, Bruce
was a Senior Product Line Manager at Cisco Systems
where he managed the Ethernet transceiver business. While at Cisco he managed
product life cycles and launched Metro
Ethernet, 10 Gigabit, and 1000BASE-T switch solutions. Formerly Study
Group Chair of the IEEE 802.3aq 10GBASE-LRM standards
project, Bruce is a frequent contributor to
the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards projects and served as an officer of the 10
Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance. Prior to Cisco, he
served in various marketing management roles at 3Com Corporation, where among
other accomplishments, he launched 3Com’s first Gigabit Ethernet products. Bruce holds a B.A
from U.C. Santa Cruz, an M.A. from Stanford University, M.B.A. from Haas School
of Business, U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
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