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SOLERA NETWORKS
Official Website: http://www.soleranetworks.com/
Official about page: http://www.soleranetworks.com/about/network-security-analytics/
Country: Please specify country
Location: Headquarters: 10713 South Jordan Gateway, Suite 100, South Jordan, Utah 84095. USA

Solera Networks Japan, Inc.: Shinjuku Park Tower N30F, 3-7-1, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1030. Japan

Founded: 2004
Business: Deep Packet Inspection/Capture, forensic analysis at all levels
Contact
Phone: 1 877-5SOLERA or 877-576-5372 or 1+ 801-545-4100
Fax: 1+ 801-545-4040 fax

Background

Solera Networks serves customers in government, financial, energy, cloud, retail, and high tech markets.

"Alan Hall, the firm's marketing director - who has had several years of experience with Novell - said that his firm's technology - which is used by a variety of government agencies - allows IT managers to go beyond deep level packet inspection by logging all aspects of network traffic on both physical and virtual systems.

The resultant data, he says, can then be analysed at leisure and allows IT managers to forensically analyse... Solera's deep packet capture, as it is known, is billed as streaming network data at much faster speeds than other companies." InfoSecurity


"Solera Networks, Inc. operates as a network forensics and security analytics platform provider. It offers network security analytics solutions, including HP ArcSight ESM, an enterprise threat and risk management platform for root cause analysis, outbreak/pathway analysis, application discovery, data leakage discovery, insider threat analysis, malware detection, peer-to-peer content download, inappropriate content discovery, and security assurance applications.

The company also provides DS network forensics products that create an indexed, classified, and searchable record of network traffic and allow analysis through instant reports, search, and reconstruction of network traffic;

  • DS Storage, a storage appliance that connects to the Solera DS H200 network forensics appliance to function as data storage units for additional capacity;
  • The Solera DS C200 that provides centralized management for organizations who deploy multiple Solera DS forensics appliances in distributed environment; and
  • Virtual Appliance, an appliance that turns various servers into a network forensics appliance.

In addition, Solera Networks, Inc. offers DS File System (DSFS), a system that is optimized for high-speed network packet capture, storage, and playback applications;

  • DeepSee Live, which provides visibility into the sets of applications on various networks;
  • DeepSee Dashboard that creates customized views for various workflows; and
  • Solera Networks Research Labs (SNRL), a geographically distributed group to discover zero-day threats, such as malware, botnets, phishing campaigns, and exploit sites.

Further, the company offers Solera DeepSee that enables organizations to harness data security intelligence and analytics in a flexible software platform for easy implementation throughout the enterprise, including distributed offices." Businessweek

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Tech & Business Partners

Reseller Partners not listed publicly.

People Responsible

Board Members

  • Ron Heinz – Chairman of the Board

With over three decades in the information technology market, Ron is the co-founder of Signal Peak Ventures and former Managing Director of Canopy Ventures since 2006. An operating executive by background, Ron was the CEO of Phobos Corporation (acquired by SonicWall) and Helius Corporation (acquired by Hughes Network Systems), as well as a Senior Vice President at Novell, Inc where he spent 12 years.

Along with partner Brandon Tidwell, Ron formed Signal Peak in July of 2011 and spends significant time working with portfolio companies in driving commercialization efforts. He holds a B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from American University.


  • Steve Shillingford

Steve has more than 18 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations and executive management with leading technology companies. He joined Solera Networks in early 2007 from Oracle Corporation, where he was responsible for some of the largest deals in the company during his tenure. In 2005, Steve was named Top Account Executive for North America Sales as a result of his success closing several of the company’s largest deals, his consistently strong performance in meeting revenue objectives, and broad new product expansion for the territory.

Prior to joining Oracle, Steve held several sales and operational positions at Novell, focused on Fortune 500 enterprise accounts.

Steve has a B.S. with honors in Psychology from Brigham Young University and MBAs from Columbia Business School and University of California at Berkeley.


  • Spencer Tall

Spencer Tall serves on the Boards of IMVU, Allegiance, Solera Networks, and Symplified.

Prior investments include E.piphany (EPNY), Web TV (acquired by MSFT), and One Touch Systems (acquired by Hughes Satellite).

Mr. Tall is renowned for his ability to leverage marketing, distribution and sales opportunities especially in Asia for his portfolio companies.

Prior to Allegis Capital, Mr. Tall was a co-founder and General Partner with APV Technology Partners for three funds over 10 years.

In addition, Mr. Tall is a co-founder of Asia Pacific Ventures LLC, a consulting and advisory service firm where, over a 13-year period, he assisted more than 50 technology companies in their Asia expansion plans. This included technology licensing, fund raising and distribution arrangements.

Mr. Tall has acted as a strategic advisor to global companies including Motorola, Sony, Fujitsu, Samsung, Canon, TDK, and Dacom.

Prior to founding APV, Mr. Tall, fluent in Japanese, oversaw U.S. sales operations for Marubun Corporation, a Japan-based billion dollar components trading company. He also worked as a sales manager with GRE America, Inc., a Japanese contract manufacturer, serving U.S. corporations’ outsourcing efforts.

Mr. Tall has a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Japanese from BYU.


  • Alberto Yépez

J. Alberto Yépez currently serves on the board of Trident Capital portfolio companies including, Solera Networks, Qualys (on demand vulnerability management and policy compliance), HyTrust (virtualization security and compliance), and AirTight Networks (wireless security and compliance). Mr. Yépez is a Managing Director at Trident focusing on Software, IT Security, and mobile investments. Prior to Joining Trident, he was Vice President of Identity Management and Security at Oracle. In his 25-year career, he has also served in numerous executive positions including co-CEO of Entrust; Chairman, President and CEO of Thor Technologies; entrepreneur-in-residence at Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm; CEO at enCommerce; and senior management positions at Apple Computer and several other Silicon Valley-based start-ups.

Mr. Yépez is Chairman of the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) and is active on a number of diversity organizations. He attended the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electronic Physics from the University of San Francisco. He also attended the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Lima, Perú.


  • + George Hoyem

Mr. Hoyem is currently a Partner with In-Q-Tel, an investment firm whose goal is to identify, adapt and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the broader Intelligence Community.

He brings more than 25 years of entrepreneurial, operations and venture experience in high technology companies, including positions as managing partner at both Blueprint Ventures and Redleaf Group and various Sr. management positions at HP, VeriFone, Federal Data Corporation, Tektronix and others. He has also backed, supported, and served in an advisory or board capacity for dozens of emerging technology companies.


  • Gordon Eubanks

Gordon Eubanks joined Solera Networks in 2011 and also serves on the board of directors for Skybox Imaging, Inc, Concur, and Perimeter eSecurity.

From October 2006 to November 2006, Mr. Eubanks served as acting Chief Executive Officer, and from October 2006 to May 2009 served as a director for Asempra Technologies, a private software company sold in May 2009.

From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Eubanks served as Chairman of the Board of Preventsys, an enterprise security software company, which was sold in June 2006. Since June 2006, he has been managing personal investments and working as an advisor to a number of companies.

From 1999 to March 2005, Mr. Eubanks served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Oblix, Inc., a provider of enterprise identity management solutions that was later acquired by Oracle in 2005.

From 1984 to 1999, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Symantec Corporation, an international technology firm focused on protecting information and computer systems.

Mr. Eubanks holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Naval Postgraduate school.


  • Sean Cunningham

Mr. Cunningham joined Intel in 1994 and has worked in multiple management roles in Marketing and Sales. Sean spent three years as an entrepreneur with Intel startup companies funded by Intel New Business Investment group. He has been making equity investments with Intel Capital since 2000, currently Director of Strategic Investments responsible for enterprise and internet security technology investments for Intel.

Mr. Cunningham serves as the Intel Capital Board of Director Observer on Agiliance, Credant Technologies, Crossbeam Systems, Mocana, SS8 Networks, Solera Networks and Workshare. He previously was the Investment Director and BoD Observer for Zone Labs (acquired by Checkpoint Software), Musicmatch (acquired by Yahoo), Trymedia (acquired by Macrovision), Cloakware (acquired by Irdeto), Lockdown Networks (acquired by McAfee), Signacert (acquired by Harris Corp), Tricipher (acquired by VMware) and Accertify (acquired by American Express).

Prior to Intel, Mr. Cunningham was responsible for Marketing and Service Management functions for over five years with Sequent Computers. He also held numerous Finance, Management and Marketing positions during his seven years at ISC Systems.

Mr. Cunningham graduated from Gonzaga University with a BBA in Finance and Management. He earned his MBA from Gonzaga University.

Management Team

Management


  • Steve Shillingford – President and CEO

Steve has more than 18 years of experience in sales, marketing, operations and executive management with leading technology companies. He joined Solera Networks in early 2007 from Oracle Corporation, where he was responsible for some of the largest deals in the company during his tenure.

In 2005, Steve was named Top Account Executive for North America Sales as a result of his success closing several of the company’s largest deals, his consistently strong performance in meeting revenue objectives, and broad new product expansion for the territory. Prior to joining Oracle, Steve held several sales and operational positions at Novell, focused on Fortune 500 enterprise accounts.

Steve has a B.S. with honors in Psychology from Brigham Young University and MBAs from Columbia Business School and University of California at Berkeley.


  • Joe Levy – CTO

Joe is a recognized expert in networking and network security and has over 17 years of experience in the industry. He is known for guiding SonicWALL through many company-defining moments in his role as CTO. He has participated in various industry certification and design consortiums, including the ICSA and IETF, and, along with his development teams, has authored a number of networking and security patents.

Prior to SonicWALL, Joe spent six years with OneNet, Inc., where he served as VP of Technology Services, directing the Professional and Managed Services teams.

He has authored a book with several colleagues on the topic of wireless network security, covering many of the proprietary wireless enhancements designed by himself and the SonicWALL architectural team.


  • Paul Kraus – Vice President of Engineering

Paul brings nearly 20 years of experience in IT product engineering at global companies.

Prior to joining Solera Networks, he led product engineering for Omniture Inc., an Adobe company and a leader in online business optimization software. At Omniture, Paul was responsible for the company’s industry leading data analytics technologies that led to Omniture’s $1.8B sale to Adobe in 2009.

Previously, he served as Senior Director of Engineering at Symantec Corporation, and was responsible for solidifying engineering process for the company’s flagship email and file system archiving product. Paul has also led engineering teams at other global companies, including Veritas Software, Microsoft and Fidelity Investments.


  • Alex Seton – Vice President of Business Development

Alex has over 19 years of sales, business development, and sales management experience with startup and leading high tech infrastructure and security companies. He leads strategic business development efforts at Solera Networks where he has been responsible for company defining partnerships. In a previous role as Vice President of Sales, Alex successfully led the Solera Networks sales team to record major company wins and revenue achievement.

His past includes progressive sales and business development roles at Cisco, LANDesk, Novell, AST Research, and NEC.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Santa Clara University.


  • Rick Simmons – Vice President of North American Sales

Rick provides executive sales leadership to Solera Networks with over 25 years of experience in sales and high technology products.

Prior to Solera Networks, Rick was Executive Director of Sales at Bit9 and also Vice President of Sales for Fusion Middleware Products at Oracle. At Oracle, he was instrumental in directing Oracle’s strategy for becoming a market leader for enterprise infrastructure solutions.

He also served as Vice President of North American Field Operations at Oblix (acquired by Oracle in 2005). Rick is a seasoned sales professional who builds successful sales organizations in both large organizations and start-up companies.


  • Ted Peck – Vice President of Operations

Ted is a Senior IT Executive Leader with over 20 years experience building, developing and managing technology focused teams in various industries such as technology, financial, healthcare, manufacturing, consulting, and employee services. He is known for his extensive business consulting and process improvement track record, providing technology solutions that fulfill key business needs.

Prior to joining Solera Networks, Ted spent more than ten years project managing in both technical and non-technical environments for O.C. Tanner, Ameritech, Qwest Communications, AON Risk Management and Citibank.

Ted received his B.A. in Organizational Development and M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University.


  • John Vecchi – Vice President of Marketing

John brings to Solera more than 16 years of experience in high-tech marketing, product marketing, product management and consulting.

Prior to Solera, John was Vice President of WW Marketing at Zscaler Inc., where he was responsible for global market expansion initiatives.

Prior to Zscaler, he was Head of Global Product Marketing for Check Point Software —overseeing their enterprise and SMB solution portfolio and serving as a primary spokesperson and visionary.

Before Check Point, John was an executive marketing consultant for Symantec, as well as Sr. Director of Product Marketing for McAfee ’s Network Security Business Unit.

John has a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, focusing on international business and foreign language.


  • Cristal Kelshaw – Vice President of Human Resources

Cristal has over 15 years experience in finance, operations, customer support, and human resources with start up companies, including roles at Smile Reminder, C7 Data Centers, Smart Bomb Interactive, Helius, PointeCast, and Traxess.

Prior to joining Solera, she spent 10 years consulting as a Controller for over twenty companies in the high tech, security, real estate and medical verticals.

She joined Solera in 2007 and has been involved with the finance, operations, and human resource areas of the company, supporting Solera’s growth.

She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Southern Utah University.


  • Ken Saunders – Vice President of Finance

Ken brings to the Solera team nearly 25 years of experience in financial management, strategic planning, and corporate development across various industries.

Prior to joining Solera Networks in 2012, he served as Senior Vice President responsible for alternative investment management at SK Hart Management.

He previously served as CFO of Blue Line Advisors, a New York-based investment company, as well as interim-CFO for two of its portfolio operating companies.

Earlier in his career, Ken lead the finance organization for TNS Media Intelligence.

He has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School.


  • James Pattinson – Vice President of EMEA

James has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in high-tech security, networking and virtualization. Prior to joining Solera, he was United Kingdom sales director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Security Services, where he was responsible for driving $250 million of security products and services into enterprise organizations.

As United Kingdom sales director for Surfcontrol, James transformed the company’s operations from double digit decline to double digit growth prior to its sales to Websense.

James also served as vice president EMEA for SonicWALL, where he successfully built the EMEA enterprise business through MSSPs, VARs and Systems Integrators.


  • Charles Cote – Managing Director of Australia/New Zealand

Charles has more than 18 years experience in the IT and network security industry, specializing in sales, marketing, operations and engineering.

Prior to joining Solera Networks, he was director of ANZ for Dell Wyse (formerly Wyse Technology), where he led the organization’s sales and engineering teams.

While at FireEye, Cote launched the company into the ANZ market, including distribution and channel programs and doubled the local field organization through new customer engagements.

As South Pacific regional director at Fortinet, Charles built the region’s sales team from scratch, resulting in a 45-percent year-over-year growth. Charles also served as regional sales manager and country manager at Extreme Networks, growing the business by 20 percent year over year.

Charles has a B.A. in Psychology from St. Anselm College.


  • Brian Contos, CISSP – Worldwide VP Sales Engineering and Professional Services

Brian is a recognized security expert with nearly two decades of security engineering and management experience. He has authored several books, including Enemy at the Water Cooler —Real-Life Stories of Insider Threats and Physical and Logical Security Convergence, co-authored by former NSA Deputy Director William Crowell.

Brian is an invited speaker at leading industry events like RSA, Interop, GFIRST, SANS, and OWASP.

Brian was formerly senior director for emerging markets at McAfee, chief security strategist at Imperva, chief security officer at ArcSight, and director of engineering at Riptech.

He has held security positions at Bell Laboratories, Tandem Computers, and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

Brian is a Ponemon Institute Distinguished Fellow and graduate of the University of Arizona.


  • Fumiya Minagawa – President of Solera Networks Japan

Fumiya began his relationship with Solera Networks as a distributor in 2004 and later was named President of Solera Networks Japan. He has over 20 years of experience in engineering consulting, technology sales, product development and corporate IT management, including 5 years as CIO. His sales experience includes two years of receiving top sales honors for over $10 million a year in sales.

Fumiya served as Senior Education Manager for 4 years at Sun Microsystems, where he received the President’s Award in 2002. He has also held senior manager positions at Bearing Point and received the coveted Grand Prix award from Nikkei Business Publications for his very successful SAP deployment.

Fumiya holds a degree in economics from Seijo University.


Board Advisors

  • Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi

Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi joined the Solera Networks Technical Advisory Board in 2011.

Dr. Eslambolchi is a renowned innovator and engineer, highly regarded as one of the most prominent scientists of the 21st century. He is most well known for his noticeable role with AT&T. He joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1985 and throughout his career with the company held several prominent positions, including Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information officer, President and CEO of AT&T Labs and President and CEO of AT&T Global Network Operations.

Currently, Dr. Eslambolchi is the Chairman and CEO of 2020 Venture Partners LLC, a company in which he co-founded in 2006.

He holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.


  • Bob Flores

Bob Flores joined the Solera Networks Technical Advisory Board in 2011.

He is the Founder, President, and CEO of Applicology Incorporated, an independent consulting firm that specializes in information technology matters. Prior to his role as CEO, Mr. Flores spent 31 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he held various positions in the Directorate of Intelligence, Directorate of Support, and the National Clandestine Service.

Later in his career, he spent three years as the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer where he was responsible for ensuring that the Agency’s technology investments matched the needs of its mission. Other areas where Mr. Flores had a significant impact at the CIA included Econometric and statistical modeling, software architecture, design and development, and technology assessments. Along with his many accomplishments throughout his career, Mr. Flores was awarded the CIA’s Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.

He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Statistics from Virginia Tech.


Investors

  • Allegis Capital is a seed and early-stage venture fund with $700 million under management. Allegis invests in the Digital Economy; specifically, enabling technologies and infrastructure for the Digital Commerce, Content, Communities, Communications, and Enterprise. Allegis combines extensive operating and venture investment experience with its partners on working with entrepreneurs to build successful businesses. Prior investments include IronPort Systems (ACQ CSCO), Shopzilla (ACQ Scripps), RIBBIT (ACQ BT), Rent.com (ACQ eBay), LGC Wireless (ACQ ADC Communications), and StepUp Commerce (ACQ INTU). For more information, visit: .


  • Intel Capital Intel’s global investment and M&A organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, mobility, health, consumer Internet, digital media, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$10.4 billion in over 1,212 companies in 51 countries. In that timeframe, 196 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 291 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2011, Intel Capital invested US$526 million in 158 investments with approximately 51 percent of funds invested outside the U.S. and Canada.


  • Signal Peak Ventures is a Salt Lake-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments in the Intermountain region. The firm was established in 2011 upon the spin out of Canopy Ventures’ venture capital team and the acquisition of portfolio investments in 10 companies. The Signal Peak team has extensive experience in sourcing, executing, managing, and divesting venture capital stakes across the Intermountain region.


  • Trident Capital is a leading venture capital firm committed to empowering entrepreneurs to build innovative and industry leading businesses. Founded in 1993, the firm has managed more than $1.9 billion of capital across seven funds and has invested in more than 160 companies to date. We focus on investments in Software, Internet and Technology-Enabled Services. Within our targeted sectors, we invest across multiple stages, from early startup to expansion stage investment to growth capital. Trident has investment offices in Palo Alto, CA and Westport, CT.


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