Net Optic

NET OPTIC
Official Website: http://www.netoptics.com/
Official about page: http://www.netoptics.com/about-us
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Location: North America HQ:5303 Betsy Ross Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054. USA. Additional offices in Germany for MENA and APAC, also a China office.
Founded: Founded in April 1996 by Eldad Matityahu
Business: Web monitoring, Deep Packet Inspection
Contact
Phone: (408) 737-7777
Fax: (408) 745-7719

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"Net Optics is the leading provider of Intelligent Access and Monitoring Architecture solutions that deliver real-time IT visibility, monitoring and control. As a result, businesses achieve peak performance in network analytics and security. More than 7,000 enterprises, service providers and government organizations—including 85 percent of the Fortune 100—trust Net Optics’ comprehensive smart access hardware and software solutions to plan, scale and future-proof their networks through an easy-to-use interface. Net Optics maintains a global presence through leading OEM partner and reseller networks."

"Net Optics, Inc., the leading provider of Intelligent Access and Monitoring Architecture solutions delivering real-time IT visibility, monitoring and control; and RDT Equipment and Systems, a supplier at the forefront of Automatic Testing Equipment, Communications, Test & Measurement and Wireless & RF, will host a seminar in Tel Aviv, Israel, to address business and technology aspects of Network Intelligence.

At the seminar, Sharon Besser, Net Optics Vice President of Technology, will discuss how Network Intelligence enables companies to gain visibility in virtual and physical environments for improving management, security and compliance.

Network Intelligence—Vital to Next-Generation Networks

Network Intelligence is an overarching technology that builds on the concepts and capabilities of network monitoring, Packet Capture, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and Business Intelligence (BI). Network Intelligence enables an organization to closely examine the volumes of IP data that cross communications networks. This is accomplished by identifying the protocol elements used and extracting packet content and metadata for analysis of data relationships and communications patterns.

Network Intelligence Delivers the Benefits of Monitoring Technology Progress

Network Intelligence is used to capture and feed information to a host of monitoring tools, support security and compliance, and carry out network management and instrumentation, as well as for bandwidth management, traffic shaping, policy management, and lawful interception activities. Currently, Network Intelligence is being incorporated into a wide range of applications by vendors who provide technology solutions to enterprises, Communications Service Providers (CSPs), governments and Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs)."

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Products

• Phantom Virtual Tap

• Deep Packet Inspection Director Pro

Reports

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Tech & Business Partners

• Cisco

• McAfee

People Responsible

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Board of Directors

• Eldad Matityahu, Chairman of the Board

Eldad Matityahu is the Founder and Chairman of the Board for Net Optics. He created Net Optics in April 1996 to provide innovative, state-of-the-art technology for customers to Tap into their Network.

Fueled by Eldad Matityahu's commitment to customers, dedication to innovation, and drive for excellence, Net Optics has achieved global recognition for its cutting-edge passive monitoring solutions, and partnerships with the leading security and network management companies. Under his direction, Net Optics has been profitable for every quarter since its inception. The company continues to post double-digit growth after having doubled in size for each of its first five years.

Eldad Matityahu's vision and leadership shape the strategy at Net Optics. With his guidance, the company has expanded in ways that create bold, new products that anticipate Net Optics' customers' needs. A primary goal is to support the Net Optics team with the best possible tools and opportunities for success, so that they can better serve Net Optics customers.

Prior to founding Net Optics, Eldad Matityahu provided marketing and business development leadership for AMP, now a division of TYCO, Incorporated. His background includes several entrepreneurial endeavors including the development and sale of multiple global ventures. Eldad Matityahu studied Business Administration at San Jose State University.

• Bob Shaw, President and CEO

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Net Optics since March of 2001, Bob Shaw implements the company vision and strategy. He motivates the executive team to stay focused on helping Net Optics customers win in their markets. Under his leadership, Net Optics has achieved consistent double-digit growth, launching more than 25 new products, acquiring over 700 new customers, and expanding Net Optics' global presence.

Shaw brings both Fortune 200 management and start-up experience to Net Optics. Prior to leading Net Optics, Bob Shaw was Sr. Vice President of Sales for Noosh, a market leader in collaborative enterprise communication for the Fortune 500.

In addition, Shaw has held Senior Vice President leadership positions within sales, marketing, and operations for the $1 billion business unit at RR Donnelley & Sons Company. During his years at Donnelley, he also served as a general manager at one of their state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, where he guided 300 employees to reach new performance benchmarks for the company.

Shaw holds both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Geneva College in Pennsylvania.

• Burt Podbere, CFO

Burt joins Net Optics with more than 20 years of experience in senior management, finance, accounting, global operations, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions for small-cap and Fortune 500 companies. Most recently Burt served as CFO, Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer at Epocrates. During his four-and-a-half-year tenure, he completed nine financial statement audits and led the company through a successful IPO in early 2011. Before joining Epocrates, Burt served in a variety of senior finance roles at both Adterative and Symantec. He also spent over four years at Amdocs, a provider of software and services for medical billing, where he held several international roles including General Manager of Amdocs Software Systems Limited, based in Dublin, Ireland and Director of Finance for Amdocs Canada, Inc. At Amdocs, Burt designed and built two Shared Service Centers spanning all of EMEA and Canada. Burt articled at Ernst and Young in Toronto for over four years in their corporate audit practice. Burt is a Chartered Accountant and holds a B.A. in Economics from McGill University.

Management Team

• Charlotte Matityahu, Corporate Treasurer

Under her leadership, Net Optics has experienced aggressive financial returns and growth. She recently directed expansion of the Accounting and Finance departments, enhancing shareholder value by adding rigorous financial analysis components to core company procedures. In addition, Matityahu had developed multiple growth and accountability programs to achieve new benchmarks in employee satisfaction and performance.

Having held various accounting and finance positions, Charlotte Matityahu brings more than 10 years of entrepreneurial and business experience to Net Optics.

Charlotte Matityahu attended the American College in Richmond, London, where she studied pre-med sciences.

• Sharon Besser, VP Technology

Sharon Besser has successfully created, developed and launched new security products for some of the industry's leading technology vendors. Before joining Net Optics he served as Vice President of Product strategy for Application Data security and compliance leader Imperva, which he joined after serving at Websense, a leading provider of content filtering and web security solutions, where he was director of products. At Websense, Besser was primarily responsible for Content Protection Suite, that was recognized by independent research firm, Gartner as the market leader. Prior to Websense, Besser was director of products at PortAuthority Technologies, a provider of information leak prevention solutions which was acquired by Websense. Besser also served as director of Security Solutions for security vendor Check Point Software Technologies.

Earlier in his career, Besser founded PubliCom a provider of integrated data security and communications solutions, which was acquired by COMSEC. Besser holds a BSC in Mathematics, Computer Science and Geography from Bar Ilan University in Israel.

• Buck Bundhund, VP of Sales

As domestic Vice President of Sales, Buck Bundhund is responsible for executing Net Optics’ sales and revenue growth strategies. Buck joined Net Optics with over 12 years in technology sales of CyberSecurity, Network Monitoring and Application performance products to Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to joining Net Optics, Buck was Director of Sales at Endace, Inc., a leader in packet capture and monitoring solutions. Buck played a key role in building Endace’s financial services business unit, whose customers included some of the world’s largest financial institutions and proprietary trading firms. In addition, Buck served as VP of Sales at Applied Watch Technologies (acquired by Endace), a leader in Open Source Security Management solutions, and as Director of Sales at Bodacion Technologies, a manufacturer of a Web Application Firewall.

Buck graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Interpersonal Communications.

• Dennis Carpio, VP of Strategic Partnerships

Dennis Carpio is a Silicon Valley native with more than 18 years experience in the networking industry, including 15 years at Net Optics. Dennis has held several customer facing positions at Net Optics from Technical Support Manager to Director of Product Innovation. In his role as VP of Strategic Partnerships, Dennis focuses on the development and growth of key partner relationships.

Carpio has played a vital role in identifying key technical advances in order to drive the product roadmap pioneering Regeneration, Bypass Switching, Aggregation, and more recently the Director, our award winning, industry leading Data Monitoring Switch. He continues to use this broad experience and work ethic to lead a larger team to drive the next level of strategic alliances and innovation.

Dennis attended De Anza College and San Jose State University where he studied Business Management; as well as completing the UC Berkley Product Management Program.

• Shlomo Gurfinkel, VP of Engineering

Shlomo comes to Net Optics with more than 15 years of engineering experience. Most recently, he served at Broadcom Corporation where, following Broadcom's acquisition of Dune Networks, he served as Manager, Applications Engineering. Prior to that, Shlomo worked for Dune Networks as Director of Customer Support and Applications, North America, where he was responsible for the success of Dune's customer system implementation, from architecture through design and development, and extending across the entire product life cycle. During his long career, Shlomo has held engineering positions that include VLSI designer, FPGA designer, board designer, and system engineer.

Shlomo earned his B.Sc in Computer and Electrical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University.

• Shelton Liu, VP of China Operations

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As VP of China Operations, Shelton is responsible for Net Optics' global expansion into the China market. Prior to Net Optics, Shelton was Project Manager for the Routing/MPLS development team at Hyperchip USA and also served as Senior Software Development Manager at Fujitsu Network Communication (FNC).

Shelton's more than 20 years' experience spans ATM, SONET, Ethernet, IP Routing, and network traffic management in leading telecom and datacom systems companies. His undergraduate and graduate education was at Tsinghua University, Beijing. Shelton took his Ph.D. education at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

• Gideon Marks, VP Corporate Development

As head of corporate development Gideon Marks brings to the Net Optics executive leadership team more than 25 years of experience in the high tech industry. Marks is a past Managing Director for both Montgomery Securities and Garage Technology Ventures, as well as Chief Financial Officer of The RAD Group, a data communications and telecommunications group of companies.

Marks' career accomplishments include taking three companies public on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and leading three others to successful merger and acquisitions. Marks will apply his extensive background in finance and business development to lead corporate development at Net Optics. Marks will be responsible for introducing Net Optics to new prospects, joint ventures and working with third parties.

Gideon studied at Tel Aviv University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and an MBA in Finance.

• Bill Padgett, VP Manufacturing

As VP of Manufacturing, Bill is responsible for all facets of manufacturing including production, control and planning, inventory, logistics and quality assurance. Padgett brings more than 15 years experience in high technology manufacturing to Net Optics, with expertise that spans both SMB and Fortune 100 companies, where he has consistently built successful and lean manufacturing programs.

Before joining Net Optics, Bill was the Senior Director of Operations at FLEXMedical where he cultivated a customer-focused team dedicated to meeting commitments tripling existing revenue.

Bill Padgett earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and also holds an MBA from Boston University.

• Kathy Katusha, Senior Director of Human Resources

As Senior Director of Human Resources, Kathy brings to Net Optics a strong international background that not only benefits our headquarters organization, but will be instrumental in establishing our China operations and growing our offices in Germany. For the past ten years, Kathy served as Vice President of Human Resources for Teledex LLC. Prior to Teledex, she held a senior level management position at Berliner Cohen. Kathy will apply her executive HR expertise in strategic planning, learning and development, employee relations, talent acquisition, organizational development, employment law, and overall HR management, helping Net Optics expand our horizons to serve a rapidly growing customer base. Kathy holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) executive level HR certification.

• Kim del Fierro, Director of Marketing

Kim brings to Net Optics a career spanning more than 13 years in high-technology marketing, with deep experience in media relations, marketing communications, event planning, brand and vision/image building, and marketing program strategy and implementation. Her leadership role at Net Optics includes developing, structuring, and overseeing our highly successful global marketing and public relations initiatives. She also takes the lead in establishing and maintaining our competitive positioning and in communicating our company vision, capabilities, and Customer First philosophy throughout the industry.

Prior to joining Net Optics, Kim led the Marketing team at Cyclades Corporation, the foremost provider of out-of-band network infrastructure solutions. The company, subsequently acquired by Avocent Corporation, benefited from Kim's ability to build successful marketing programs - which contributed to a 28 percent sustained annual growth in revenue. Kim earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of California, Davis, with a minor in Rhetoric and Communications.

• Deb Shaw, Director of Customer First

Deb's responsibilities at Net Optics include providing our customers with first-class service and innovative technology. As Customer First Manager for more than ten years, Deb ensures that our industry-leading sales team provides excellent service to support the health, integrity, and security of the customer's network. She instills the Customer First philosophy in every aspect of her responsibilities, making sure that customer needs are met with personal attention and technical expertise.

Through Deb's leadership, she is dedicated and accountable for building and retaining an engaged Sales Team, resulting in revenue growth and customer lifetime value. She reflects the Net Optics commitment to providing excellent products and service to our customers and building lasting relationships.

Prior to joining Net Optics in 2000, Deb held executive positions at such firms as Russell Reynolds Associates in Dallas, TX; U.S. Strategies Corp, in Washington DC; and Jack Eckerd Drug Corporation in Largo, FL.

• Uwe Skrzypek, Director of International Sales

An executive with Net Optics since 2006, Uwe currently serves as Director of International Sales, with responsibilities spanning the entire world outside of the U.S. and Japan. In Europe, Uwe's major areas of focus are Germany and the U.K. Before being promoted to his current position, Uwe served Net Optics as Business Development and Channel Manager for EMEA and APAC.

Prior to Net Optics, Uwe worked as Product Manager and Director of Sales for EMEA at systeam GmbH (today Brain Force AG), located in Langen, Germany. In that position, Uwe extended the systeam reseller channel to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as building the Net Optics reseller channel for systeam during the years 2000-2006.

Uwe's technological expertise extends through TAP technology; passive, non-intrusive monitoring access; Deep Packet Inspection in converged networks; dynamic Load balancing; and filtering up to 10G.

• Les Walkup, Director of Technical Assurance

As Director of Technical Assurance, Les contributes professional knowledge and expertise gained from a 17-year career in the IT Industry. Previous to Net Optics, Les served in leadership positions on major customer onsite teams for Net Optics' partner, NetScout Systems Inc. His network support engineering experience includes managing and resolving performance-related challenges across the manufacturing, retail, banking, and financial enterprise markets.

Les's technical proficiency spans infrastructure packet analysis; performance metric generation; server capacity planning and enterprise assessment; management of vendor negotiations; multi-vendor/platform interoperability solutions; documentation organization and management; and the engineering of solutions to customer specifications. Les holds degrees in engineering from USN Technical School in Great Lakes, IL, and from the Computer Training Academy in San Jose, CA.

• Lonnie Tsai, Controller

Lonnie Tsai brings over 12 years of experience in accounting and finance, and five years in System Administration to her position as Net Optics Financial Controller. In her current role, she oversees the preparation of financial reports and the budgeting process at the company. Prior to joining Net Optics, Lonnie worked as a system administrator for Wave Wireless and also for Global Crossing. Lonnie attended San Jose State University, earning a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

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