Sierra’s Ben Yu Selected by AlwaysOn as a Power Player in the Cloud winner
Behind every successful cloud and SaaS startup is a handful of power players guiding the founders. Smart and savvy investors may give you a kick start, or a corporate strategic partner might chip in some expansion capital and join your board. In celebration of these key insiders, AlwaysOn is seeking nominations for your favorite Power Players in the Cloud.
The folks that have made the Power Players in the Cloud list so far are listed below.
To nominate someone you believe in to the AlwaysOn Power Player NYC list, e-mail his or her name and why you believe he or she should make the list to AlwaysOn founder and editor Tony Perkins at tp@aonetwork.com. The final list will be announced on March 16th!
Many of the winners of this competition will be featured at:
OnDemand 2012
Where the Internet Meets the Enterprise
April 3rd – 4th, 2012
HP Executive Briefing Center
19091 Pruneridge Ave.
Cupertino, CA
Register today to secure your ticket for OnDemand at the lowest possible rate while tickets are still available!
Contact Shannon Calvin (shannon@aonetwork.com, 954.663.2086) or Grant Gunderson (grant@aonetwork.com, 916.217.0427) for details on how your company can participate.
For more information on group rates or to make reservations by phone, please contact the AlwaysOn Concierge, John Schwartz, at 310.721.9451 or by e-mail at john@aonetwork.com.
Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners, or clients in the on-demand space, OnDemand is the insider event you won’t want to miss. We hope to see you there!
The Big Company Players
Rob Adams
Senior Director of Corporate Development
Cisco Systems
Amy Banse
Managing Director and Head of Funds
Comcast
Peter Barry
Head of Venture Capital and Startups
Vodafone Ventures
James Beer
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Symantec
Ken Berryman
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
BMC Software
Jeff Blackburn
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Amazon
Marc Brown
Managing Director, Corporate Development
Microsoft
Sachin Deshpande
Director of Product Management
Qualcomm Services Lab
David Drummond
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer
Google
Shawn Douglass
Managing Director
EMC Ventures
Clarence Hinton
Vice President, Corporate Development
BMC Software
Jason Hurst
Senior Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
VMware
David Johnson
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Dell
Nagraj Kashyap
Vice President, Ventures
Qualcomm Ventures
Douglas Kehring
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning
Oracle
David Krantz
President and CEO
AT&T Interactive
Joe Kraus
Partner
Google Ventures
Vinay Kundaje
Executive Director of Corporate Business Development
AT&T
Lisa Lambert
Managing Director, Software and Services Group
Intel Capital
Matt Langdon
Vice President, Corporate Development
TIBCO
David Lawee
Vice President, Corporate Development
Google
John Leckrone
Director of Venture Development
Adobe Systems
Dan’l Lewin
Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business Development
Microsoft
Claudia Fan Munce
Managing Director, Venture Capital Group
IBM
Nino Marakovic
CEO and Managing Director
SAP Ventures
Bill Maris
Partner
Google Ventures
Kristina Omari
Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions
Adobe Systems
Adrian Perica
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Apple
Sanjay Poonen
President and Corporate Officer, Global Solutions
SAP
Anne-Marie Roussel
Head of Acquisitions and Partnerships
Sharp Labs of America
John Somorjai
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy
Salesforce.com
Rakesh Sood
Venture Advisor
DoCoMo Capital
Rob Trice
Senior Managing Director
SK Telecom Ventures
Angela Tucci
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Symantec
David Wallerstein
Senior Executive Vice President, International
Tencent
Paul Weiskopf
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Adobe Systems
Amin Zoufonoun
Director, Corporate Development
Facebook
The Super Angels
Andy Bechtolsheim
Founder, Chairman, Chief Development Officer
Astra Networks
Marc Benioff
Founder and CEO
Salesforce.com
Jeff Bezos
Founder and CEO
Amazon
Bill Campbell
Chairman
Intuit
Ron Conway
Founder and Partner
Silicon Valley Angel
Paul Graham
Partner
Y Combinator
Bill Joy
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Max Levchin
Founder and CEO
Slide
Mike Maples
Founding Partner
Floodgate
Dave McClure
Founding Partner
500 Startups
Cindy Padnos
Managing Partner
Illuminate Ventures
The Venture Capitalists
Bob Ackerman
Founder and Managing Director
Allegis Capital
Marc Andreessen
General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz
Navin Chaddha
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund
Brian Ascher
Partner
Venrock
David Barrett
General Partner
Polaris Venture Partners
William Baumel
Managing Director
RWI Ventures
Aneel Bhusri
Partner
Greylock Partners
George Bischof
General Partner
Meritech Capital Partners
James Boettcher
General Partner
Focus Ventures
Jim Breyer
Managing Partner
Accel Partners
Todd Chaffee
General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners
Rob Chaplinsky
Managing Director
Bridgescale Partners
David Choa
Co-Founder and General Partner
DCM
David Cowan
General and Managing Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners
Sean Dalton
Managing General Partner
Highland Capital Partners
Robert Davoli
Managing Director
Sigma Partners
Byron Deeter
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners
Sunil Dhaliwal
General Partner
Battery Ventures
Kevin Efrusy
General Partner
Accel Partners
Barry Eggers
General Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Sameer Gandhi
General Partner
Accel Partners
Venky Ganesan
Managing Director
Globespan Capital Partners
Jim Gauer
Managing Director
Palomar Ventures
Michael Goguen
General Partner
Sequoia Capital
Andy Goldfarb
Co-Founder and Executive Managing Director
Globespan Capital Partners
Mike Gordon
Managing Director
Meritech Capital Partners
Mark Gorenberg
Managing Director
Hummer Winblad
Gregory Gretsch
Managing Director
Sigma Partners
John Hamm
General Partner
VSP Capital
Promod Haque
Managing Partner
NorWest Venture Partners
Fredric Harman
General Partner
Oak Investment Partners
Stephen Harrick
Managing Director and General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners
Reid Hoffman
Partner and Executive Chairman
Greylock Partners, LinkedIn
Ben Horowitz
Co-Founder and General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz
Bob Hower
General Partner
Advanced Technology Ventures
Gary Hromadko
Venture Partner
Crosslink Capital
Scott Irwin
General Partner
El Dorado Ventures
Deepak Kamra
Partner
Canaan Partners
Vinod Khosla
Founder
Khosla Ventures
Kittu Kolluri
Partner
New Enterprise Associates
Steve Krausz
General Partner
US Venture Partners
Ray Lane
Managing Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Douglas Leone
General Partner
Sequoia Capital
Cameron Lester
Partner
Azure Capital Partners
Tom Mawhinney
General Partner
Jafco Ventures America
Greg McAdoo
Partner
Sequoia Capital
Matt McIlwain
Managing Director
Madrona Venture Group
Kevin McQuillan
General Partner
Focus Ventures
Peter Meekin
Managing Director
Trident Capital
Sandy Miller
General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners
Hany Nada
Partner
GGV Capital
Rory O’Driscoll
Managing Director
Scale Venture Partners
Larry Orr
Partner
Trinity Ventures
Jason Pressman
Managing Director
Shasta Ventures
Theresia Ranzetta
Partner
Accel Partners
Lisa Reeves
General Partner
Vista Ventures
Danny Rimer
Partner
Index Ventures
Gordon Ritter
General Partner
Emergence Capital Partners
Scott Sandell
General Partner
New Enterprise Associates
Paul Santinelli
Partner
Northbridge Venture Partners
Andy Sheehan
Managing Director
Sutter Hill Ventures
Carl Showalter
Partner
Opus Capital
Glenn Solomon
Partner
GGV Capital
Peter Sonsini
General Partner
NEA
George Still
Managing Partner
NorWest Venture Partners
Mike Volpi
Partner
Index Ventures
Peter Wagner
General Partner
Alpha Venturi
John Walecka
Founding Partner
Redpoint Ventures
Rob Ward
Managing Director
Meritech Capital Partners
Jim White
Managing Director
Sutter Hill Ventures
Ann Winblad
General Partner
Hummer Winblad
Bill Woodward
Managing Director
Anthem Venture Partners
Geoff Yang
Partner
Redpoint Ventures
Ben Yu
Managing Director
Sierra Ventures
