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Ranga Rangachari, President and
CEO Ranga Rangachari, President and CEORanga Rangachari is President and CEO of Groundwork. Ranga has over 20 years of experience sales, marketing and general management for software companies. Prior to joining GroundWork in July 2005, Ranga was CEO and founder of Invio Software, a leading provider of software to automate and control enterprise data storage operations. Invio's leading edge technology was licensed by enterprise software vendors including BMC Software and Veritas Software. The company was acquired by Veritas in July 2004 and is an integral part of Veritas' Utility Computing Strategy. Previously, Rangachari spent 11 years at Legato Systems, a leader in enterprise storage management acquired by EMC in 2003. During his 11 year tenure, Rangachari held various senior management positions in sales, product management and strategic planning. As Vice President and General Manager of Intercontinental Sales, Rangachari increased Legato Systems' revenue from Asia Pacific, Japan and Latin America by over 300 percent in less than 2 years. Earlier in his career, Ranga served in senior product management roles at Sun Microsystems. Rangachari holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Industrial and Operational Management. David Lilly, Founder and Chief Operations OfficerDavid Lilly is Co-Founder and COO of GroundWork, bringing more than 30 years of engineering and management experience. Prior to founding GroundWork, Lilly co-founded SiteROCK, a provider of remote monitoring and IT management services, and CapTech Partners, a company formed to provide seed capital and consulting to promising technology ventures. Previously, Lilly co-founded software companies concerned with supply chain optimization, image processing, and industrial automation. Lilly began his career in the United States Navy, where he qualified as Chief Engineer for naval nuclear propulsion plants. He also led two emergency engineering teams at Three Mile Island. Lilly holds an MBA from Rutgers University and a B.S. in International Relations from the United States Naval Academy. Skip Glass, Venture Partner, Canaan PartnersSkip Glass joined Canaan Partners' Menlo Park office in 2003. He currently serves as a Venture Partner, focusing on information technology investments. Glass' background includes 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, early-stage investor and advisor to numerous successful companies. Operational roles have included CEO and President of uRoam (acquired by F5 Networks); COO of Kiva (acquired by Netscape); Vice President of Field Operations at Illustra (acquired by Informix) and Vice President of Marketing at Sybase (IPO). Early in his career he spent ten years with IBM in senior sales and marketing positions. Robin Vasan, MayfieldRobin Vasan's clear understanding of software technology served him well in his early career as an entrepreneur. As a Managing Director in the firm, he is applying these insights primarily to enterprise software, particularly in applications and infrastructure involving security and open source technologies. Robin currently serves on the boards of Centrify, Determina, Elemental Security, Global Logistics Technologies, Groundwork, Informance International, and True Demand, as well as leading the firm's investment in Webroot. Previously he served on the boards of webMethods (WEBM), Aether Systems (AETH) - acquirer of Riverbed Systems and Trigo Technologies which was acquired by IBM. Prior to joining Mayfield in 1999, Robin was a founder and/or key member of several successful software start-ups including CATS Software, Infinity Financial Technology, acquired by SunGard (SDS), and Risk Management Solutions. Robin earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A.S. dual degree in Industrial Engineering and Economics from Stanford University. |