About Us

Randy brings 20 years of technical and management leadership in cloud, security, storage and networking fields to Nubeva – his third startup venture. Previously, he led computer data storage firm Panzura, securing a $58 million round of funding supported by four of Silicon Valley's top venture capital firms. Randy also was part of the founding team at Aruba Networks, which became the leader in enterprise Wi-Fi security. Aruba filed for IPO in 2007 and was acquired by HP Enterprise in 2015 for $3 billion. In addition, Randy led the development of SSL security and load balancing software at Alteon WebSystems, which was acquired by Nortel Networks for $7.8 billion.

Greig provides more than 15 years of experience at startups working across North America, Asia, and Europe, as Chief Technology Officer at Nubeva. He has global leadership experience working with engineers and technical teams that serve various customers, from international carriers and Fortune 500 companies to local end-users, international distributors, and resellers. Greig served both Panzura and Aruba Networks from their very early stages, where he developed and brought new technologies to market. Before Aruba Networks, he lived and worked in Tokyo for Redback Networks, which went public in 1999.

Ms. Rempel has more than 30 years of accounting and financial management experience. Ms. Rempel started her career with public companies in 2001 and currently provides senior financial and advisory services to Canadian private and public corporations, acting in officer or controller capacities.

Eric joined Accel, a venture capital firm that works with startups in seed, early, and growth-stage investments, in 2014. There he focuses on enterprise infrastructure companies and uses his infrastructure and IT experience to work with founders across the enterprise stack – from next-gen analytics platforms like Jut to emerging cloud security and threat detection companies like Netskope and Vectra. Eric also co-leads the Accel Tech Council. Before Accel, Eric spent many years in various product and management roles at FastForward Networks, Inktomi, and most recently, at Riverbed, where he was President of the products group. He oversaw the growth of Riverbed’s flagship WAN optimization and app acceleration platforms, which grew to be a USD $1 billion+ business.

David Faugno brings more than 20 years of global financial and business operations experience across a number of technology sectors. Most recently, Faugno served as the Chief Financial Officer of Barracuda Networks (NYSE: CUDA) from 2006 through 2016. During his tenure, Faugno led the acquisitions of several companies, as well as the company’s successful 2013 IPO. Prior to Barracuda, Faugno served as Senior Director of Corporate Finance – M&A at Cisco Systems, where he participated in dozens of M&A and investment transactions. Faugno joined Cisco via the acquisition of Actona Technologies, which he led as CFO and COO. Prior to Actona Technologies, Faugno spent 8 years with AT&T in both Sales and Finance roles, including 4 years in London in sales operations and as CFO of the AT&T Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Faugno's extensive experience and track record with M&A, global business operations, and strategic leadership has earned him significant recognition, including 2012 Francisco Partners portfolio CFO of the Year and 2013 Silicon Valley Business Journal CFO of the Year. He has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of phion AG, and as a board member and advisor to several technology companies. Faugno also sits on the Silicon Valley Bank CFO Advisory Board and is a member of the Catawba College Center for Entrepreneurship and Experiential Development (CEED) Advisory Board. Faugno is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds an MBA from Duke University.

Say is a results-oriented leader with 30 years of Information Technology experience in the banking, credit, manufacturing, ecommerce, system integrator and consulting, and engineering and construction industries. He recently retired as the Senior Vice President of IT (Enterprise Applications & Enterprise Architecture) at Fluor Corp. Say has successfully lead and implemented many large IT application and infrastructure projects. He has developed and implemented Enterprise Architecture and IT strategies that deliver innovative foundations for business execution. In addition, Say has created cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions that address complex business problems using his broad technical and management expertise.

Manjit Singh was named senior vice president and chief information officer of The Clorox Company in November 2014 and joined the Clorox Executive Committee in August 2016. In this role, he is responsible for Clorox’s information technology organization and directing the company’s strategic technology initiatives. Prior to assuming this position, Singh led the industry solutions group at Box Inc., responsible for aligning strategies with key customers across different industries. He also served as CIO for Las Vegas Sands and Chiquita Brand International as well as regional CIO for Gillette in Singapore. Early in his career, he worked for Procter & Gamble, where he pioneered the company’s digital marketing footprint and set up early e-commerce capabilities.

Michael has pioneered sales enablement, lead generation and online marketing strategies for the tech industry for more than 30 years. He co-founded Barracuda Networks (NYSE: CUDA) in 2003 and served as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, growing the company to >$400 million in annual revenue. Prior to Barracuda, Michael co-founded and served as President and Board Member for Address.com, a free email and internet access service reaching more than 3.5 million users before it was acquired by WhitePages. He also co-founded Spinway Inc. (acquired by Kmart Corporation), which powered several major retail ISPs, and Affinity Path, a private-label ISP that supported ISPs throughout North America. In 2007, Michael received Ernst & Young’s “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California” award.

Dave Withers is a veteran of multiple successful startups and has a 20 year track record of identifying disruptive technologies and executing successful exits. Most recently, Withers served as VP of Technology for Global Platform Engineering at Dell/EMC. He joined Dell/EMC via the acquisition of Renasar Technologies, where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to co-founding Renasar Technologies, Withers served as COO at Nebula, a Kleiner Perkins and Highland Capital-backed private cloud company. He joined Nebula from Dell, where he led the storage business in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Withers joined Dell via the acquisition of Ocarina Networks, a Kleiner and Highland backed compression and de-dupe startup, where he served as Vice President of Business Development & Sales. Prior to Ocarina Networks, Withers served as the Senior Director of Business Development at Isilon Systems, where he built the BD practice and drove the expansion of the addressable market for clustered storage leading up to a successful IPO and acquisition by EMC for $2.2 billion. Prior to Isilon, he served as Regional Director for PolyServe (acquired by HP). Withers holds an MBA in Finance from NYU, and a BS in Decision and Information Sciences from Santa Clara University. He also serves on the Board of the Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley.

Ryan Cote is a Chief Information Officer (CIO) with more than 25 years of experience delivering IT-empowered business solutions that drive growth and efficiency for high-performing companies. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Ryan has an accomplished background working in the Federal government and businesses of all sizes, from small and mid-sized businesses to Fortune 100 companies.

From 2019-2021, Ryan was the CIO of the U.S. Department of Transportation, where he served as the principal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation on all IT-related matters. Ryan managed an annual IT budget of $3.7B supporting over 70,000 personnel. 

Prior to working in the Federal government, Ryan worked at Gartner, Inc., the world’s leading IT research and advisory company. As a CIO Executive Partner, Ryan advised fellow CIOs through Gartner’s Executive Partners Program.