At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based CFO’ operating in the Infrastructure space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Maureen Offer
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Crosslink Capital
Maureen has been with Crosslink since 2005. As Controller Maureen is responsible for the preparation of both fund and investment level financial statements, performance reporting and Crosslink Capital, Inc. accounting. Maureen joined Crosslink as a Venture Fund Accountant. In her years at Crosslink, Maureen has acquired in-depth knowledge of Crosslink’s public and private funds and investors. Prior to joining Crosslink, Maureen was a Finance Associate with Wells Fargo Financial.
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About Crosslink Capital, Wells Fargo Financial: Crosslink Capital partners with founders that are market disrupters and category creators typically at the Seed-Series A stage.
Zane Rowe
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware
Mr. Rowe has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2016. Mr. Rowe has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of VMware since March 2016. Before joining VMware, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DellEMC from October 2014 through February 2016. Prior to joining DellEMC, Mr. Rowe was Vice President of North American Sales of Apple Inc. from May 2012 to May 2014. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Continental Holdings, Inc., an airline holdings company, from October 2010 until April 2012 and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Continental Airlines from August 2008 to September 2010. Mr. Rowe currently serves on the board of directors of Sabre Corporation.
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About VMware, VMware: VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure.
Keith Taylor
Chief Financial Officer of Equinix
Keith D. Taylor joined Equinix in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles, such as Equinix’s Director of Finance & Administration, Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer, and now as CFO. Before joining Equinix, Taylor served as Vice President of Finance and Controller for International Wireless Communications, Inc., an operator, owner, and developer of wireless communication networks throughout Asia and Latin America. Prior to joining International Wireless Communications, Inc., Taylor was employed by Becton Dickinson & Company, a medical and diagnostic device manufacturer, as a Senior Sector Analyst for the diagnostic businesses in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Taylor holds a B.B.A. from Bishops University in Quebec, Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Carolyn McCarthy
Chief Financial Officer of Quest Software
Carolyn is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest. She also oversees IT Infrastructure, Procurement and Real Estate. Carolyn joined Quest from Dell where she held a number of senior finance leadership roles, the last one as SVP and CFO of Dell’s Software Division. Prior to Dell she held various finance roles at PepsiCo and EDS. Carolyn graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross College and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
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About Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Robert Sison
Chief Financial Officer of BigPanda
Robert Sison is the CFO at BigPanda.
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About BigPanda: BigPanda offers a platform that helps IT Ops, NOC, and DevOps teams detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents faster and more easily.
Jean Hu
Chief Financial Officer of Marvell
Jean Hu joined Marvell Technology in August 2016 as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Jean is responsible for the company’s financial planning and strategy, accounting and reporting, treasury and tax, as well as investor relations. Jean has a proven track record with almost 20 years of financial leadership in the semiconductor industry. She previously served as CFO of QLogic Corp. and served as acting CEO during two transformational periods in the company’s history. Jean also held several senior positions at Conexant Systems, including CFO, Treasurer and SVP of Business Development. Jean earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Claremont University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Engineering.
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About Marvell: Marvell is a technology company that manufactures and offers integrated circuit solutions using communications mixed-signal processing.
Caitlin Haberberger
Chief Financial Officer of LogDNA
Caitlin is the CFO at Flite. Caitlin brings significant financial management experience to Flite with her more than 20 years of experience in finance and accounting as well as in managing HR, legal and other G&A functions. Most recently, Caitlin was VP of Finance and HR at Hearsay Social, a social media related SaaS company. Her experience also includes controllership, financial analysis and investor relations positions in the media and software industries. Caitlin began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen. Caitlin earned her BA in Economics and Urban Studies from Connecticut College.
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About LogDNA: LogDNA offers a log management solution that provides DevOps teams an aggregation of all their system and application logs on one platform.
Thomas Berquist
CFO of TIBCO
Tom Berquist is the Chief Financial Officer at Tibco Software Inc. since October 2015. Tom is responsible for worldwide financial operations and reporting, as well as investor relations. Tom was an Operating Partner at Vector Capital where he partners with Vector’s portfolio companies to create shareholder value. Tom is currently a Member of the Board of Directors at Saba and is a past Member of the Board of Directors of Corel. Previously Tom was Chief Executive Officer at Corel, a global consumer software and hardware company based in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Tom joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in September 2009 and helped take the company private with the backing of Vector Capital. Prior to joining Corel, Tom was Chief Financial Officer at Ingres (now Actian), a private open source software company based in Redwood City, CA. Before entering the software industry in 2006, Tom spent ten years as a Managing Director of Software Equity Research for Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Piper Jaffray where he covered most of the world’s top software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, Intuit, Nuance Communications, Symantec, and Autodesk. Previously, as a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting, Tom was responsible for selling and managing large enterprise software implementation projects for customers including Liberty Mutual Insurance, the City of Chicago, GMAC, Tyco International, US Bancorp, and Honeywell. Tom holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Mark Khavkin
Chief Financial Officer of Pantheon
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About Pantheon: Pantheon is the WebOps platform where marketers, designers, and developers drive results with WordPress and Drupal websites.
Catherine Lesjak
Executive Vice President & CFO of HP
Catherine Lesjak has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hewlett Packard Company (“HP”) since January 1, 2007 and was interim chief executive officer of HP from August 2010 through October 2010. As a 27-year veteran of the company, Lesjak has held a broad range of financial leadership roles across HP. Before being named CFO, she held the position of senior vice president and treasurer, responsible for managing HP’s worldwide cash, debt, foreign exchange, capital structure, risk management and benefits plan administration. Earlier in her career at HP, Lesjak managed financial operations for Enterprise Marketing and Solutions and the Software Global Business Unit. Prior to that, she was group controller for HP’s Software Solutions Organization and managed HP’s global channel credit risk as controller and credit manager for the Commercial Customer Organization. Lesjak earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a master of business degree in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
David W. King
CFO of Tetra Tech
David King is the founder and chief executive officer of IPS Group, Inc. A leader in telecommunications for over twenty years and the senior brainchild behind the solar powered single-space parking meter, King’s responsibilities include leadership and oversight of all the Company’s initiatives and operations. As a business leader, King has had a far reach across the globe. In South Africa, King was an executive for Barlow Rand Limited, the largest industrial company in the country. King also served as President of Telkor Pty, a large high-tech telecommunications and military electronics company employing over 1000 employees, of which half were highly skilled engineers. In 1994, King started IPS Group Pty —and in 2001 DeLoitte and Touche named IPS as the fastest growing technology company in South Africa. At that point IPS had an annual revenue of R200 million ($40 million). In 2002, King relocated to the US to oversee the creation and commercial success of IPS Group, Inc., USA.
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About IPS Group, Inc., Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech provides innovative solutions focused on water, the environment and energy for the government and commercial clients.
Steven Burdick
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Tetra Tech
Burdick was named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in July 2011. He served as Tetra Tech’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller from January 2004 to March 2011 and our acting Chief Financial Officer between March 2011 and July 2011. He joined Tetra Tech in 2003 as Vice President, Management Audit. Prior to Tetra Tech, Burdick served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Aura Systems, Inc., and as Chief Financial Officer for TRW Ventures. Prior to this, Burdick held the position of Senior Manager with Ernst & Young LLP in Los Angeles. Burdick holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Santa Clara University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech provides innovative solutions focused on water, the environment and energy for the government and commercial clients.
Jervis Williams
CFO of Metawave
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About Metawave: Metawave is a wireless technology company that builds intelligent and high-performance automotive radars by leveraging metamaterials and AI.
Eric Yeaman
CFO of Silver Peak
Eric Yeaman has served as Chief Financial Officer since joining Silver Peak in 2005. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Turnstone Systems. Eric has held various senior financial positions at Atheros Communications, Atmosphere Networks (acquired by Ditech Communications), Whitetree Networks (acquired by Ascend Communications), and KPMG. Mr. Yeaman became a CPA in 1995.
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About Silver Peak: Silver Peak is the Global Leader in Broadband and Hybrid WAN Solutions.
Mercy Caprara
CFO of HyTrust
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About HyTrust: HyTrust specializes in security, compliance and control software for private, hybrid and public cloud infrastructure.
Joe Campa
CFO of WiSilica
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About WiSilica: WiSilica’s platform is the smartest, most flexible way to converge infrastructure
Dessi Sarabosing
Chief Financial Officer of Mobilitie
Dessi Sarabosing is the Chief Financial Officer at Mobilitie.
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About Mobilitie: Mobilitie develops and operates networks and infrastructure that wireless carriers rely upon to provide coverage for their customers.
Joel Littman
CFO of CPI International
Joel Littman became Chief Financial Officer in September 2001. Joel was Corporate Controller for CPI from November 1996 to September 2001. From September 1989 to November 1996 Joel served as Controller of the Microwave Power Products Division of Varian Associates, Inc. and CPI. Prior to that Joel held various finance positions with Varian Associates, Inc. and TRW Inc. Joel received a B.A. degree in economics and an M.B.A., both from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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About CPI International: CPI International provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense.
Jeff Nichols
Chief Financial Officer of ujet.cx
Jeff Nichols currently works as Chief Financial Officer at UJET. He previously worked at Glassdoor as SVP, Head of Finance (Acting CFO).
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About ujet.cx: UJET, Inc. is the world’s first and only CCaaS 3.0 cloud contact center provider.
Tom Snyder
Co-founder , COO & CFO of Xantrion
Tom manages Xantrion’s consulting team and finances. He has architected dozens of business computer networks. He developed our client focused Complete Care service, which provides unlimited support and a guarantee of satisfaction at a fixed monthly cost. He also pioneered internal policies such as open book financial reporting and profit sharing, which resulted in a high level of team member retention and satsifaction. Prior to founding Xantrion, Tom was Director of Consulting for an I.T. consulting firm. He also worked as a management consultant for McKinsey and CFO of CoForge. Prior to that, he was an operations manager for Chevron. Tom has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
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About Xantrion: Xantrion specializes in outsourced managed IT services and cybersecurity for mid-sized companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Keith Glover
VP & CFO of Bivio Networks
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About Bivio Networks: Bivio provides DPI technology solutions for government agencies, fortune 500 enterprises and service provider network infrastructure.
Renee Punian
CFO of Enverv
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About Countsy, Enverv: EnVerv is a PLC solutions platform enabling high performance communications via LV and MV power lines for AMI and other related apps.
Catherine Goodison
Chief Financial Officer of Cormant
As Chief Financial Officer, Catherine brings over 24 years of financial management experience and expertise to Cormant, Inc. In this role, Catherine directs all financial aspects of the business including accounting practices, financial planning and analysis, and monitoring of financial performance. Prior to joining Cormant, Catherine was a senior consultant for KPMG Peat Marwick in Singapore, and held various finance positions in the US.
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About Cormant, Cormant: Cormant, Inc. provides software and professional services to better manage IT infrastructure and connectivity in data centers and campuses.
Travis Adlman
COO/CFO of NodeSource
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About NodeSource: Building products focused on Node.js security and performance for the Enterprise.