A business leader in application networking and delivery, Steve
brings together the experience of being the customer, the engineer,
and the marketeer. As the Founder and Principal of
RisingEdge Consulting, Steve
brought his strategic marketing insight to numerous Silicon Valley
companies such as Citrix Systems,
Coyote Point Systems,
Coradiant,
Silver Peak, and
Amadeus Capital.
Prior to founding RisingEdge Consulting, Steve played a prominent role
in the L4-7 Application Delivery market as the Director of Product
Management/Marketing at Citrix/NetScaler and
Array Networks covering
AFE/ADC, SSL-VPN, and Application Firewalls. His
contributions at Citrix/NetScaler helped grow the company from $10M
to $100M in three years and led to NetScaler's $320M acquisition by
Citrix Systems.
A key part of Steve's strategic insight comes from his experience as
a kernel/network engineer and Unix/Network administrator at
Alteon
Web Systems, Center for
Environmental Research and Technology, and SCS, Inc. Having
both developed and deployed network infrastructure, Steve brings
a unique depth to his understanding of customer business needs
and developer's needs for clarity and visibility. In addition to
his hands on experience, Steve is the author of
Linux
Administration: A Beginners Guide and several other books
on Unix and networking.
Steve currently serves on the advisory board of Sawgrass Systems and StrangeLoop Networks.