Steve Shah is the CTO/SVP Product Strategy and Co-Founder of
Asyncast where he leads product strategy and engineering
vision. Prior to starting Asyncast, Steve founded and is the
principal of RisingEdge Consulting where he provides strategic
marketing services for a number of Silicon Valley infrastructure
and security companies through Ridge
Partners and 7MPS. Some of
Steve's customer's include Citrix Systems, GreenBorder (now Google Chrome), Coyote Point Systems, Coradiant, Silver Peak, and Amadeus Capital.
Before taking the entrepreneurial route, 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.
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
MiraLink,
StrangeLoop Networks, and
Fiji Systems.
Email:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveshah
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/steveshah