Steve Shah


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.