Riverbed
Management
Corporate Governance | Management | Directors | Committee Composition
Biography PhotoJerry M. Kennelly
Chairman and CEO
Biography PhotoJerry M. Kennelly
Chairman and CEO


Jerry M. Kennelly co-founded our company in May 2002 and serves as chairman of our board of directors and as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Immediately prior to founding our company, Mr. Kennelly spent six years at Inktomi Corporation, an infrastructure software company, where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. From June 1990 until joining Inktomi in October 1996, Mr. Kennelly worked for Sybase, Inc., an infrastructure software com... 

Biography PhotoSteve McCanne, Ph.D.
CTO
Biography PhotoSteve McCanne, Ph.D.
CTO


Steven McCanne, Ph.D. co-founded our company in May 2002 and has served as our Chief Technology Officer since September 2002. He has also been a member of our board of directors since May 2002. From May 2002 to September 2002, Dr. McCanne served as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding our company, Dr. McCanne served as Chief Technology Officer, Media Division and later as Chief Technology Officer for Inktomi Corporation from October 2000 to March 2002. Dr. McCan... 

Biography PhotoEric Wolford
SVP Marketing and Business Development
Biography PhotoEric Wolford
SVP Marketing and Business Development


Eric Wolford has served as our Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development since March 2005. He served as our Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from May 2003 to March 2005. From June 2001 to May 2003, Mr. Wolford was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for netVmg, a network management company. From August 1999 to June 2001, he served as Vice President of Product Marketing and Management at Inktomi Corporation and FastForwar... 

Biography PhotoRandy S. Gottfried
CFO
Biography PhotoRandy S. Gottfried
CFO


Randy S. Gottfried has served as our Chief Financial Officer since joining us in February 2004 and as our Senior Vice President of Business Services since May 2006. From November 2003 to February 2004, Mr. Gottfried served as Chief Financial Officer of Voltage Security, a security software company. From June 1997 to March 2001 and from July 2002 to March 2003, Mr. Gottfried held various senior finance roles, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with Inktomi Cor... 
Biography PhotoDavid M. Peranich
SVP Worldwide Sales
Biography PhotoDavid M. Peranich
SVP Worldwide Sales


David M. Peranich was appointed as our Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales in July 2006. From June 2004 to November 2005, Mr. Peranich was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Centrata, a provider of IT service delivery management solutions. From May 2001 to June 2004, Mr. Peranich held a number of management positions at Siebel Systems, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Alliances. From November 2000 to February 2001, he served as Vice Presid... 

Biography PhotoGordon Chaffee
VP of Engineering
Biography PhotoGordon Chaffee
VP of Engineering


Gordon Chaffee has served as our Vice President of Engineering since joining us in December 2003. From May 2002 to September 2003, Mr. Chaffee was the Vice President of Software at netVmg. netVmg was acquired in September 2003 by Internap Corporation, an internet service provider, and Mr. Chaffee remained at Internap until December 2003. From October 2000 to February 2002, Mr. Chaffee served as Director of Engineering at Inktomi Corporation. Mr. Chaffee joined Inktomi following its acq... 

Biography PhotoStephen R. Smoot, Ph.D.
VP of Technical Operations
Biography PhotoStephen R. Smoot, Ph.D.
VP of Technical Operations


Stephen R. Smoot, Ph.D. joined us in February 2003 and has served as our Vice President of Technical Operations since May 2004. From September 2002 to February 2003, Dr. Smoot consulted for various companies in the areas of MPEG video, networking and system design. From October 2000 to September 2002, Dr. Smoot was a Senior Director at Inktomi Corporation focused on MPEG, streaming video and networking. Dr. Smoot joined Inktomi following its acquisition of FastForward Networks where he... 

Biography PhotoDr. Mark Stuart Day
Chief Scientist
Biography PhotoDr. Mark Stuart Day
Chief Scientist


Mark Day, PhD. came to Riverbed from Cisco Systems, where he was technical lead for content networking product management. Dr. Day was previously Senior Scientist at SightPath, which was acquired by Cisco in 2000. Earlier, he was a Research Scientist and assistant to the CTO at Lotus/IBM, where his work contributed to the creation of Lotus Sametime (now called Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing). Dr. Day has chaired Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working groups on Instant ... 
Biography PhotoBrett A. Nissenberg
General Counsel & VP Corporate and Legal Affairs
Biography PhotoBrett A. Nissenberg
General Counsel & VP Corporate and Legal Affairs


Brett A. Nissenberg has served as our General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate and Legal Affairs since joining us in February 2005, and as Secretary since April 2006. From October 1997 to January 2005, Mr. Nissenberg was an attorney with the law firm of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP, where he represented investors and public and private technology companies in venture capital and corporate financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and... 



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