About Bivio
Elan Amir
President and CEO
Dr. Elan Amir brings to Bivio broad technology and leadership experience in the networking industry. Dr. Amir joined Bivio Networks in 2003 as CTO and assumed the present CEO position in 2004. Prior to joining Bivio Networks, he served as CTO for OmniSky Corporation, one of the pioneers in the wireless data application, software, and services sectors. Dr. Amir oversaw all aspects of the company’s technology development, its direction and strategy, intellectual property development, and merger and acquisition due diligence.
Prior to OmniSky, Dr. Amir was CTO and vice president of engineering at ProxiNet, one of the first developers of web browsing solutions for mobile devices. ProxiNet was acquired by Puma Technology (now Intellisync corporation) in 1999. Before ProxiNet, Dr. Amir co-founded FastForward Networks, a developer of broadcast media distribution software. FastForward Networks was acquired by Inktomi Corporation in August 2000.
Dr. Amir received his PhD and MS in computer science and a BS in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Philip T. Gianos
General Partner, InterWest Partners
Mr. Gianos joined InterWest Partners in 1982, specializing in information technology investments. In addition to his portfolio company board seats, he serves as a director of Xilinx, Ramp Networks and T/R Systems. Mr. Gianos is also director and past president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. Prior to joining InterWest, he served in engineering management roles for eight years with IBM, and managed both chip design and systems integration for several IBM office automation products. Mr. Gianos has a foreign systems-level patent and two U.S. patents. He holds both BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard University.
Steven Haley
Steven Haley has more than 24 years of experience in building world-class sales and service organizations in the data networking industry. During the past four years he served as founding executive officer and vice president of worldwide operations, sales and service at Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), a global leader in IP routers for the core of public and private networks. During this period, Haley's team grew Juniper's annual sales from zero to nearly one billion dollars.
Prior to Juniper, Haley was vice president, worldwide sales, telco/service providers and vice president, sales for WAN Products at Cisco. Prior to Cisco, he spent seven years as StrataCom (acquired by Cisco in 1996) as general manager, vice president and managing director. Haley was the first employee in StrataCom's International group where he managed operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa while based in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to the United States in 1994 he took on added responsibility for the Americas.
Haley currently owns and serves as president of a diversified, private investment and asset management company. He holds several board seats at pre-IPO software and networking companies, and is a board member/trustee of several non-profit organizations. Haley attended Boston College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he earned his degree in business.
Mark Masur
General Partner, Silver Creek Ventures
Mark is a general partner of Silver Creek Ventures and its predecessor funds. Since co-founding the Firm in 1989, he has helped to guide its investment program which is focused on carrier infrastructure, wireless communications, networking, semiconductors, storage and security. Highlight investments from Silver Creek Ventures portfolios include: Xilinx, Inc., ONI Systems, Inc., Alteon Web Systems and MetroPCS.
Mark currently serves on the boards of Aktino, Inc., Bivio Networks, Hammerhead Systems, Inc., and Powerfile, Inc.
Alex Mendez
General Partner, Storm Ventures
Alex is a founding general partner of Storm Ventures. He was an investor and CEO/Chairman of Sanera Systems (acquired by McData) and served on the McData Board of Directors until 2007. He was also an investor/Board Member of Airespace (acquired by Cisco). His investment focus is on wireless, data centers (computing & storage) and software (Web 2.0 & Enterprise).
Prior to founding Storm Ventures in October 2000, Alex spent twenty-one years in high tech at ROLM, IBM, Stratacom, and Cisco, holding several executive positions, most recently as an SVP/GM at Cisco. He was part of the founding team of Stratacom which Cisco acquired in 1996. Alex holds a BSEE from Stanford University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University (he serves on the Advisory Board of the GSB). He likes to golf, travel, ski, and speaks both Spanish and German fluently.
Tony Sun
Managing General Partner, Venrock Associates
Tony Sun came to Venrock Associates in 1979. His previous experience was with Hewlett-Packard, TRW and Caere Corporation. Tony, based in Menlo Park, focuses exclusively on information technology projects. He serves on the boards of AccessLine Communications, ANDA Networks, BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited, Bivio Networks, Canesta, Cognex Corporation, Future Dial, Neoconix, Phoenix Technologies, Ltd., and Polaris Networks.
He previously served on the boards of Ramp/Nokia, Brightware/Firepond, Lightera Networks/ Ciena, StrataCom/Cisco, TransMedia Communications/Cisco, WhoWhere? Inc/Lycos, Worldtalk Corporation/Tumbleweed Communications Corporation and Zettacom/Integrated Device Technology.
Tony is currently a member of the Corporation and Trustee of MIT, serving concurrently on the investment committee and visiting committees of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Material Science. He is also a board member of the National Venture Capital Association. In addition, Tony serves as a Commissioner and Trustee of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Tony holds an S.B. in Electrical Engineering, an S.M. in Electrical Engineering, and an Electrical Engineer degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
