Anderson has more then 20 years of experience as a chief financial officer for firms such as Ascent Logic, Pragmatech, Force Computers, Mercury Computer Systems, Scan-Optics and Centronics. He has been closely involved in several initial public offerings, including Scan-Optics and Centronics. Prior to Philips, Shore worked for Elo TouchSystems, where he was general manager and responsible for developing international markets. Eric spent three years analyzing the Linux community before writing The Cathedral and the Bazaar , the paper that has become a manifesto for open source development. He is also credited with providing the impetus for Netscape to openly publish its browser source code.
Leone focuses on investments in the software, hardware and communications sectors.
Before joining Sequoia Capital, a major investor in VA, in 1988, he held sales and management positions at Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and Prime Computer. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent 18 years with Digital Equipment Corporation, where he was senior director of manufacturing and logistics for the personal computer division. Prior to joining Network Appliance, Allen was senior vice president of operations at Bay Networks. From 1990 to 1995 he held positions as controller for SynOptics Communications and as vice president and controller for Bay Networks. The tests revealed Linux has proven reliability, flexibility and an attractive price, giving corporate customers concerned with Windows 2000 delays a reason to evaluate the Linux platform for running enterprise wide applications.