John Hubinger
Chairman, President and CEO
Before assembling the founding team at AmberPoint, John was vice president and general manager of Worldwide Sales for the Software Tools Division at Sun Microsystems, reporting to the president of Software Platforms and Products. Prior to that, John was vice president of Sales at Forte Software, which was acquired by SUN in 1999.
John has held vice president and general manager roles in Sales and Marketing at two additional startups that went public — Camenco and KnowledgeWare. He began his career at IBM as a software systems engineer and later joined Sales and Marketing in IBM's National Accounts Division. His first employment was as an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. John holds a B.A. degree in Economics, cum Laude, from University of California at Berkeley.
Bob CoreyBob joined the AmberPoint board in October 2002, bringing more than 25 years of financial and management expertise-15 of those in executive management roles for hardware and software companies.
As executive vice president and chief financial officer at Documentum, Bob helped transform the company into the enterprise content management market leader. He assisted the company in growing revenues, gaining market share and improving shareholder value. Prior to Documentum, Bob was CFO at Forte Software, where he directed the company's successful merger with Sun Microsystems. Earlier in his career, he held executive management positions at Western Digital and Ashton-Tate Corporation, where he was a key contributor in the company's merger with Borland International. Bob earned his certificate as a certified public accountant while at Arthur Andersen earlier in his career.
Bob is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton.
Promod HaqueNorwest Venture Partners
Promod focuses on investments in enterprise software and communication infrastructure. Of the 45 companies he has invested in during his 12 years in the field, 17 have gone public and 17 have been acquired. The total market capitalization of Promod's investments is more than $35 billion.
His current investments include AmberPoint, Yipes Communications, Virtela Communications, Inkra Networks, Zettacom, Resonext Communications, PowerMarket, Winphoria Networks, and Valiant Networks. Other important investments and board seats have included Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM), Forte Software (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Kiva Software (acquired by Netscape Communications), Information Advantage (acquired by Sterling Software), and Showcase Corporation (acquired by SPSS).
Prior to Norwest, Promod spent 18 years in various operational roles ranging from product development, marketing, chief operating officer and chief executive officer at various public and private companies, including Siemens International, Thorn EMI, Emergent Technologies and Dimensional Medicine, Inc.
Promod received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Delhi, India. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where he serves on the advisory board.
Promod was ranked number one on the Forbes Midas List for 2004.
Ken KleinKen is currently Chairman, president and CEO of Wind River, the global leader in device software optimization. Prior to joining Wind River, he was chief operating officer at Mercury Interactive, where he also served on the board. He and his team built Mercury from a pre-revenue startup into a software powerhouse with nearly $500 million in revenues, 2,150 employees, operations in 35 countries, and membership in the NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500. Before his tenure at Mercury, Ken held various engineering, marketing, and management roles at Interactive Development Environments, Daisy Systems, and Hughes Aircraft Company.
Ken earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering from the University of Southern California (USC). He also serves on the board of Tumbleweed Communications and is a member of the USC School of Engineering Board of Councilors.
Bruce MacNaughtonCrosslink Capital
Bruce is a partner at Crosslink, where he focues on software and data center hardware venture investing activities and strategies. Bruce also serves on the boards of Cendura and Strix Systems.
Prior to joining Crosslink, Bruce was CTO & VP Engineering at iCopyright. Before that, Bruce was general manager of Internet Operations at Microsoft, where his team developed, deployed and supported the architectures for such services as MSN, Passport/Hotmail, Microsoft Communities and MSN Messenger. From 1997 to 1998, Bruce was director of communications strategy at Microsoft, where he created the Microsoft Passport initiative. There, he focused on the company's community, chat, buddy list, and e-mail product strategies. Previously, Bruce spent 20 years at CompuServe, most recently as Vice President & Chief Architect.
Bruce earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University.
Nicholas G. MooreNicholas G. Moore is the retired global chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the professional services firm formed in July 1998 by the merger of Coopers & Lybrand International and Price Waterhouse. Following the merger, he served for more than two years as chief executive officer of the U.S. firm as well as Global Chairman of PwC.
Nicholas is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the California Bar Association, and the California and New York State Society of CPAs. He is also a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, the entity overseeing the FASB.
Nicholas is also the chairman of Co-operation Ireland and is on the board of trustees of the Committee for Economic Development. He serves as vice chairman of the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as a member of the advisory council of the Weissman Center for International Business at Baruch College, and as a member of the board of trustees of St. Mary's College of California.
He received a B.S. in Accounting from St. Mary's College and a J.D. from Hastings College of Law, the University of California at Berkeley.
Bill YoungerSutter Hill Ventures
Bill has developed significant expertise in supply chain management and e-business software. He also has an interest in medical devices and continues to invest there when presented with a great opportunity.
Bill is currently a director of Adexa, Alventive, AmberPoint, Cardica, IDeaS, Lucy, OmniCell, Saltare, Virage, and Vitria. Bill was also responsible for the firm's investment in Aksys, Forte, COR Therapeutics, Celeritek, Ingres and Interventional Technologies.
Bill has been chair of the Venture Capital Committee at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Trust and president of the Menlo Atherton High School Foundation. He is past president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. Bill has a special interest in helping disadvantaged youth through his involvement with Young Life.
Bill has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Before coming to Sutter Hill Ventures in 1981, he worked at Cummins Engine.
