Co-founded Turnstone Systems in 1998 and served as President and CEO for six years managing the company through a highly successful IPO. Prior to Turnstone, Mr. Tinsley was a Vice President and General Manager at Newbridge Networks.
Mr. Hughes founded Silver Peak in 2004, and is responsible for the company's technical direction and product vision. He previously held senior architect positions with Cisco Systems, Stratacom, Blueleaf, and Nortel. Dr. Hughes has a PhD in packet network optimization and he has been awarded more than 25 patents for networking related inventions.
Mr. Lambert has over 20 years experience leading sales teams, forging corporate partnerships and managing customer support organizations. Prior to joining Silver Peak, he was the vice president of field operations for NeoPath Networks, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in April of 2007. Before NeoPath, Mr. Lambert held executive sales positions at Candera, Z-force, and Solid Data Systems. Mr. Lambert is a requested speaker and has presented at numerous storage conferences around the globe. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Solid Data Systems.
Mr. Helfer develops and manages strategic partnerships for Silver Peak. He has over twenty years experience selling networking, computing, and storage equipment. Most recently, he was VP of sales and business development at Siliquent, a fabless semiconductor and software company (acquired by Broadcom). Previous experience includes management roles at StrataCom and Cisco Systems.
Most recently was a co-founder and the VP of Engineering at The Fanfare Group, where he built the engineering team and led product development from inception to early revenue. Prior to Fanfare Carl was the VP of Engineering at Turnstone systems. Before that Carl held various management positions at Newbridge Networks and Nortel Networks.
Mr. Purser has twenty years experience in the high tech industry. Most recently, he served as acting vice president of supply chain and logistics at Linksys, a division of Cisco. Prior to his 11 year tenure at Cisco, Mr. Purser spent several years at a variety of early stage high tech companies and investment banking institutions.
Mr. Ennis has over 14 years experience building enterprise and service-provider networking equipment. Most recently, he served as Senior Director of Systems Engineering and Chief Technologist at CIENA. Prior to CIENA, Damon was in senior management and technical roles at FORE Systems.
Most recently held a director position in the finance organization at Atheros Communications, and previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Turnstone Systems. Mr. Yeaman previously held positions at Atmosphere Networks (acquired by Ditech Communications), Whitetree Networks (acquired by Ascend Communications), and KPMG.
