Roy Thiele-Sardiña
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Roy Thiele-Sardiña is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
and an M.B.A. from New York University
, Stern School of Business.
Sardiña was co-founder & CEO of Ingrian Networks, a leading data privacy provider, and co-founder and CEO of Tasmania Network Systems, a cache proxy company later acquired by Cisco
(Note: After the acquisition, Cisco gave up the Tasmania name and rolled their services into Cisco's own offering). He was also a member of the founding management team for Brocade Communications. As Brocade’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, he signed the company’s original OEM agreements.
While at Sun Microsystems
for eleven years, Sardiña tarted the company’s telephone company business and grew it to 10% of Sun’s worldwide revenue. He later led Sun’s International Sales and Business Development Team (Asia, Japan, Latin America and AMEA), and subsequently was responsible for the company’s Corporate Development Organization in the office of the chairman.
along with Sun Microsystems' co-founders Bill Joy
and Andy Bechtolsheim
. HighBAR Ventures' investments include Brocade Communications Systems
, Tasmania Networks (acquired by Cisco
), CDS (acquired by Maxtor), Viathan/Dantz (acquired by EMC), BrightMail (acquired by Symantec), CAW Networks (acquired by Spirent), SANLight (acquired by Quantum), NeoPath (acquired by Cisco), RedSeal Systems, Privasys, and Tapulous
(acquired by Disney).
He was also Managing Director at Steelpoint Capital (a spin-out of the private equity group of Moore Capital Management). He initiated the firm’s infrastructure investments in storage and security, including investments in Promptu, Boingo Wireless, Storactive (acquired by Atempo), Workshare, Arkivio, SNAP and Privasys.
Sardiña was also an EIR (Executive in Residence) at the Mayfield Fund. He evaluated the storage and security space for the firm and initiated Mayfield’s investment in Mendocino Software.
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Citizens for Fair and Responsible Pension Reform submitted about 3,100 signatures to Menlo Park City Clerk Margaret Roberts on May 3, 2010 to qualify the measure for the November ballot. 1,740 valid signatures were required.
On November 2, 2010 Measure L "The Pension Reform Ballot Initiative" passed overwhelmingly in Menlo Park with a 71.3% yes vote.
As Entrepreneur
Sardiña holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
and an M.B.A. from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, Stern School of Business.
Sardiña was co-founder & CEO of Ingrian Networks, a leading data privacy provider, and co-founder and CEO of Tasmania Network Systems, a cache proxy company later acquired by Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
(Note: After the acquisition, Cisco gave up the Tasmania name and rolled their services into Cisco's own offering). He was also a member of the founding management team for Brocade Communications. As Brocade’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, he signed the company’s original OEM agreements.
While at Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
for eleven years, Sardiña tarted the company’s telephone company business and grew it to 10% of Sun’s worldwide revenue. He later led Sun’s International Sales and Business Development Team (Asia, Japan, Latin America and AMEA), and subsequently was responsible for the company’s Corporate Development Organization in the office of the chairman.
As Venture Capitalist
Sardiña was co-founder of HighBAR VenturesHighBAR Ventures
HighBAR Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by noted Sun Microsystems co-founders Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim together with entrepreneur and former Sun executive Roy Thiele-Sardiña...
along with Sun Microsystems' co-founders Bill Joy
Bill Joy
William Nelson Joy , commonly known as Bill Joy, is an American computer scientist. Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003...
and Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim
Andreas von Bechtolsheim is an electrical engineer who co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer....
. HighBAR Ventures' investments include Brocade Communications Systems
Brocade Communications Systems
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. , based in Silicon Valley , is a vendor of storage area network hardware and software. The company also designs, manufactures, and sells networking products and management applications for local, metro, and wide area networks...
, Tasmania Networks (acquired by Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
), CDS (acquired by Maxtor), Viathan/Dantz (acquired by EMC), BrightMail (acquired by Symantec), CAW Networks (acquired by Spirent), SANLight (acquired by Quantum), NeoPath (acquired by Cisco), RedSeal Systems, Privasys, and Tapulous
Tapulous
Tapulous, Inc. is an American software and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company as part of the Disney Interactive Media Group...
(acquired by Disney).
He was also Managing Director at Steelpoint Capital (a spin-out of the private equity group of Moore Capital Management). He initiated the firm’s infrastructure investments in storage and security, including investments in Promptu, Boingo Wireless, Storactive (acquired by Atempo), Workshare, Arkivio, SNAP and Privasys.
Sardiña was also an EIR (Executive in Residence) at the Mayfield Fund. He evaluated the storage and security space for the firm and initiated Mayfield’s investment in Mendocino Software.
In Citizens Initiatives
He was chairman of Menlo Park Citizens for Responsible Pension Reform, which sponsored the November 2, 2010 "Measure L" Ballot initiative in Menlo Park, CaliforniaMenlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
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Citizens for Fair and Responsible Pension Reform submitted about 3,100 signatures to Menlo Park City Clerk Margaret Roberts on May 3, 2010 to qualify the measure for the November ballot. 1,740 valid signatures were required.
On November 2, 2010 Measure L "The Pension Reform Ballot Initiative" passed overwhelmingly in Menlo Park with a 71.3% yes vote.