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Michael has more than 20 years experience in executive leadership positions with world-class technology companies including Intel, Symantec, Pure Software, and Oracle. He brings a clear focus on the development of OEM and channel partnerships and has been responsible for positioning of new products in rapid growth markets, and leading sales and marketing organizations that generated more than $1.6 billion in revenue through direct and indirect channels. In his most recent role as CEO of Permlight Products, a leading provider of High Brightness LED light engines Mr. Keddington re-positioned the company from a niche application provider to a pure OEM business model, resulting in over 100% annual growth in the new green lighting industry segments with sixty three percent overall growth in 2.5 years. Prior to that, Michael was CEO and co-founder of NetQuary.
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With over 20 years of experience spanning marketing, market strategy and products Rod Butters has record of bringing new products to new markets. Prior to RNA, Mr. Butters was VP of Marketing at Salesgenie.com, leading their expansion to an enterprise SaaS solution. At Tidal Software (acquired by Cisco) Rod was SVP of Marketing, where he helped transform the company into a leader in intelligent automation for IT. Prior to that Rod served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and subsequently President of Worldwide Marketing, Sales, and Service at Aspect Communications. At Oracle Corporation, Rod was vice president in the Application Server division where he helped define the application server market and establish Oracle as a leader in that space. Rod has also held senior sales, marketing, engineering positions at Object Design and Mentor Graphics. Rod holds a B.A. and M.S. from the University of Oregon.
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Frank Tycksen has more than 23 years of experience in software development, management and technical leadership focused on security, trust and high-volume distributed systems. Before joining RNA networks Frank was VP of Engineering at SignaCert, Inc., delivering an appliance-based solution for independent software measurement, verification and control within the enterprise. Prior to that, Frank was Research Engineering Manager at Intel Corp., involved in leading research efforts in the areas of trust and security. Before joining Intel, Frank was CTO of Swan Island Networks and founder/CTO of Portland Software / Preview Systems. Frank was also instrumental in the success of several other companies such as Second Nature Software, a non-profit company dedicated to donating all profits to The Nature Conservancy, and Central Point Software, which was acquired by Symantec.
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Jason Gross is a co-founder of RNA networks and has an extensive background in large scale distributed management systems, Web 2.0 architectures and network management protocols. Prior to founding RNA networks, Jason was a Senior Software Engineer at SilverStorm Technologies (now QLogic), where he focused on InfiniBand management systems. Jason also worked at Cisco Systems and General Instrument where he developed VOIP and cable head-end management systems. Jason holds a BS(CE) degree from Drexel University.
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Ranjit is a co-founder of RNA Networks with over 11 years of experience in the field of high performance computing. Prior to RNA, Ranjit led the database clustering initiative at SilverStorm Technologies (now QLogic) and was the creator of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). At Intel, Ranjit worked on projects including Intel's InfiniBand initiative and the first Pentium 4 processor architecture. Ranjit holds a M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University and a B.E. in Electronics and Communications from Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, India.
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With a focus on developing new business opportunities, sales and solutions, Simon  has a 20+ year successful history of creating and managing innovation, revenue growth, and opening new markets and channels for small and large software companies. Before RNA Networks, Mr. Lonsdale launched the America’s business for NICE s.r.l. and closed the company’s initial Cloud Computing wins. Prior to that he ran the worldwide channels and OEM business organization for Platform Computing. As VP, Business Development at StrongMail, Simon created partner and channel programs helping to drive sales growth. During 11 years with Aspect, Mr. Lonsdale held executive roles including VP eBusiness Software, VP Channel SE’s, and VP Alliances. Simon holds a B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Computer Engineering from Bradford University, UK.
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