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Christopher W. Cabrera
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Xactly Corporation

Christopher Cabrera is a seasoned executive with more than 16 years of successful senior management experience at both early-stage and public companies where he has managed sales, marketing, operations, and business development. Most recently, Mr. Cabrera was the senior vice president of operations for Callidus Software (NASDAQ: CALD), a leading provider of enterprise incentive compensation management systems to global companies. At Callidus he was responsible for the execution of worldwide sales and marketing strategies, customer advocacy and strategic alliances with companies such as IBM, Accenture and Deloitte. Under his leadership, the company acquired more than 100 customers contributing to the growth of annual revenues from zero to greater than $75 million and a successful IPO in 2003 raising more than $70 million.

Prior to joining Callidus Software, Mr. Cabrera worked as director of North American channel sales at Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI), a Unix hardware and software vendor, where he was responsible for annual sales over $500 million.

Mr. Cabrera earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California and a masters degree in business administration from Santa Clara University.

 

Gerald S. Casilli
General Partner
Rembrandt Ventures

Gerald Casilli brings over 23 years of high technology private equity experience, 16 years of CEO experience and over 30 years of Board of Director experience to Rembrandt Ventures. This background has provided him with a unique and comprehensive insight into the full life cycle of a company from initial incubation to market maturity.

Mr. Casilli was a founding member and general partner of Trinity Ventures. Prior to founding Trinity Mr. Casilli was a founder member and general partner of Genesis Capital. These highly successful funds focused on investments in early stage high technology companies. Mr. Casilli served on the board of directors of over 20 companies, both public and private, including NASDAQ companies Evans & Sutherland, Cepheid Systems, Ikos Systems and Identix Corporation.

In 1973, Mr. Casilli founded Millennium Systems, a manufacturer of microprocessor development systems, and served as its President and CEO. He guided the company to a successful merger with American Micro Systems in 1982. Mr. Casilli served as chairman of the board of directors of IKOS Systems (NASDAQ: IKOS) from 1989 through to it merger with Mentor Graphics in 2002. He served as its chief executive officer from 1989 to 1995 during which he took the company public.

Mr. Casilli is a founding member of the Band of Angels, an organization that actively invests in early stage technology companies. The Band consists of over 125 members comprised of Silicon Valley-based technology executives. Mr. Casilli holds a BSEE degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Earl E. Fry
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Informatica Corporation

Earl E. Fry is chief financial officer and secretary of Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), a leading provider of data integration software. A financial-management veteran who has led the financial growth of successful public and private technology companies, Mr. Fry joined Informatica in January 2000.

Prior to joining Informatica, Mr. Fry served for four years as vice president and chief financial officer at Omnicell, a provider of supply chain management solutions to the healthcare industry. He previously held the position of vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at C-ATS Software, a provider of risk-management products for global financial institutions, and chief financial officer at Weitek Corporation, a semiconductor company.

Mr. Fry began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young. He received a masters degree in business administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor of business administration in accounting from the University of Hawaii.

Mr. Fry also serves on the board of Central Pacific Financial Corp. (NYSE: CPF), a Hawaii-based bank holding company.

 

Chris Noble
General Partner
Bay Ventures

Chris Noble brings 16 years of experience in the software industry to his role at Bay Ventures. Most recently, Mr. Noble served as vice president of marketing at Kana Communications (NASDAQ: KANA) where he built the product marketing, marketing communications, and business development organizations. He was also instrumental in shaping Kana's corporate strategy.

Before Kana, Mr. Noble served as vice president of product management and vice president of business development for Geoworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: GWRX), where he was instrumental in successfully shifting the company's focus to the smart phone/wireless communications market. In this role, he also forged strategic relationships with world-leading cellular companies including Nokia and Ericsson.

Prior to Geoworks, Mr. Noble served in a variety of product and marketing roles at Lotus Development. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard University.

 

David W. Pidwell
Venture Partner
Alloy Ventures

David W. Pidwell has been a venture partner at Alloy Ventures since 1996. In 1987 Mr. Pidwell founded Rasna Corporation, a mechanical design automation software company financed by the partners at Alloy Ventures. He was president and chief executive officer until 1995 when Parametric Technology (NASDAQ: PMTC) acquired the firm.

Prior to Rasna, Mr. Pidwell was employed by ROLM Corporation for 14 years. He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and a master of science degree in computer systems engineering from Ohio University and completed three years of work at Stanford University on a doctorate in engineering economic systems.

Mr. Pidwell is currently a director of Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) as well as a number of privately held companies.