Steve Coffey
President & Managing Director, Hunt Ventures
Steve joined the Hunt family of companies in 1993. Since establishing the Austin office of Hunt Ventures in 1999, Steve has managed investments in software, semiconductors and communications. His investments include Airspan (NASDAQ: AIRN), Softricity, Metreos, Alert Logic, Hubspan, iTKO, Integral Wave Technologies, NanoNexus, SiGe Semiconductor, Snap-In and ZenZui.
Toney Jennings
President & Chief Executive Officer, CoreTrace
Toney has been leading teams in the information protection and information technology fields for over 18 years. Toney comes to CoreTrace from Mirage Networks, where he was President and CEO. Under Toney's leadership, Mirage Networks became a recognized leader in network access control with hundreds of customers and thousands of units sold. Prior to Mirage Networks, Toney was a founder, CEO, and Chairman of WheelGroup Corporation, the creators of the first commercially available intrusion detection system, delivered through its successful sale to Cisco Systems. Earlier in his career, Toney led teams at Trident Data Systems and as an officer at the Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC), conducting penetration testing and vulnerability assessments of operational Department of Defense (DoD) networks.
Ray Rothrock
Managing General Partner, Venrock
Ray joined Venrock in 1988 and after nearly 20 years and over 40 investments, his passion for building companies continues. Ray's investments include Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP), Double Click, USInternetworking, PGP Corporation, Vontu and WholeSecurity. In addition to venture capital, Ray serves on the Board of Trustees of the Texas A&M Foundation, and he also serves on the Visiting Committee of the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering Department.
Dan Teal
Founder & Chief Technology Officer, CoreTrace
A true technology visionary, Dan has been innovating in the computer security field for over 20 years. As a founder and chief scientist of WheelGroup Corporation, he designed the first commercially available intrusion detection system, NetRanger. WheelGroup was acquired by Cisco Systems in March 1998. Prior to WheelGroup, Dan worked as an information warfare officer at the Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC).