Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 22, 2010
Ronnie Kenneth has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Voltaire Ltd. since early 2001. In addition to spearheading the development of Voltaire into the leading provider of scale-out computing fabrics, Mr. Kenneth has played a major role in the development of venture companies Iamba Technologies and Dynamics Direct. He was the lead force behind raising millions of dollars in funding for these startups. In 1997 and 1998, Mr. Kenneth was a general partner with Telos Venture Partners, a leading early-stage venture capital firm located in the Silicon Valley. There, he was responsible for Telos' Israeli investment portfolio. Prior to that, Mr. Kenneth was the European Business Unit General Manager at Cadence Design Systems Inc. During his tenure at Cadence, he increased revenue five-fold in two years and successfully negotiated multimillion-dollar contracts with major European technology companies. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Kenneth founded and managed Cadence's Israeli operation. Prior to his time at Cadence, Mr. Kenneth worked in sales and marketing positions at Daisy Systems, Inc., one of the most successful Silicon Valley companies in the 1980s and a pioneer in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. He hold an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, Calif., and a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics from Bar Ilan University in Israel. Profile
TWST: For the benefit of readers who might not be familiar with the company, please give us a brief history and overview of Voltaire Limited.
Mr. Kenneth: Voltaire (VOLT)is a global systems company
