Board of Directors

Andy Verhalen joined Matrix Partners in 1991. Since then he has led Matrix’s involvement in dozens of successful companies, including Unwired Planet (Openwave), which went public in 1999; SiTera, which sold to Vitesse; and Alteon Websystems, which listed its shares on Nasdaq before being acquired by Nortel Networks. Before joining Matrix, Andy helped start Grand Junction Networks, an Ethernet switch business which is now a major division at Cisco. Previously he worked for 3Com, where he built a new division focused on network adapters and hubs. Prior to that Andy managed marketing for Intel’s flagship microprocessor, the 8086. Today Andy is working with several young companies including Ambarella, Fanfare Group, Panzura, Skyfire Labs, SpiderCloud Wireless and Tigo Energy.