Jim D. Smith
Director/Board Member at Aryaka Networks, Inc.
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Jim D.
Smith is currently a Director at Aryaka Networks, Inc. He also holds the position of Director at VaST Systems Technology Corp.
since 2003 and General Partner at MDV Management Co. LLC since 1999.
In the past, Dr. Smith served as Chairman at Xambala, Inc. and held Director positions at PacketMotion, Inc., RingCube Technologies, Inc., Mantara, Inc., Pluribus Networks, Inc., Medio Systems, Inc., and ParAccel, Inc.Dr. Smith obtained his undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees from Stanford University.
Jim D. Smith active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
MDV Management Co. LLC
 MDV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 1998-12-31 |
VaST Systems Technology Corp.
 VaST Systems Technology Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services VaST Systems Technology Corp. provides tools and models for embedded system design automation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2003-03-31 |
Aryaka Networks, Inc.
 Aryaka Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Aryaka Networks, Inc. engages in the development and provision of application and network performance solutions for enterprises. It offers Smart Optimize, SmartCloud, SmartSecure, SmartInsights, SmarConnect, and SmartManage. The company was founded by Ajit Gupta, Rajeev Bharadhwaj and Ashwath Nagaraj in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2010-09-22 |
Former positions of Jim D. Smith
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Pluribus Networks, Inc.
 Pluribus Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pluribus Networks, Inc. provides software-defined networking as an open application platform. Its products include built on the pluribus virtualization-centric fabric (VCF) architecture, dell switch OS, open netvisor, leaf and spine switches. The company was founded in April 2010 by Sunay Tripathi, Robert Drost, and Chih-Kong Ken Yang and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Xambala, Inc.
 Xambala, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Xambala, Inc. offers liquidation services to capital markets. It enables rapid price discovery in providing liquidity. The firm develops networking and computing technologies in allowing its clients to respond quickly as the market changes in providing competitive quotations. The company was founded by Samba Murthy, Alak Deb and Rajan Raghavan on December 10, 2001 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Chairman | - |
Medio Systems, Inc.
 Medio Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Medio Systems, Inc. provides predictive mobile and analytics solutions. It leverages predictive models to optimize mobile customer acquisition, retention and monetization using a cloud-based infrastructure for collecting and analyzing customer activity data. The company was founded by David B. Bluhm, William K. Byant, Brian Lent, and Michael Libes in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Director/Board Member | - |
PacketMotion, Inc.
 PacketMotion, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Organizations of all sizes face a similar problem: lack of sufficient staff and budget to address compliance and audit requirements while effectively managing risk. This generates significant risks, including the potential loss of intellectual property; regulatory, compliance and contractual violations, and loss of reputation. PacketMotion is the only company providing immediate relief to these problems with a scalable solution that automates compliance and insider threat control in an operationally efficient way: Low risk to deploy, no impact to servers or applications, and simple to configure, maintain, and operate. The company's User Activity Management (UAM) system captures and saves detailed user transactions across the enterprise, correlating those transactions with identity management systems, indexing the data for quick access, and applying comprehensive reporting and proactive rules to the transaction data. | Director/Board Member | - |
Mantara, Inc.
 Mantara, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mantara, Inc. provides electronic trading solutions to financial institutions. The company was founded in 2003 by William Segall and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Jim D. Smith
| Stanford University | Doctorate Degree |
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MDV Management Co. LLC
MDV Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Finance |
VaST Systems Technology Corp.
VaST Systems Technology Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services VaST Systems Technology Corp. provides tools and models for embedded system design automation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
RingCube Technologies, Inc.
 RingCube Technologies, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services RingCube Technologies, Inc. provides personalized solution for virtual desktops. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
ParAccel, Inc.
 ParAccel, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ParAccel, Inc. provides purpose-built database management system used for data warehousing, business intelligence (BI) and analytic processing. The company caters to financial services, healthcare, retail, government, and telecommunication sectors. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA | Technology Services |
Mantara, Inc.
Mantara, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mantara, Inc. provides electronic trading solutions to financial institutions. The company was founded in 2003 by William Segall and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Aryaka Networks, Inc.
Aryaka Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Aryaka Networks, Inc. engages in the development and provision of application and network performance solutions for enterprises. It offers Smart Optimize, SmartCloud, SmartSecure, SmartInsights, SmarConnect, and SmartManage. The company was founded by Ajit Gupta, Rajeev Bharadhwaj and Ashwath Nagaraj in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
PacketMotion, Inc.
PacketMotion, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Organizations of all sizes face a similar problem: lack of sufficient staff and budget to address compliance and audit requirements while effectively managing risk. This generates significant risks, including the potential loss of intellectual property; regulatory, compliance and contractual violations, and loss of reputation. PacketMotion is the only company providing immediate relief to these problems with a scalable solution that automates compliance and insider threat control in an operationally efficient way: Low risk to deploy, no impact to servers or applications, and simple to configure, maintain, and operate. The company's User Activity Management (UAM) system captures and saves detailed user transactions across the enterprise, correlating those transactions with identity management systems, indexing the data for quick access, and applying comprehensive reporting and proactive rules to the transaction data. | Commercial Services |
Medio Systems, Inc.
Medio Systems, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Medio Systems, Inc. provides predictive mobile and analytics solutions. It leverages predictive models to optimize mobile customer acquisition, retention and monetization using a cloud-based infrastructure for collecting and analyzing customer activity data. The company was founded by David B. Bluhm, William K. Byant, Brian Lent, and Michael Libes in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Technology Services |
Pluribus Networks, Inc.
Pluribus Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pluribus Networks, Inc. provides software-defined networking as an open application platform. Its products include built on the pluribus virtualization-centric fabric (VCF) architecture, dell switch OS, open netvisor, leaf and spine switches. The company was founded in April 2010 by Sunay Tripathi, Robert Drost, and Chih-Kong Ken Yang and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Technology Services |
Xambala, Inc.
Xambala, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Xambala, Inc. offers liquidation services to capital markets. It enables rapid price discovery in providing liquidity. The firm develops networking and computing technologies in allowing its clients to respond quickly as the market changes in providing competitive quotations. The company was founded by Samba Murthy, Alak Deb and Rajan Raghavan on December 10, 2001 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Commercial Services |
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