Andreas Von Bechtolsheim

Andreas von Bechtolsheim is a member of the board of directors of VoltDB. He is
an angel investor. He is Chairman, Director of Development and a member of the
Board of Directors of Arista Networks. Prior to that, he co-founded Granite
Systems and Kealia. In 1982, he co-founded Sun Microsystems and was its chief
hardware developer. In 2010, Oracle bought Sun for $7.4 billion. He is currently
the co-founder, chairman and chief development officer of Arista Networks, a
network switching company. This engineering genius is a hardworking and driven
man who has founded a number of successful companies. Andy cleverly and
calculatingly invested $100,000 in Google, which by March 2010 was worth $1.7
billion.

Electrical Engineer, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Silicon Valley, California

Summary

Pioneering electrical engineer and technology innovator with a track record
of founding groundbreaking companies and making strategic investments.
Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, early investor in Google, and serial
entrepreneur in high-speed networking and technology sectors. Recognized for
significant contributions to computer workstation design, network switching,
and technological innovation.

Experience

Sun Microsystems

Co-Founder and Chief Hardware Designer | 1982-2004

– Co-founded Sun Microsystems, designing the initial SUN workstation inspired
by Stanford University Network

– Developed the SPARCstation 1, a compact desktop computer for the
educational market

– Helped grow the company to $1 billion in sales by 1988

– Returned to Sun as Senior Vice President and Chief Architect after Kealia
acquisition

http://www.sun.com/

Granite Systems

Founder | 1995-1996

– Founded Gigabit Ethernet startup focused on high-speed network
switches

– Sold the company to Cisco Systems for $220 million

Cisco Systems

Vice President and General Manager, Gigabit Systems Business Unit |
1996-2003

http://www.cisco.com/

Kealia, Inc.

Founder | 2001-2004

– Co-founded with Stanford Professor David Cheriton

– Developed advanced server technologies using AMD Opteron processors

– Acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2004

Arista Networks

Chairman and Chief Development Officer | 2008-Present

http://www.arista.com/

Investments Portfolio (Selected Highlights)

Notable Angel Investments and Venture Capital Investments

• Invested in 37+ technology companies across various sectors
• Focus on early-stage and growth-stage technology ventures

Recent Investment Highlights:

1. Cresta(Business/Productivity Software) – Mar 2020
   • Early Stage VC Investment
   • Generating Revenue
2. Volt Active Data
   (Business/Productivity Software) – Oct 2019
   • Generating Revenue
3. Cerebras(Application Specific Semiconductors) – Nov 2018
   • Generating Revenue
4. Material Security
   (Network Management Software) – Aug 2018
   • Generating Revenue
5. SentinelOne
   (Network Management Software) – May 2017
   • Later Stage VC Investment
   • Generating Revenue/Not Profitable

Additional Notable Investments

• Sagence AI
• Mythic
• KONUX
• Xcalar

Key Investment Sectors

• Business/Productivity Software
• Network Management Software
• Application Specific Semiconductors
• Technology Startups

Education

Stanford University

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (Candidate) http://www.stanford.edu/

Technical University of Munich

Electrical Engineering, Focus on Data Processing

http://www.tum.de/

Carnegie Mellon University

Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering https://www.cmu.edu/

Awards and Recognitions

– Smithsonian Leadership Award for Innovation (1999)

– Stanford Entrepreneur Company of the Year

– National Academy of Engineering Member (2000)

– Named Most Influential in Server Innovation by IT Pros (2012)

Skills

– Hardware Design

– Computer Architecture

– Networking Technologies

– Entrepreneurship

– Technology Investment

– Electrical Engineering

Honors & Achievements

– Co-founded Sun Microsystems, a pioneering technology company

– Early investor in Google

– Designed industrial controller at age 16

– Physics prize winner, Jugend forscht competition (1974)