Guido Appenzeller

CEO

Menlo Park, California, United States22 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Former CTO at Intel and VMware, leading major tech initiatives.
Co-founded multiple successful tech companies, driving innovation.
Recognized as a top entrepreneur and technology pioneer.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology executive with expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and venture capital.

Contact

guido@appenzeller.net LinkedIn

Skills

Other Skills

ScalaRESTTomcatApache PigWeb ApplicationsDistributed SystemsCloud ComputingPerlPythonScalabilitySoftware EngineeringRubyVenture CapitalSoftware DesignManagement

About

Former CTO for the Data Center & AI BU at Intel, CTO Cloud & Networking at VMware, CPO at Yubico. Co-founded Big Switch Networks and Voltage Security and served as CEO/CTO respectively. Angel Investor. Former consulting Professor at Stanford University. Named Top 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneur, World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, MIT TR100, SIGCOMM Test of Time Award. Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Experience

22 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Andreessen horowitz

2 roles

Partner

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

Investing in infrastructure & AI.

Special Advisor

Oct 2022 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

Intel corporation

CTO, Data Center & AI

Jan 2021 – Oct 2021 · 9 mos · Santa Clara, California, United States

CTO of Intel's Data Center Business Unit (DPG) covering all of Intel's Xeon CPUs, Networking Products and Storage products as well as part of Intel's AI offering. Working with key customers in the Hyperscale, Cloud, Enterprise, Edge, Telco and IoT space. Post re-org, CTO for Intel's Data Center & AI business unit.

Yubico

Chief Product Officer

Jan 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos · Palo Alto

Responsible for Yubico's product portfolio. Drove and launched Yubikey-as-a-Service (YubiEnterprise).

Vmware

Chief Technology Officer, Cloud & Networking

Oct 2014 – Jan 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Big switch networks

CEO and Co-Founder

May 2010 – Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Big Switch Networks was acquired by Arista.

Morgenthaler

EIR

Jun 2008 – May 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

Stanford university

Consulting Assistant Professor

Jun 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos

Voltage security, inc.

CTO and Co-Founder

Oct 2002 – May 2008 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Co-Founder of Voltage Security Inc. Served as board member, Chief Technology Officer and Engineering Manager. Voltage was acquired by Hewlett-Packard.

Kappa it ventures

Associate Principal

Sep 2000 – Sep 2001 · 1 yr

Associate in an early stage technology venture capital firm. Due dilligence on new investment opportunities, market assessments and working with portfolio companies. On leave from Stanford PhD program during this time.