Envisioning the future

Peter is the CEO of Snyk. In previous roles as CEO, Peter led multiple software companies through hypergrowth, including Watchfire (acquired by IBM), Desktone (acquired by VMWare), and Veeam. When not running Snyk, Peter can be found reading or listening to books, biking, or running.

Mike is the CFO of Snowflake. Prior to Snowflake, he was the CFO at ServiceNow, served as Senior VP of Finance and Business Operations of the Backup Recovery Systems Division at Dell EMC, and was the CFO of Lexar Media. Mike serves on multiple boards, including Nutanix.

Sanjay is the CEO & President of Cohesity. Prior to Cohesity, Sanjay was COO at VMware, where he was instrumental in helping the company grow from $6B to to $12B while overseeing all go-to-market functions. Prior to VMware, he held additional executive roles at SAP and Symantec. He also currently serves on Phillips’ Board.

Ping is a partner at Accel focusing on business software applications and cloud native technology platforms. He has been responsible for numerous past investments with notable exits, including Cloudera (NYSE), Demisto (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Heptio (acquired by VMware), Semmle (acquired by Microsoft/GitHub) and Sumo Logic (NASDAQ).

Philippe is a partner at Accel focusing on cloud applications and security. He led Accel’s investments in, and currently serves on the Boards for, companies including DocuSign (NASDAQ), PeopleDoc (acquired by Ultimate Software) and UiPath (NYSE).

Ken is the founder of Stripes and a Partner on the investment team working with our consumer and enterprise companies. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to building Stripes, Ken invested in and ran several technology-enabled and consumer products businesses, notably SmartWool and NetQuote. Previously, he was a Managing Director and co-founder of Internet Capital Group, Inc. as well as the founder and Chairman of ICG Asia Ltd. Prior to forming ICG, Ken was the Director of West Coast operations for Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. and a co-founder of A-10 Capital. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Pennsylvania State University.