Roberto Medrano
CEO Hispanic-Net
Former HP, Sun and Avnet Executive
Recognized executive in the field of Internet security, Mr. Roberto
Medrano helped create the firewall, content security, security policy
and intrusion prevention segments of the security market. Active
member on President Bush's National Security Advisory Committee,
National Cyber Security Summit, The White House National Strategy to
Secure Cyberspace, and participated in President Clinton's White
House Security Summit.
Mr. Medrano has extensive experience with start-ups and large
companies. He is executive vice president of Sales and Marketing at
SOA Software.
Mr. Medrano was CEO of PoliVec, Inc., leader in security policy. Prior to
PoliVec, Mr. Medrano was one of the top 100 Sr. Executives at Hewlett
Packard. At Hewlett-Packard (HP) he was General Manager of the
E-Services and Internet Security Divisions. As Division general
manager for Hewlett-Packard, Mr. Medrano served a vital role as head
of HP's key strategic emerging businesses. Some of these efforts
included Internet security, middleware, management, web services, CRM,
and E-commerce. Under his leadership, Mr. Medrano grew several teams
from zero to more than $30 Million in a very short time with a
combined total of $200 Million. Prior to joining HP, Mr. Medrano was
president of Finjan, a leading security software firm. He also served
as vice president of Milkyway Networks (IPO 1996), a firewall pioneer,
and has held executive positions at Avnet Inc. and Sun Microsystems
Inc.
Mr. Medrano has been selected as one of "The 100 most influential
Hispanics in 2001" and is co-founder and CEO for Hispanic-net, a non-profit organization. Mr. Medrano
has started at the beginning of three industries: Electronic Design Automation,
Open Systems and Computer Security. He is currently in the board of directors/advisors
for Hispanic-Net, Golden Gate and National Hispanic University and more
than 10 companies inluding www.bigfix.com,
www.netscaler.com,
www.pivx.com, www.gilian.com,
www.panaceasoftware.com,
www.webscreen-technology.com,
and www.commendo.com.
Mr. Medrano holds a master's degree in business administration
from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a Master of Science
degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from
the University of Southern California (USC).
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