Alberto Yepez

Current

Board Member at AirTight Networks
Board Member at Coveo Solutions Inc.
Board Member at HyTrust, Inc.

Chairman at HITEC - Hispanic IT Executive Council
Entrepreneur in Residence/Venture Partner at Trident Capital

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Past

Board Member at Third Brigade, Inc.
Vice President - Sr. Advisor at Oracle Corporation
Board Member at Vitria Technology, Inc.

Board Member at Securities Industry Middleware Council
Chairman and CEO at Thor Technologies, Inc.
Executive Chairman at Thor Technologies, Inc.
Entrepreneur in Residence at Warburg Pincus
President and Co-CEO at Entrust
Founder, Chairman and CEO at enCommerce, Inc.
Various Roles at Apple Computer

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Education

University of San Francisco
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
Kellogg School of Management

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Alberto Yepez’s Summary

* Entrepreneur in Residence/Venture Partner at Trident Capital

* Advisor to several venture capital firms: perform due diligence, review business plans, mentor executives, provide guidance/counsel to Executive Teams in portfolio companies
* Angel/investor in several successful high tech startups (e.g., enCommerce, HyTrust, Securent, Thor)
* Vice President/Senior Adviser Identity Management - Oracle Corporation
* Chairman and CEO - Thor Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Oracle Corporation Nov 2005)
* Entrepreneur in Residence - Warburg Pincus
* co-CEO - Entrust, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTU)
* Founder, Chairman and CEO - enCommerce, Inc. (acquired by Entrust Jun 2000)
* Senior Executive positions at several Silicon Valley startups, including 10 years at Apple, Inc.
* Board Member of several private and public companies: enCommerce, Entrust (NASDAQ: ENTU), PrivateExpress, Securities Industry Middleware Council (SIMC), SurePay, Vitria Technology (NASDAQ: VITR) ...
* Member/Chair of Audit, Compensation, Governance and Nominating, Special committees of several public companies' board of directors.
* Current Boards: Airtight Networks (Mt.View, California), COVEO (Quebec City, Canada); HyTrust, Inc. (Mt. View, California).
* Chairman of the Hispanic IT Executive Council.
* Standards participation in the past: X/Open, OMG, CILabs.

Alberto Yepez’s Specialties:

Experienced executive, board member and investor in the Global Enterprise Software marketplace. Effective leader of private and public companies as Chairman, CEO or Board Member. Extensive experience with corporate, market and business development in North America, Europe and Japan. Multiple executive contacts at G2000 institutions.

Alberto Yepez’s Experience

Board Member

AirTight Networks

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Board Member

Coveo Solutions Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Board Member

HyTrust, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Chairman

HITEC - Hispanic IT Executive Council

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

HITEC is the premier organization of Hispanic Executives in the Information Technology Industry. It provides a forum for networking, executive & leadership development providing opportunities to its members for mentoring and service to the community. HITEC members are leaders from Global 1000 companies.
Entrepreneur in Residence/Venture Partner

Trident Capital

(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Lead investments in enterprise software, IT infrastructure and Information Security. Evaluate business plans, conduct due diligence and mentor executives in portfolio companies.
Board Member

Third Brigade, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer & Network Security industry)

2006 — April 2009 (3 years )

Company acquired by Trend Micro to accelerate its dynamic datacenter security strategy, and to provide customers with access to critical security and compliance software and vulnerability response services. These all contribute to protecting physical, virtual and cloud servers, and corporate endpoints, from sophisticated malware and malicious activity.
Vice President - Sr. Advisor

Oracle Corporation

(Public Company; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 2 months)

Joined Oracle as a result of the acquisition of Thor Technologies in Nov 2005. Worked on driving strategy and go-to-market plans for the Identity Management & Security business. Focused on driving global strategic relationships with key customers, systems integrators and technology partners.
Board Member

Vitria Technology, Inc.

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; VITR; Computer Software industry)

June 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 10 months)
Board Member

Securities Industry Middleware Council

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )
Chairman and CEO

Thor Technologies, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 9 months)

Drove all aspects of strategy and operations at Thor Technologies, a global provider of Identity Management and Security solutions until its recent acquisition by Oracle Corporation. Thor's Xellerate--mutiple-awards winning product-- enables operational efficiencies, regulatory compliance and enhanced security. Established strong partnerships with leading Financial Institutions worldwide and strategic go-to-market relationships with Accenture, BEA, BearingPoint, CSC, MphasiS, Oracle, RSA, Wipro.
Executive Chairman

Thor Technologies, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — March 2003 (10 months)

Recruited by Bain Capital to provide oversight, drive new product/go-to-market strategy and recruit executive team.
Entrepreneur in Residence

Warburg Pincus

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

September 2001 — April 2002 (8 months)
President and Co-CEO

Entrust

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ENTU; Computer Software industry)

June 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Founder, Chairman and CEO

enCommerce, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1995 — June 2000 (5 years 6 months)
Various Roles

Apple Computer

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

1986 — 1995 (9 years )