Alberto Yepez

Alberto Yepez

Experienced executive, board member, investor and serial entrepreneur. Effective leader of private & public companies.

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Board Member at AirTight Networks
  • Board Member at Coveo Solutions Inc.
  • Board Member at HyTrust, Inc.
Past
Education
  • University of San Francisco
  • Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
  • Kellogg School of Management
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., Securent)
* 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), Third Brigade, Inc. (Ottawa, Canada).
* Standards participation in the past: X/Open, OMG, CILabs.

Alberto Yepez’s Specialties:

Experienced executive, board member and angel 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 2009Present (7 months)

  • Board Member

    Coveo Solutions Inc.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

  • Board Member

    HyTrust, Inc.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 3 months)

  • Entrepreneur in Residence/Venture Partner

    Trident Capital

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    September 2007Present (1 year 11 months)

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

  • Board Member

    Third Brigade, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

    2006Present (3 years)

  • Vice President - Sr. Advisor

    Oracle Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    November 2005December 2007 (2 years 2 months)

    Join Oracle as a result of the acquisition of Thor Technologies in Nov 2005. Working on driving go-to-market strategy for Identity Management & Security business. Focused on driving global strategic relationships with key customers, systems integrators and technology partners. Primary focus on European/Japanese market development.

  • Board Member

    Vitria Technology, Inc.

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

    June 2004March 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  • Board Member

    Securities Industry Middleware Council

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20012007 (6 years)

  • Chairman and CEO

    Thor Technologies, Inc.

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

    March 2003November 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 2002March 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 2001April 2002 (8 months)

  • President and Co-CEO

    Entrust

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

    June 2000June 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  • Founder, Chairman and CEO

    enCommerce, Inc.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1995June 2000 (5 years 6 months)

  • Various Roles

    Apple Computer

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

    19861995 (9 years)


Additional Information

Alberto Yepez’s Groups:

Securities Industry Middleware Council (SIMC)
Hispanic-Net
Alpha Sigma Nu

  •    VLAB
  •    Club ex-Oracle.org
  •    Hispanic Net
  •    Executive Suite
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    RSA Conference
  •    Digital Forensics Association (DFA)
  •    HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council)
  •    Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
  •    CEO of Oracle acquired company
  •    Black Hat
  •    Information Security Community (30,000+ Members)
  •    Identity Management Specialists Group
  •    National Venture Capital Association
  •    VMware Virtualization & Cloud Computing Group
  •    Venture Capital
  •    Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
  •    CISO Roundtable
  •    Treasury Management Network
  •    Global Security Professional
  •    Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
  •    The Sales 2.0 Network
  •    Alpha Sigma Nu
  •    Cloud Computing
  •    University of San Francisco Alumni Association
  •    The Indus Entrepreneur
  •    ORCL (Oracle) Alumni
  •    Silicon Valley Venture Community
  •    Thor Technologies Alumni Group
  •    Apple - Current and Former Employees
  •    Identity Theft
  •    Security Leaders Group
  •    Venture Capital Group
  •    Grafton Executive Search Recruiting and Career Network
  •    SaaS Security Experts
  •    Financial Crime Risk, Fraud and Security
  •    SOA² - Service Oriented Authentication Architecture
  •    Virtualization Security
  •    Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF)
  •    Lean Agile Software Development Community
  •    Silicon Valley CIO/IT Executives
  •    Securities Industry Middleware Council Participants
  •    Managing Operational Risk
  •    CYBER WARFARE Forum Initiative - CWFI
  •    Cloud Security Alliance
  •    enCommerce Alumni

Alberto Yepez’s Honors:

"2002 Entrepreneur of the Year", HispanicNet - Silicon Valley
www.hispanic-net.org


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