CrossLoop Board
John Zicker
Director & CEO
John Zicker is a veteran entrepreneur with a proven track record of expeditiously bringing companies from initial concept to thriving businesses. Recently at Sana Security as CEO, Zicker transformed an interesting laboratory project into a thriving business, breaking through the exceedingly crowded computer security market to emerge as one of the top three vendors in intrusion prevention and anti malware software, competing with some of the biggest names in technology today. With an enviable list of high profile customers in the hotly competitive financial and government sectors, Zicker currently dedicates himself to high-level customer care, overseeing product development, directing company operations, increasing sales and attracting investment. Sana Security was successfully sold to AVG. In his previous role as founder and CTO of Sagent Technology, Zicker brought to life a highly complex business intelligence concept, built a team of 200+ worldwide employees, and broadened the company's offerings and differentiation through two highly successful, strategic acquisitions. His leadership contributed to an extremely successful initial public offering, and a market capitalization in excess of $1 billion. At ReportSmith, a company he co-founded in 1991, Zicker pioneered the world's first 'live' database reporting concept, acquiring enough customers and revenues to sell the company to Borland for six times its revenues - an unmatched multiple for its time. Zicker has also held research positions at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, NASA Ames and Lawrence Livermore Laboratories.Zicker holds an MSEE degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a BSEE degree from the University of California, Davis.
Andre Haddad
Director
Andre Haddad is CEO of Shopping.com (an eBay company), the global leader in online comparison shopping. Previously,
he was Senior Vice President, Product at eBay. In that role he oversaw product management,
design and research for eBay's global marketplace business ($5.1 bn in revenue, $65 bn in
trading volume, 200 million users in 2007). Andre played several roles at eBay including GM
in Europe, VP International Operations and VP User Experience and Design. Previous to eBay,
Andre co-founded iBazar, a leading European auction marketplace which was acquired by eBay
in 2001 for $140m. Andre was the COO at iBazar, with responsibility over Product, Marketing,
International and Customer Service. Before iBazar, Andre was a brand manager at P&G and a
consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton. He graduated from HEC Paris.
Rich Moran
Director
Rich Moran joined Venrock in 2007. As a 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley, Rich has served as a business
consultant, social scientist, bestselling author and evangelist for organization
effectiveness. Previously, he served as a Partner at Accenture in the technology,
entertainment, media and entertainment practice. Rich has written five best selling
books, including his latest, Nuts, Bolts and Jolts and in his spare time, he runs a
small, family vineyard and winery in Knights Valley. Rich currently sits on the board
of GluMobile, Sutura, Twofish and TurnHere. He has an M.S. in Personnel Administration
from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Miami University.
Tom Peterson
Director
Tom Peterson is a veteran early-stage technology investor who has been with El Dorado Ventures
(www.eldorado.com) since 1986. He focuses
on early-stage investments in software, service and communications companies. Tom joined
El Dorado from Union Venture Corp., the venture capital arm of Union Bank of California,
where he was an Investment Officer. Prior to joining Union Venture, Tom held engineering and
management positions with Hewlett-Packard and General Electric. Tom received a Bachelor's
degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson
School of Management. Tom is on the board of Blaze DFM, Ecast, Jigsaw Data, SkinStore.com,
Strix Systems, and Edgewater Networks.