Leadership & Board of Directors
What Makes Us Stand Out
Experienced, Committed, Operator-led Management Team and Board
Established SPAC/De-SPAC Track Record
Targeting Companies Bringing Digital Transformation to Disrupt Enterprises Globally
Enterprise 4.0 Domain Expertise and Deal Flow
Leadership
Eric Benhamou
CEO
Chris Paisley
CFO
Ron Sege
COO
Yash Hemaraj
Chief Acquisition Officer
Eric Benhamou
CEOProfessional Career
Benhamou Global Ventures, Founding General Partner
Prior Positions:
3Com (formerly Nasdaq: COMS), CEO
Palm (formerly Nasdaq: PALM), CEO
ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp (formerly Nasdaq: CTAC), President and CFO
Current Board Experience
Silicon Valley Bank (Nasdaq: SIVB), Board Director
Grid Dynamics (Nasdaq: GDYN), Board Director
Private boards: Virtana, Totango, Secret Double Octopus, 6d bytes, Evinced
Former Board Experience
Netscape (formerly Nasdaq: NSCP)
Dasient
Swan Labs
Ayehu
Legato (formerly Nasdaq: LGTO)
Voltaire (formerly Nasdaq: VOLT)
Cypress Semiconductor (formerly Nasdaq: CY)
Real Networks (formerly Nasdaq: RNWK)
Finjan Holdings (formerly Nasdaq: FNJN)
Chris Paisley
CFOProfessional Career
Santa Clara University, Dean’s Executive Professor of Accounting
Prior Positions:
3Com (formerly Nasdaq: COMS), Senior Vice President, CFO
Current Board Experience
Ambarella (Nasdaq: AMBA), Chair of Audit Committee, Board Director
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), Lead Independent Director
Fastly (NYSE: FSLY), Board Director
Former Board Experience
Board member for 8 successful IPOs including:
Volterra (formerly Nasdaq: VLTR)
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT)
Control 4 (formerly Nasdaq: CTRL)
3Par (formerly Nasdaq: PAR)
Ambarella (Nasdaq: AMBA)
YuMe (formerly NYSE: YUME)
Fitbit (formerly NYSE: FIT)
10 additional public company boards, including Brocade (formerly Nasdaq: BRCD), EFI (formerly Nasdaq: EFII), and Silicon Image (formerly Nasdaq: SIMG)
Ron Sege
COOProfessional Career
Benhamou Global Ventures, Partner
Prior Positions:
Echelon Corp (Nasdaq: ELON), Board Chair and CEO
3Com (Nasdaq: COMS), President and COO
Tropos Networks, CEO
Ellacoya Networks, CEO
Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS), EVP, Product and Marketing
3Com (Nasdaq: COMS), EVP, Systems Solutions
ROLM Corporation (NYSE: ROLM), VP, Global Services
Current Board Experience
Ubiquiti (NYSE: UI), Lead Independent Director
Virtana, Executive Chairman
EverestLabs.AI, Board Director
Yash Hemaraj
Chief Acquisition OfficerProfessional Career
Benhamou Global Ventures, Partner
Arka Venture Labs, Co-founder
Product leader with expertise in wireless systems, SaaS, software, telecom, cloud and cybersecurity
12+ years of investment and product experience
Former Board Experience
United Way Silicon Valley, Board Director
Totango, Board Director
Current Board Experience
Folloze, Board Director
AIDash, Board Director
Macrometa, Board Director
Independent Board of Directors
Kim Lee
Director
A2Q2, a global accounting consultancy, Founder & CEO
Formerly Arthur Andersen, Public Accounting
GSI Technology (Nasdaq: GSIT), Board Director
Sudhakar Ramakrishna
Director
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), President and CEO
Pulse Secure, Former CEO
SailPoint (NYSE: SAIL), Board Director
Mona Sabet
Director
UserTesting, Chief Corporate Strategy Officer
Tribal Advisors, Former Managing Director
Cadence Design Systems (Nasdaq: CDNS), Former Corporate Vice President, Business Development
HiPower, leaders championing women who drive big changes, Founder and Member
Judith Sim
Director
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Former Chief Marketing Officer
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), Board Director, Chair of Human Resources Committee, Member of Governance and ESG Committees
FirstAdvantage (Nasdaq: FADV), Board Director
DataStax, Board Director