Management
Ted Ho
CEO (Co-Founder)
Ted has over 20 years experience leading large and small engineering teams for consistent on-time execution of complex, leading-edge technology projects. Prior to joining Gigamon, Ted was the Vice President of Engineering at Network Associates, where under his leadership the Distributed Sniffer product line was developed, launched and is now generating more than $170M worth of revenues annually. Ted is a result-driven senior executive with extensive experience in building engineering organization, methodology and process. Ted holds a Master of Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California and a B.S. from the National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan.
Patrick Leong
CTO (Co-Founder)
Patrick is the key designer of a series of successful telecom and network analyzer products that have generated substantial revenues over the years. Prior to joining Gigamon, he was a Principal Engineer at Ciena (starting with Cyras before it was acquired), where he lead the engineering efforts in developing the company’s metro data products. Patrick also performed technical due diligence for Ciena in acquisition and partnering. Before Ciena, Patrick was the Manager of High Speed Products at the Sniffer Division of Network Associates, where he was in charge of the development of WAN and Gigabit Ethernet Sniffers. A physicist by training, Patrick understands a broad range of technologies and has a track record of taking products from inception to market in a timely manner. Patrick holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Columbia University and has more then 10 patents in his name.
Aidan Cullen
CFO
Aidan is a finance executive who has over 27 years of Finance and Administration experience at both private and public companies. Prior to joining Gigamon, Aidan served as Chief Financial Officer for Sylantro Systems, where he helped build the business model and infrastructure to scale with operational effectiveness in delivering results, and oversaw Sylantro’s merger with Broadsoft, as well as management of IT, Sales Operations, Finance and Administration for the company. He also served as the CFO at Tasman Networks, where he oversaw Tasman's merger with Nortel Networks, and as CFO for Monterey Design Systems. Aidan's international experience includes serving in senior finance positions at high tech companies including Digital Equipment Corp., JTS Corporation and Mentor Graphics, both in Europe, Asia Pacific and in the United States. Aidan earned his MBA from Northeastern University.
King Won
VP of Product and Services (Co-Founder)
King has spent more than 25 years in networking product and standards development. Before Gigamon, King spent 8 years at Sniffer Technologies/Network General as an engineering director, working with highly motivated and talented teams in architecting, developing and delivering successful products including Gigabit Ethernet Sniffers, ATM Sniffers, and high performance forensic network data recorders. Previously King was in product development at Sytek/Hughes LAN Systems working with Cable/RF LAN and bridging/switching products. King also worked many years at Intel, including its LAN division as well as its internal magnetic bubble memory startup. King holds several patents in networking and a BSEE degree from UC Davis.
Thomas Cheung
VP of Engineering (Co-Founder)
Thomas has over 15 years research, design and engineering experience across a broad cross section of the Telecom and Networking industry. Thomas was the principle hardware designer for a successful venture backed networking startup, Cyras, which was acquired by Ciena in late-2000 for $2.6 Billion. While at Ciena, he led the hardware architecture and development of many successful telecommunication and data network subsystem products including an Ethernet Transport LAN Services Module, a Low Speed Add-Drop Module and a Gigabit Ethernet Bridging Module. Thomas has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University, supplemented by certification in Business for Technical Managers, Strategic Project Management, Creating Excellence in Workplace, and Leadership Styles from UCLA.
Mike Hoffman
VP of Worldwide Sales
Mike specializes in data network analysis and monitoring. He has sold a variety of networking products as an independent Manufacturers Representative and as a Value Added Reseller. Before joining Gigamon, Mike was the Vice President of Enterprise Sales for MRV Communications. He pioneered a new sales structure that increased channel sales 158% and reduced average direct sale discounts by 29%. Mike’s leadership as Regional Director helped drive Fluke Networks from a promising division of Fluke Corporation to an over $500M standalone company. Mike served 8 years in the US Navy’s Advanced Electronics Field. After completing two tours in Operation Desert Storm, he was recognized by the Secretary of the Navy and was hand-selected for Instructor duty at the Navy’s Combat Systems Technical School. Mike holds a BA and MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California.
Paul Hooper
VP of Marketing
Paul is a networking and high tech industry veteran, who joined Gigamon from Extreme Networks. In his tenure there, he held numerous executive positions including Chief Marketing Officer, Vice President and General Manager for the Volume Products Group, and Chief Information Officer. His responsibilities at Extreme included all aspects of marketing, product development and business management, and strategic leadership of the IT systems and associated compliance for infrastructure throughout a global business with more than 800 employees across 50 countries. Before joining Extreme Networks, Hooper held senior-level IT positions with myCFO, Inc., JDS Uniphase, Netscape Communications, and Sun Microsystems.
