Andrew Verhalen

Andrew Verhalen began his career at Intel in 1981 as the product-line manager for their flagship microprocessor, the 8086. He joined 3Com Corporation in 1986, and built a new division that generated a majority of 3Com’s revenue and profits. In 1992, he joined Matrix Partners where he has invested in and advised dozens of companies, including Alteon WebSystems, which went public and eventually sold to Nortel; Arroyo Video Solutions, which sold to Cisco; SiTera, which sold to Vitesse Semiconductor; Unwired Planet (a.k.a. Openwave Systems – IPO); and Watchguard Technologies (IPO). Andrew has approximately 25 years of experience as a public board director and significantly more experience on private boards. He earned BSEE, MEng and MBA degrees from Cornell University.