Bill Schroeder

Mr. Bill Schroeder, or Mr. William J Schroeder, is a highly regarded technology industry executive and sought-after advisory member in Silicon Valley and beyond.

Mr. Schroeder has grown tech companies from start-up through IPO and led three large successful IPO’s (Diamond Multimedia, Conner Peripherals, and Priam). He has served as the president and/or CEO of high tech companies in Silicon Valley, also served on the boards of those companies, as well as an outside board member with several other companies and helped guide several companies to successful IPOs and acquisitions, including Nimble Storage (IPO 2013 with $1.5B valuation, acquired by HP) , Con-way (acquired by XPO Logistics for $3B), Vormetric (acquired by Thales Group for $400M), Oxford Semiconductor (acquired by PLX Technology), WatchGuard Technologies (IPO, acquired by Francisco Partners), AlphaSmart (IPO, acquired by Renaissance Learning), Omneon (acquired by Harmonic) , Xircom (IPO, acquired by Intel for $748M), and VXtreme (acquired by Microsoft).

Prior to working in Silicon Valley, Mr. Schroeder worked for McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Schroeder holds the BSEE and MSEE from Marquette University and the MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School.