Larry Stefonic

Larry Stefonic recently finished 7 successful years at MySQL AB in various senior positions. He was instrumental in driving the dramatic business growth that ultimately led to MySQL's acquisition by Sun Microsystems for one billion dollars. After kickstarting MySQL's North American operations as EVP in 2001, he subsequently ran the MySQL OEM business. He most recently opened up MySQL's high growth operations in the Asia Pacific region, serving as President of MySQL KK and SVP APAC, operating out of Tokyo, Japan. Prior to MySQL Larry served in senior management roles at Centura Software and Raima Corporation.

During his 19 years in the computer software industry, he has advised numerous software companies to successful exits. Stefonic earned a BS Engineering degree from Purdue University in 1991. He is also co-founder of yaSSL, provider of a leading open source internet security tool.