David Schneider

Entrepreneur | CEO | Advisor

Jupiter, Florida, United States

About

David recently served as a Senior Advisor for Springpath, a Sequoia-backed hyperconverged infrastructure software company. (Acquired by Cisco Systems). Prior, David was the Co-Founder and CEO of Jaega Software, Inc., a cloud data storage company. He was the Vice President - Strategic Partner Group of BakBone Software, (Acquired by Quest Software) which provided data protection software solutions to companies worldwide. He also served as the President and CEO of Sanrise, Inc., (Acquired by EMC) a global provider of data storage management software and managed storage services. David was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Crosspoint Venture Partners, a leading Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm, before he took the helm at Sanrise.

Experience

  • Senior Advisor at Springpath, Inc.
    2014 - 2017 · 3 yrs

    Acquired by Cisco for $320 million. Hyperconvergence Software (*See Cisco HyperFlex Systems). Backed by Sequoia, NEA, Redpoint and Stanford University.

  • CEO at Jaega Software, Inc.
    Apr 2010 - Dec 2014 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    A cloud data storage company. A precursor to iCloud Backup, the developed software encrypted each and every file resident on a Mac Pro or iMac the instant it was created, and afforded the complete transfer to and restoration from anywhere in the world.

  • Vice President - Strategic Partner Group at Bakbone Software
    Jan 2007 - Apr 2010 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    Our team spearheaded the global business development and OEM ecosystem distribution initiatives to commercialize value across the entire data storage software portfolio. (Acquired by Quest Software)

  • Senior Advisor, Office of Technology Licensing at University of Florida
    2005 - 2006 · 1 yr

    Outreach by alma mater to advise and assist newly formed Neural Networking startup.

  • President & CEO at Sanrise
    May 2000 - Dec 2002 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Led global data storage management and services company since inception. Employee #6. Human capital of 400; supporting 1000+ customers across a worldwide operating footprint. Raised $203M in debt and equity. Acquired certain assets of Exodus Communications for $45M. (Acquired by EMC)