Asheem joined Greylock in 2003. His areas of interest include enterprise infrastructure, datacenter, networking and security.
Asheem's company boards and investments include
Imperva,
Palo Alto Networks,
Securent,
TechProcess and
Xsigo Systems. He is also on the board at
Sourcefire (Nasdaq: FIRE).
He was previously on the boards at CipherTrust (acquired by Secure
Computing), NetBoost (acquired by Intel) and PortAuthority Technologies
(acquired by Websense).
Prior to joining Greylock, Asheem spent over fifteen years in
industry operating roles helping create, grow and lead multiple
technology businesses and product lines to market leadership positions.
Most recently, Asheem was vice-president of business development and
product management with
Check Point Software Technologies.
During his 6.5 year tenure, Check Point became one of the world's
fastest growing and most profitable companies. Asheem founded the
business development and product management organizations, led
corporate marketing during high growth years, and directed Check
Point's product/business strategy, product management and industry
partnerships. Asheem is also credited with creating, growing and
leading Check Point's OPSEC Alliance into the largest and most
successful security partner program in the IT industry. Prior to Check
Point, Asheem was vice-president of marketing with CoroNet Systems (a
venture-backed startup acquired by Compuware), where he helped create
and define a new product category for application-aware network
monitoring. Previously, Asheem held strategic marketing and product
line positions with SynOptics/Bay Networks and AT&T Bell
Laboratories.
Asheem is a Charter Member of
TiE Silicon Valley. He is also on the Advisory Board for the
RSA Conference and was a Judge for the 2005 and 2006
Wall Street Journal Global Technology Innovation Awards.
Born and raised in India, Asheem holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in
electrical and computer engineering from Case Western Reserve
University.
