Tad Lebeck

Tad is a global technology executive with more than twenty years of leadership building and growing enterprise software companies. He has successfully led companies through all stages of growth, ranging from early start-ups to large multinational firms, in roles as VP of Engineering, SVP of Product Development, CTO, CEO, and management consulting. He has proven success in defining technology vision and architecture, building, motivating, and leading teams through all phases of development. His high-value perspective is cultivated from experience: How technology is applied for the customer, how it fits in the competitive landscape, and its impact on the market. Tad has an MBA-EMBA Global-Asia from Columbia, London, and HKU Business Schools; and a BS and MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tad is an excellent home chef (he bakes amazing bread!) and his current obsession is making smoked salmon.  He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and their two children.