Gary AndersenGary Andersen was raised on farms his parents rented near small towns in Minnesota. He graduated from high school, one of eight boys in a class of fifteen, then received a BSEE (days) and BSBA (nights) from the University of Minnesota. Over five decaes, he went from designing computer logic and memory systems, to sales and marketing positions with several companies, including Ampex Corporation and Intel Corporation. He and his family moved to the Bay Area in 1975 and to Texas for an expected two years in 1979. In 1986, he became the sixth CEO of a small, never profitable, seven year-old high-tech venture-capitalist-backed company. He dramatically grew the company and made it profitable. He managed the company's successful IPO in 1994 and then left on his 10th anniversary as CEO. He and his wife are actively involved with their and a wide-range of friends. Read More Read Less