Thomas Isakovich is the founder and CEO of Nimbus Data. He founded the company to rewrite the rules of data storage by combining high-performance flash technology with powerful software and a radically customer-centric business model. Unlike venture-backed peers, Thomas personally funded more than 90% of Nimbus Data’s growth, building the company into a profitable global enterprise with over 700 installations across 200 customers in 12 countries. A lifelong technologist, Thomas designed and sold his first storage system as a teenager. While at Stanford University, he worked at IBM and Oracle before founding TrueSAN Networks, which he grew into a leading storage software company. He later returned to Stanford, graduating with honors in the top 10% of his class. Thomas is a published author, named inventor on multiple patents, and a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and advanced storage technologies.

Ed Zschau brings decades of leadership as a senior executive, founder, investor, and policymaker at the highest levels of industry and public service. Dr. Zschau was founder and CEO of System Industries, later Chairman and CEO of Censtor, and General Manager of IBM’s Storage Systems Division. His career spans the full evolution of the storage industry, from magnetic recording through enterprise-scale systems. He also served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Silicon Valley, where he was a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In venture capital, he was a General Partner at Brentwood Associates, investing in and building technology companies. Dr. Zschau has held faculty appointments at Princeton University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Harvard Business School. He holds degrees from Princeton and Stanford and is Founding Chairman Emeritus of The Tech Interactive in San Jose, and a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology.