Stephen A. Dukker, Chairman and CEO

Mr. Dukker brings more than 40 years of experience to NComputing, having held senior management roles in a number of diverse and prominent PC-related market and technology leaders spanning software development, semiconductors, technology manufacturing, retail, and mail order operations.

After a twenty-year career in enterprise software development and technology consulting, he became the founder and president of PC Brand, one of the first mail order PC manufacturers in the industry. Later, he was president of PC manufacturing, distribution, technology merchandising, mail order, and service groups for CompUSA as one of its earliest senior executives. He was senior vice president of merchandising and direct operations for the Computer City retail computer superstore group of Radio Shack, and then became president of OPTi, Inc., a multimedia and system logic semiconductor company and IP-licensing firm.

Most recently he was the founding CEO of eMachines, one of the leading PC brands in the US market, now a subsidiary of Acer. In its first year, eMachines achieved $817 million in revenues, sold 2 million computers and created the first ultra low-cost PC, quickly becoming the third-largest manufacturer of personal computers in North America and the fastest growth company in the history of American business (in1998 eclipsing Netscape). He has served on the boards of a number of public and private technology companies.

A common thread is that Mr. Dukker has spent his entire career driving down the cost of computing.

Kim Niederman, SVP

Leading NComputing's global sales, Mr. Niederman brings more than 20 years of successful leadership in high-tech, having held senior executive positions at Polycom, Inc., Cisco Systems, FORE Systems, and Wang Laboratories. Most recently, Kim was CEO at Anagran, Inc. Just prior, as SVP worldwide sales at Polycom, he increased sales in 4 years from $360M to a run-rate of almost $1B. Mr. Niederman was also CEO of LongBoard, Inc., and CEO of Magellan Network Systems. Prior to LongBoard, he was VP sales for RadioLAN and VP sales at FORE Systems, where he doubled revenue within 12 months.

As a Cisco executive, some of Kim's responsibilities included worldwide sales. He was promoted by John Chambers to co-manage Cisco's first business unit, where he propelled sales from $17 million to over $350 million in a little over a year. Kim also held executive positions under Chambers at Wang and served as CEO of Hallmark Industries.

Mr. Niederman has been a Board Member and Technical Advisor to several Silicon Valley startups. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Denver.

Raj Shah, Chief Marketing Officer

Raj Shah is the Chief Marketing Officer of NComputing and leads the marketing and business development efforts. Raj brings 20+ years of business management experience spanning start-ups, growth stage companies and F500 corporations. Prior to NComputing, Raj was the CMO of ClearCube Technology, the pioneer in PC blade computing systems. Raj was the co-founder of SiteStuff, a leading e-procurement service for commercial property management firms (acquired by Yardi Systems). He also served as VP of Marketing of pcOrder (acquired by Trilogy).

Raj was also a senior manager at McKinsey & Company, a leading management consulting firm. At McKinsey, Raj helped Fortune 500 clients in the technology, consumer goods, retail and manufacturing sectors improve their operations, marketing, and organizational effectiveness. Raj began his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and GBC. Raj has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Northwestern) and a bachelor of science in Accounting.

Katherine Butler, Chief Administrative Officer

Ms. Butler brings more than 20 years of experience to lead the finance, legal and human resources team at NComputing. Prior to NComputing, she served as general counsel and secretary for Software AG North America where she led the finance, legal, human resources and corporate services teams.

Ms. Butler also served as an attorney with General Electric in various locations including Paris, Milan, London, and Maryland. Early in her career, she was lead counsel for Software International Corporation in Andover, Massachusetts. She holds a master of laws (L.L.M.) from Boston University, a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Suffolk University and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Smith College.

Gabriele Sartori, SVP of Hardware Platform Development and Alliances

Mr. Sartori brings more than 25 years of technology and hardware development experience to NComputing. He leads the hardware platform development as well as industry alliances efforts for NComputing. Prior to NComputing, Mr. Sartori held executive positions at Spansion, Luxtera, and Advanced Micro Devices. At AMD, he was the driving force behind HyperTransport, the revolutionary bus used by the Opteron CPUs.

Before coming to the U.S., Mr. Sartori ran the R&D for Desktop PC and Workstations at Olivetti, Italy. He has several computer architecture patents and holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Technical Institute of Biella, Italy.

Bill Platt, SVP of Engineering & Support

Mr. Platt brings more than 20 years of development and customer support experience to NComputing. He leads NComputing's global engineering hardware and software development organization as well as the worldwide customer support team.Before joining NComputing, Mr. Platt was executive vice president of products at Wyse Technology, a leader in thin client computing.

Prior to joining Wyse, Mr. Platt was vice president of the operating platforms group at Sun Microsystems, where he ran large organizations including Americas Customer Care, Asia Pacific Customer Services, and was a vice president of software responsible for the Java Enterprise System and Solaris products.He was instrumental in helping the company build its field service and support organization as Sun experienced enormous growth during his 15 year tenure. Mr.Platt earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School.

Stephen A. Dukker, Chairman of the Board

Stephen A. Dukker is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Will Poole, Co-chairman of the Board

Will Poole is a veteran software executive with 25 years of experience building and managing software operations at start-ups and large technology companies including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and eShop. He has a passion for global development issues having spent more than two years as head of Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Group. In that role, Mr. Poole was charged with developing new business models and innovative technologies that would bring low-cost and eco-friendly computing solutions to the estimated five billion people on the planet who lack access to computers. His focus was on transforming education, fostering local innovation, and creating jobs and opportunities. At Microsoft, Mr. Poole also ran the Windows Digital Media Division and the Windows Client Business.

Mr. Poole joined Microsoft in 1996 through the acquisition of eShop Inc., a company he co-founded in 1991 and ran as president and chief operating officer. Prior to eShop, Mr. Poole spent five years at Sun Microsystems, working in senior marketing and engineering management roles.

H. DuBose Montgomery, Director 

Mr. Montgomery was a founder of Menlo Ventures in 1976, and has been an active director in many of the firm's portfolio companies over the past 30 years. At Menlo, he focuses on investments in leading companies in the information technology sector. His recent investments and board seats include: Akonix, Aquest, Branders.com, Entone, Firetide, freightquote.com, Golden Gateway Financial, Ncomputing, OnRequest Images, SellPoint and VBrick Systems. His prior investments include: Asyst Technologies (ASYT); EndoVascular Technologies, acquired by Guidant Corp. (GDT); Frame Technology Corporation, acquired by Adobe Systems (ADBE); Gilead Sciences (GILD); Infoseek Corporation, acquired by the Walt Disney Co. (DIS); LSI Logic Corporation (LSI); Micro Therapeutics (MTIX); Network Equipment Technologies (NWK); Valid Logic Systems, acquired by Cadence Design Systems (CDN) and VNUS Medical Technologies (VNUS).

Mr. Montgomery is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. in Electrical Engineering, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, B.S. in Management Science) and the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration (M.B.A.). He previously served as a trustee of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and on the M.I.T. visiting committees for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and for Sponsored Research.

Jim Jones, Director

Mr. Jones is on a mission not only to bring sharper venture capital focus to semiconductors and consumer electronics, but also to help his companies maximize market traction through next-generation technologies.

Since joining Scale Venture Partners (Scale VP) in 2000, he has helped recruit key marketing, finance, and board-level management as well as achieve Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for Monolithic Power Systems (Nasdaq: MPWR), prior to the company's successful IPO. For Entone and Xceive, he drove product road maps, made key customer introductions and led the search for VPs of Marketing and Sales. He actively supported Wayport in the exploration of business strategies that led to major partnerships and a profitable business model. In addition to Entone, Monolithic Power Systems and Xceive, he sits on the boards of Auvitek, Cornice, Enuclia and MaXXan.

Prior to Scale VP, Mr. Jones led product management, product marketing, and business development groups for seven years at 3Com Corporation, where he managed a diverse $1.2 billion product line. He also spearheaded the company's entry into and market leadership of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions as well as its foray into the home networking market. Prior to 3Com, he spent five years in integrated circuit development and marketing with National Semiconductor, focusing on analog, ATM, FDDI, and Ethernet controller and transceiver solutions, and holds a BSEE from the University of California, Davis.

Young Song, Co-founder

Prior to co-founding NComputing, Mr. Song had more than 17 years of management experience. He was also the founder and CEO of DoubleSight Displays, a company that delivered affordable and cost-effective dual displays to consumers.

In addition, Mr. Song co-founded and was vice president of product marketing for eMachines, a pioneer in bringing affordable computing to consumers. He began his career as marketing director for both TriGem America Corporation and TriGem Computer, Inc. Mr. Song holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.

Rob Herb, Director

Mr. Herb invests in markets in which he has always had a passion. At Scale VP, He is part of the firm's information technology team that identifies hardware investments including semiconductors and components, primarily for consumer electronics and enterprise systems. He sits on the board of directors of Ageia, Astute Networks, Enpirion and MIPS Technologies.

Mr. Herb joined Scale VP in 2005 following more than 20 years with AMD in a number of sales, marketing and general management positions. For the last four years of his tenure with AMD, he was executive vice president and chief marketing officer, working in the Office of the CEO. In that capacity he led the worldwide sales and marketing team and directed AMD's go-to-market strategy across all product lines. He has a BSEE degree from the University of Illinois.

Young Song, Co-founder

Prior to co-founding NComputing, Mr. Song had more than 17 years of management experience. He was also the founder and CEO of DoubleSight Displays, a company that delivered affordable and cost-effective dual displays to consumers.

In addition, Mr. Song co-founded and was vice president of product marketing for eMachines, a pioneer in bringing affordable computing to consumers. He began his career as marketing director for both TriGem America Corporation and TriGem Computer, Inc. Mr. Song holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.

Klaus Maier, Co-founder

Mr. Maier is the inventor of the multiuser architecture and concepts that are used in NComputing products. Previously the founder and CEO of Hyrdapark GmbH and KaMai-Computersysteme GmbH, he teamed with Young Song to develop and launch the hardware and software solutions from NComputing to a worldwide market.

In 1998, Maier was named “The Most Innovative Entrepreneur” by a prominent German news magazine for his contributions to the PC industry, including inventing direct video-drive technology for multiuser PCs.