Leadership Team

Zane M. Taylor, CEO, Co-Founder
Zane M Taylor is a Silicon Valley veteran with more than 30-years of industry experience managing Global Operations, Manufacturing and Sales for world-renowned companies including Cisco Systems, Exodus Communications, NetScaler, Citrix and FireEye. Zane’s knowledge of all aspects of operations has been instrumental in helping numerous startups grow quickly and has resulted in several successful exits.

Sherman Tang, EVP & Co-Founder
Sherman brings over 19 years of technological experience in designing and manufacturing of networking, security, server and storage systems to Sideband Networks. Sherman has previously implemented successful sales and marketing campaigns growing $100M+ industry revenues in a variety of market segments for companies including Flextronics, IWILL Corp. and AIC.

Stephen Pieraldi, Vice President of Engineering
Stephen Pieraldi offers more than two decades of proven experience in leadership, technology and go-to-market strategies. He brings a deep understanding of networking, computing and managerial systems to Sideband Networks.  An Industry Fellow at UC Berkeley teaching engineering, big data, and security.  A serial entrepreneur, VC, and security pioneer.  He has served in various executive roles including, CEO, COO, and VP of engineering at various companies.   EVP of International Sales and Business Development at NeoForma which he took IPO.