Leadership Team

Dave Kresse, CEO
Dave Kresse is CEO of Mu Dynamics. He was previously VP and general manager of the storage management and application integration business unit at NetApp [NASDAQ: NTAP] where he led the company's rapidly growing application integration and data/storage management software business. Prior to joining NetApp, Dave led product marketing at Leapfrog Enterprises, where he managed the development and introduction of eight new product lines. Previously he was part of the executive team at PowerSchool, Inc. (acquired by Apple Computer), growing its revenue and customer base nearly 10-fold over a two year period. Dave has also served as a case team leader and consultant at Bain & Company, a strategy consulting firm. Dave holds a BA degree in human biology from Stanford University and an MBA degree with distinction from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Mu Dynamics CEO Pitch

Kowsik Guruswamy, Co-founder and CTO
Kowsik Guruswamy is the co-founder and CTO of Mu Dynamics. Prior to founding Mu, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Juniper Networks and the Chief Architect for the Intrusion Prevention product line. Kowsik joined Juniper Networks through the NetScreen/OneSecure acquisition where he designed and architected the first inline Intrusion Prevention device. He holds 8 patents in various networking and security technologies and has a MS in computer science from the University of Louisiana.

Kowsik's DoS Presentation

Simon Berman, Vice President of Products
Simon Berman is the VP of Products responsible for product marketing and management at Mu Dynamics. He previously spent 2 years with AtHoc as VP of Marketing. Prior to AtHoc he spent 12+ years at Mercury Interactive (now part of Hewlett-Packard) as Senior Director of Products where he helped build the company’s load testing business to more than 70% market share with annual revenues exceeding $250M. Prior to Mercury, Simon spent 3 years as a software engineer at Radcom developing networking test equipment. He holds an MS in computer science from University College London and a BS in aeronautical engineering from Imperial College, London.

Gary Olson, Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Gary Olson is the VP of Worldwide Sales. Olson joins Mu from Sun Microsystems where he served as Director for US Software Sales. Prior to Sun, Gary was VP of Central United States, Canada and Latin/South America at SeeBeyond where he provided critical and key sales leadership responsible for the company’s growth from a $35M pre-IPO to a publicly held company acquired by Sun for $300M in 2005. He also held sales management and leadership roles at Parametric Technology and Unilever and was a long-time Officer with the United States Air Force, serving in Desert Storm. Gary holds a BS degree in engineering and political science from the United States Air Force Academy as well as a Masters degree in public administration from Troy State University-European Region.

Carolyn Newburn, Director of Marketing
Carolyn Newburn is the Director of Marketing. She is a seasoned marketing professional with an extensive background in branding, marketing communications, corporate communications and marketing programs. Previously, Carolyn was the Sr. Director of Corporate Marketing at Macrovision (now Rovi Corporation) where she was responsible for corporate communications, corporate marketing and web marketing. At Macrovision, she significantly increased brand awareness and implemented an integrated marketing strategy that dramatically improved lead generation. Prior to Macrovision, Carolyn led Worldwide Marketing at Network General and McAfee. She holds a BA degree, Management from St. Mary's College.