leadership
Experienced Leadership. Enterprise Ready.
The Zenoss management team brings together years of experience and executive leadership in enterprise hardware, software and IT services. These well-seasoned executives foster collaboration, empower teams, and promote a culture that values people and creates customers for life.
As chairman and CEO of Zenoss, Greg Stock has guided the company to double-digit annual growth and profitability by reinventing a technology, transforming a culture, and igniting the market for hybrid IT monitoring software. Greg's vision is that Zenoss will drive the evolution to software-defined IT operations for the largest companies in the world.
Greg's track record spans more than 20 years of executive leadership with exceptional companies, including Vovici (acquired by Verint), Mirage Networks (acquired by Trustwave), Vastera (IPO), and Manugistics (IPO).
Recent accolades for Greg and his team include: 2017 finalist for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award, 2017 Austin Best Places to Work, and 2016 Forbes Best Places to Work.
Greg holds both an MBA and a bachelor's degree from Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
Jean Smith has over 30 years of leadership experience in software product development and customer service organizations. Since joining Zenoss in 2015 as director of customer support, she has been instrumental in driving the company’s “Customers for Life” core value across the organization. Today, as vice president of customer operations, Jean manages the company’s customer support, professional services, training and documentation departments, working passionately with clients to ensure long-term success and retention.
Prior to joining Zenoss, Jean held senior management positions at IBM, Initiate Systems, Vignette Corporation and Computer Associates International (now CA Technologies), supporting global clients and partners across multiple enterprise verticals and delivery platforms.
Ani Gujrathi has a 20-year track record of operating and scaling Fortune 10 enterprises as well as early stage startups. Most recently, he led engineering, architecture and operations teams for Kibo, a Vista Equity Partners company formed through the successful acquisition of six omnichannel retail companies.
Prior to Kibo, Ani served as vice president of engineering at cloud e-commerce platform provider Volusion, where he led greenfield development of the company's enterprise platform to compete with Oracle ATG, Adobe Magento, Salesforce Demandware and SAP Hybris. He also previously led enterprise architecture for Dell IT and has extensive experience in designing solutions from factory automation, logistics and warehouse management to customer relationship management and Salesforce automation.
Ani holds a master's in computer science from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and a bachelor's in computer science and engineering from D.Y. Patil College of Engineering in Pune, India.
George Kanuck has a 20-year proven track record of creating and scaling high-growth revenue streams. As chief revenue officer at Zenoss, George is responsible for building the strategy and team to drive business growth and increase market share.
Most recently, George led global sales and marketing at Trustonic, a leader in hardware-backed security and a joint venture between ARM and Gemalto. Prior to Trustonic, George grew revenues for Good Technology as vice president of NorAm F500 enterprise sales, assisting in the successful acquisition by BlackBerry. He joined Good Technology after the acquisition of mobile startup Macheen, where he led global sales and business development. Earlier in his career, he led global enterprise and government markets at Vovici and held leadership positions at KPCA Global, Hoovers and Dun & Bradstreet.
George earned his MBA from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and has a bachelor's degree in economics from Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
Derek Brown is the vice president of EMEA, with primary responsibility for the development and growth of Zenoss in the European, Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets. Derek excels working with new and existing customers as well as key partners, including Cisco, Cognizant, Accenture and Wipro, to extend the Zenoss solution.
Derek is an accomplished senior executive with over 35 years of experience in software sales and senior management roles in the supply chain, field service and customer experience markets with global software companies such as JDA, Oracle and Verint. He has extensive experience helping U.S. software organizations develop their full potential in Europe by utilizing his strong leadership skills with an emphasis on focused sales execution and team building.
Matt Bates brings more than 20 years of leadership in finance, operations and technology to the Zenoss executive team. As chief financial officer at Zenoss, Matt is responsible for the company’s finance, legal and employee success departments.
Prior to joining Zenoss, Matt spent 17 years at Rackspace, where he performed various leadership roles across numerous departments, including finance, corporate development, operations, human resources and federal government. Most recently, he served as interim chief financial officer, chief transformation officer and chief operating officer, Americas. He played a key role in the company’s IPO in 2008 and their $4.4 billion go-private transaction to Apollo Global Management LLC in 2016. Prior to Rackspace, Matt was an investment banker in North America and Asia for Deutsche Bank, concentrating on equity-based IPOs as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Matt holds an MBA in management from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and business from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Board of Directors
As chairman and CEO of Zenoss, Greg Stock has guided the company to double-digit annual growth and profitability by reinventing a technology, transforming a culture, and igniting the market for hybrid IT monitoring software. Greg's vision is that Zenoss will drive the evolution to software-defined IT operations for the largest companies in the world.
Greg's track record spans more than 20 years of executive leadership with exceptional companies, including Vovici (acquired by Verint), Mirage Networks (acquired by Trustwave), Vastera (IPO), and Manugistics (IPO).
Recent accolades for Greg and his team include: 2017 finalist for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award, 2017 Austin Best Places to Work, and 2016 Forbes Best Places to Work.
Greg holds both an MBA and a bachelor's degree from Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania.
Taylor Rhodes, Chief Executive Officer, leads Team Applied and is responsible for the company's overall strategy and operational execution. Rhodes joined Applied in 2019 after serving as chief executive officer of SMS Assist, the leading cloud-based software platform for multi-site property management. Previously, he was CEO of Rackspace, where he led the Company’s growth from a cloud pioneer to an industry leader with more than two billion dollars in revenue, while establishing the company as a mainstay on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Prior to Rackspace, he served as a leader in enterprise, financial and corporate strategy roles at Electronic Data Systems Corporation. Mr. Rhodes is a former United States Marine Corps infantry officer and holds a MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves on the board of directors for Applied, Zenoss and Liquid Web, LLC.
Thomas Jennings is a Managing Director with Summit Partners, focusing primarily on the technology and healthcare & life sciences sectors. Based in Summit’s Boston office, Tom joined the firm in 1997 and today co-heads the firm’s venture capital activities in North America, Europe and Asia. He is currently a director of Accedian Networks, ApoCell, AvePoint, PeerApp, Telerik and Zenoss and is actively involved with the firm’s investments in Casa Systems, Hiperos, IMMCO Diagnostics, LogiXML, NameMedia and OB Hospitalist Group. Tom’s prior investments and directorships include Anesthetix Holdings (acquired by TeamHealth), Burst Media Corporation (AIM: BRST, later acquired by blinkx PLC), Commnet Wireless (acquired by Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.), Fermentas International (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), Hatcher Associates (acquired by Corillian Corporation), NetWitness Corporation (acquired by EMC Corporation), Sage Telecom and Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA, later acquired by IBM). Prior to Summit, he worked as a consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Tom holds an AB in economics and theology from Boston College, where he received the Scholar of the College award. Tom is a Trustee of the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund, an organization that provides tuition funding for the children of fallen service members from Massachusetts.
Over his 16 year career as a venture capitalist, Jonathan Perl has focused primarily on early-stage information technology companies. Jonathan’s representative information technology investments include iLumin Software Services, Inc. (sold to Computer Associates), Era Corporation (sold to SRA International), Metron Aviation, Inc. (sold to Airbus), Clarabridge, Inc., Millennium Pharmacy Systems, Inc., Zenoss, Inc., RedCloud Security, Inc. (sold to Avigilon), eMinor, Inc., and TerraGo Technologies, Inc.
Jonathan serves on the boards of Clarabridge, Millennium Pharmacy Systems, Zenoss, eMinor, and TerraGo Technologies, and is a board observer for MediaMath, Inc. He also serves on the board of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and co-chaired its flagship event, Capital Connection in 2009 and 2010.
Jonathan is a past Board Member of the North Carolina Council for Entrepreneurial Development, served on the executive committee of the Board of Trustees and was Treasurer of National Child Research Center, a preschool in Washington, DC, from 2008- 2012.
Jonathan holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (1997) and a BA (magna cum laude) in classical history from Tufts University (1988)
Don Rainey joined Grotech Capital Group as a General Partner in September 2007. Located in the greater D.C. area, he identifies and evaluates information technology and life science investment opportunities, working in the entrepreneurial community from Baltimore to Richmond.
Don is a serial entrepreneur who has been part of and built many successful businesses in the networking and online marketplaces. Prior to joining Grotech, Don was a General Partner with Intersouth Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in North Carolina. He was previously president of Attitude Network, one of the first entertainment networks online, which was sold to TheGlobe.com. He also served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for Accipiter through its acquisition by CMGI and was COO of DaVinci Systems, a Research Triangle-based software company, which was sold to ON Technology, enabling a combined entity IPO four months later.
Don has also held senior executive positions with Novell and the IBM Corporation. At Novell, he was responsible for all reseller programs and channel distribution. At IBM, he managed channel distribution and brand marketing for the $2 billion Network Hardware Division, where he established and managed product marketing and distribution in 50 countries.
Don is an adjunct professor at George Mason University where he teaches a course on venture capital in the School of Management. He serves on the Enterprise Investment Advisory Committee for the State of Maryland and the Investment Advisory Board of the State of Virginia's Growth Acceleration Program. He sits on the Boards of Directors for Mindshare and Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties and has held leadership positions with the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association. Don received his B.B.A. from James Madison University.
Follow Don at his blog, VC in DC.
Mitch has primary responsibility for Intersouth Partners' technology portfolio. He joined Intersouth in 1989, shortly after its founding. Mitch has extensive full-cycle venture investment experience and has personally led more than 20 investments for Intersouth.
Prior to joining Intersouth, Mitch served as CFO for a high-growth computer hardware and software company. Previously, he worked as a manager in the high-growth business practice at Deloitte.
Mitch is a former Director and Chairman of the Board of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Technology Association and the entrepreneurially focused NC Ideafoundation. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. In addition, he has served as a mentor to the Kauffman Foundation’s Kauffman Fellows Program.
Mitch is a frequent speaker on the topic of venture capital and an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he teaches a course on venture capital. He received an A.B. in management science from Duke University.
Zenoss Investors
Summit Partners
Summit Partners is a growth equity firm that invests in rapidly growing companies. Founded in 1984, Summit has raised nearly $15 billion in capital and provides equity and credit for growth, recapitalizations, and management buyouts. Summit has invested in more than 350 companies globally in the technology, healthcare and other growth industries. These companies have completed more than 125 public offerings, and in excess of 130 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit Partners has offices in Boston, Palo Alto, London and Mumbai.
Whether Summit Partners takes a minority or majority ownership position, their approach is the same. They view themselves as a growth investor that provides strategic and operational guidance to help proven, existing management teams reach their companies' full potential.
Grotech Ventures
Founded in 1984, Grotech Ventures is one of the country's leading venture capital and private equity firms with a track record of helping to build successful companies. Grotech is focused on early- and growth-stage information technology investments and later-stage health care and consumer investments. Led by an experienced team of operating and private equity professionals, Grotech seeks investments where the combination of its financial backing, domain expertise, industry relationships, and operating experience will accelerate growth. The partnership manages $1 billion in committed capital from offices in Maryland and Virginia.
Intersouth Partners
Intersouth Partners is one of the most active and experienced early-stage venture funds in the Southeast, having invested in more than 80 private companies over the last twenty years. Founded in 1985, Intersouth manages more than $775 million in seven venture capital limited partnerships, making it the largest venture capital fund in North Carolina and one of the largest in the Southeast.
Based in Durham, North Carolina and Reston, Virginia, Intersouth Partners seeks a broad range of investment opportunities in the information technology and life sciences sectors. Our experienced team has full-cycle experience in the complex matters associated with investing in fledgling companies, including management team development, technology assessment and transfer, corporate partnering and successful exits.
Boulder Ventures
Boulder Ventures, Ltd. identifies exceptional entrepreneurs building market-leading technology companies and provides the funding, contacts and experience needed to succeed in today's highly competitive environment. We are dedicated to helping start-up, early-stage and emerging-growth companies.
The Boulder Ventures' team of professionals has over 100 years of collective experience in building successful businesses. Our portfolio companies have found that the combination of analytical, technical and interpersonal skills possessed by BV investment professionals are valuable resources not only for identifying and evaluating investments, but in assisting companies throughout their life cycle.