GridGain Systems CEO and leadership

In the past three decades Abe Kleinfeld has led several companies through successful liquidity events including three mergers and two IPOs.

Mr. Kleinfeld currently serves as President and CEO of GridGain, developer of the leading open source in-memory computing platform, based on Apache Ignite. Since joining GridGain in 2013, the company has averaged triple-digit annual sales growth, been ranked the second fastest growing private company in Silicon Valley, made the Inc. 5000 four consecutive years and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 three consecutive years. Before GridGain, he was CEO of nCircle, a network security company he led through 10 consecutive years of growth and its acquisition by Tripwire in 2013.

As CEO of Eloquent, Inc., a provider of rich media business communications solutions, he attracted an experienced management team, implemented a high-growth strategy and guided the company through its successful $83 million IPO in February 2000.

Before Eloquent, Mr. Kleinfeld was a co-founder of Odesta Systems Corporation where he played a key role in building the company from startup in 1991 through its merger with Open Text Corporation in 1995 and subsequent IPO in 1996 (NASDAQ:OTEX).

Mr. Kleinfeld began his career as a software engineer with Raytheon Data Systems, and later held marketing and sales positions at Wang Laboratories and Oracle Corporation. He holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science from SUNY-Oswego.

Over 20 years of experience in software development, a vision and pragmatic view of where development technology is advancing, with the highest quality standards in software engineering and entrepreneurship.

Held various positions architecting and leading software product development for start-up companies and working with well-established companies such as Adaptec, Visa and BEA Systems.

Frequent international speaker and recognized expert on distributed and high performance computing. Active member of Java and Scala middleware community and is a contributor to Java specifications.

Specialties: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing, High Performance Computing, Utility Computing, Distributed Transaction Processing, Distributed Caching, Software Entrepreneurship

Highly experienced, strategic-minded senior financial management executive with proven leadership experience at venture-backed technology industry startups and public companies. Demonstrated success in venture capital funding and sales operation management because of sound business judgement, clear focus on results, and abilities to enable rapid growth and make decisions. Trusted, collaborative team member acknowledged for excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Instrumental in building rapport with clients, staff, and other key stakeholders to develop top-performing teams, resolve complex problems, and ensure positive internal and external customer relations. ¬Accomplishments:• Lead finance and operations functions for a number of software companies• Raised over $100M in venture capital to support the company’s growth • Drove and supported triple-digit annual sales growth • Hired and led global, high caliber teams in many countries• Presented financial information to VCs, Boards, executives, and investorsExpertise:• Startups• Strategic Planning & Analysis • Sales Forecasting & Operations• Contract Negotiations• Accounting • Audit Compliance • Human Resources

Over 20 years of experience in software development, a vision and pragmatic view of where development technology is advancing, with the highest quality standards in software engineering and entrepreneurship.

Held various positions architecting and leading software product development for start-up companies and working with well-established companies such as Adaptec, Visa and BEA Systems.

Frequent international speaker and recognized expert on distributed and high performance computing. Active member of Java and Scala middleware community and is a contributor to Java specifications.

Specialties: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing, High Performance Computing, Utility Computing, Distributed Transaction Processing, Distributed Caching, Software Entrepreneurship

In the past three decades Abe Kleinfeld has led several companies through successful liquidity events including three mergers and two IPOs.

Mr. Kleinfeld currently serves as President and CEO of GridGain, developer of the leading open source in-memory computing platform, based on Apache Ignite. Since joining GridGain in 2013, the company has averaged triple-digit annual sales growth, been ranked the second fastest growing private company in Silicon Valley, made the Inc. 5000 four consecutive years and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 three consecutive years. Before GridGain, he was CEO of nCircle, a network security company he led through 10 consecutive years of growth and its acquisition by Tripwire in 2013.

As CEO of Eloquent, Inc., a provider of rich media business communications solutions, he attracted an experienced management team, implemented a high-growth strategy and guided the company through its successful $83 million IPO in February 2000.

Before Eloquent, Mr. Kleinfeld was a co-founder of Odesta Systems Corporation where he played a key role in building the company from startup in 1991 through its merger with Open Text Corporation in 1995 and subsequent IPO in 1996 (NASDAQ:OTEX).

Mr. Kleinfeld began his career as a software engineer with Raytheon Data Systems, and later held marketing and sales positions at Wang Laboratories and Oracle Corporation. He holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science from SUNY-Oswego.

Over 20 years of experience in software development, a vision and pragmatic view of where development technology is advancing, with the highest quality standards in software engineering and entrepreneurship.

Held various positions architecting and leading software product development for start-up companies and working with well-established companies such as Adaptec, Visa and BEA Systems.

Frequent international speaker and recognized expert on distributed and high performance computing. Active member of Java and Scala middleware community and is a contributor to Java specifications.

Specialties: Cloud Computing, Grid Computing, High Performance Computing, Utility Computing, Distributed Transaction Processing, Distributed Caching, Software Entrepreneurship