Executive Management

Sharat Sharan, President and CEO
Eoin O'Connor, Vice President of Finance
Jayesh Sahasi, CTO and Vice President, Engineering
Ed Van Petten, CIO and Vice President, Network Operations
Denise Persson, CMO and Vice President of Marketing
Scott Ray, Vice President, Professional Services
Michael Nelson, Vice President of Sales
Tom Masotto, Vice President of Business Development

Board of Directors

Irwin Federman, General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
Ed Johnson, CEO, Beechtree Ventures
Deepak Kamra, General Partner, Canaan Partners
Sharat Sharan, President and CEO, ON24

Sharat Sharan, President and CEO
Sharat Sharan has successfully led ON24 to its current position as the industry leader in webcasting and virtual events solutions. Sharan was formerly vice president and general manager of Hearst New Media and Technology and vice president of the Hearst New Media Group. Prior to joining Hearst, Sharan was responsible for business development at AT&T Wireless Systems and a member of the AT&T Bell Laboratories technical staff. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.

Eoin O'Connor, Vice President of Finance
Eoin O'Connor has over 18 years of senior financial management experience, with a strong background in revenue recognition, sales finance, SEC reporting and audit. Prior to joining ON24, O'Connor was a senior manager at KPMG and held executive-level positions at Oracle and Siebel Systems Inc. O'Connor holds an Honors Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University College Cork and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Jayesh Sahasi, CTO and Vice President, Engineering
Jayesh Sahasi is a pioneer in the development of applications for streaming media over the Internet. With over 18 years of experience, he has been responsible for highly scalable enterprise-class streaming applications and has addressed business needs in these areas for companies like Deloitte Consulting, IBM, Cisco Systems, Merrill Lynch and Fidelity. Sahasi has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence and a BS in Computer Science.

Ed Van Petten, CIO and Vice President, Network Operations
Ed Van Petten brings more than 25 years of information technology experience to ON24. Prior to joining the company, Van Petten was vice president of operations for Veon, Inc. He has also held information technology positions at Philips Electronics, Power Computing, Trinity Industries, American Express, Mtech and Baldwin Data Services. Van Petten is a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio.

Denise Persson, CMO and Vice President of Marketing
As the Chief Marketing Officer for ON24, Denise Persson is responsible for the company's strategic and tactical marketing efforts. Persson's experience includes a variety of marketing management and product management positions. Prior to joining ON24, she was executive vice president of global marketing for Genesys, where her responsibilities included marketing, global sales coordination, strategic partnerships and the company's product development roadmap. Persson holds an MBA from Georgetown University.

Scott Ray, Vice President, Professional Services
Scott Ray has over 15 years of computer programming and project and team management experience. Prior to joining ON24, Ray held key management positions at Pacific Northwest Laboratories and Ford Aerospace. He has also provided technical consulting for such companies as Radian, Toyota and Pacific Gas & Electric, as well as several government agencies and national laboratories. Ray has a Master's degree in Physical Science and a BS in Geoscience from California State University, Chico.

Michael Nelson, Vice President of Sales
Michael Nelson has over nine years of sales, channels and business development experience in the technology industry. Nelson leads North America sales and channels for ON24's core webcasting solutions and launched Insight24 and ON24 Virtual Show. Nelson also started and managed the ON24 Channel Sales Group, making ON24 the industry standard in that category. Nelson is a graduate of the University of California at Davis.

Tom Masotto, Vice President of Business Development
Tom Masotto has worked in sales, marketing and business development in the technology industry for 20 years. Prior to joining ON24, Masotto was vice president of business development at Hipbone, a provider of web collaboration solutions. He has also held marketing and business development positions at Hewlett-Packard, VeriFone and Intel. He has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Master's degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering from MIT and a BS in Computer Engineering from Boston University.