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NetQoS Evolution
01 Mar 2005
2005! Such a
long time ago!
Company Early History
Jan99: Founded as Sole Proprietorship, Team=2
Mar99: Incorporated, Team=2
Jan00: Deployed RA on client network, Team=2
Mar00: Sought VC funding, Team=2-4
Jun00: Closed on $11 Million Financing, Team=2
Aug00: Kitchen Club=>Chevy Chase, Team=10
Sep01: Moved to Bridge Point, Team=45
May02: Closed on $5 Million Financing ($16M)
Sep02: Team=56 full-time
May03: Closed on $5 Million Financing ($21M)
Feb05: Team=72 full-time Today we
have 247
employees
© NetQoS, Inc. 2002
Initial Team
Mark Gully (3rd) – HR Dept Head
Brett Panter (4th) – Finance Dept Head
Paul Steiner (5th) – Systems->Software Engineering->Sales
Jim Sampson (7th) – Training->Support->Account Mgmt->Sales
Shane Bordeau (8th) – Systems->Support->Sales
Dan Street (9th) – IT/Systems Dept Head
Ben Haley (13th) – Software Engineering Dept Head *
Mia Dubberke (14th) – Marketing->…->Account Mgmt
Rob Osterhouse (15th) – Perf Engineering Dept Head * [29Sep00]
…
Gone are Donny (6th), Robert (10th), Ed (11th), Wilson (12th)
…
Sales: 2 Teams, Scott was our 1st choice to lead [02Jan01]
Marketing: 3 Heads, Michael was our 1st choice to lead [30Apr01]
Jan99: “Improving Network Performance”
Two-person consulting firm This lasted a
Names: Network Reporter, Virtual Consultant whole month.
Jun00: “When Network Performance Matters”
First funded
“Powered by NQ-View, Augmented by Professionals”
Names: NQ-View, NQ-VC, NQ-007
I can’t believe we’re still in
July00: “Our Name Says It All” business after running with
First Marketing VP this slogan for 18 months.
Names: VisionQuest, NQSA
Sep02: “Performance Experts”
Names: Reporter-Analyzer, SuperAgent, NetFlow Manager, Investigator,
Surfer
Seriously.
What were we
thinking?
Back then, we
were experts.
And it spins
Aw, man, that too!
swoosh brings
back memories!
Welcome to NetQoS
Network Analysis/Modeling:
Improving Business Communications Austin, Texas
First Annual NetQoS
Cathy Fulton, NetQoS NetQoS: When Network Company Gathering
Performance Matters
Yep, we really
used that logo…
Performance Experts
Application
Board Meeting Emulation
February 19, 2001
November 1, 2000 Corporate Summary
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Schlumberger!
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Q4/00 Q1/01 Q2/01 Q3/01 Q4/01 Q1/02 Q2/02 Q3/02
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
WAN Link
NetQoS Confidential
This looks practically simple by
today’s standards.
NetQoS Confidential
Our investments
Example: Traffic Types
in UI
development
were well worth
it. Would you
want to work with
this?
Note no entries
for BitTorrent,
YouTube, or
Facebook.
NetQoS Confidential
Example: Web Usage
Online porn is what companies
worried about before World of
Warcraft. Legal
Issues?
Business
is 24hrs for
global
NetQoS Confidential
NetQoS – What Does it Mean?
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