A powerful blend of technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and operational acumen, coupled with a strong global perspective, Zend senior management has what it takes to continue the company's successful drive forward.

Harold Goldberg
Chief Executive Officer

Harold Goldberg is CEO of Zend Technologies. Goldberg brings more than 20 years experience in senior marketing, strategy and sales roles at top-tier organizations to Zend.

Prior to Zend, Goldberg was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Corporate Strategy for BMC Software. Goldberg joined BMC as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Business Strategy for Remedy, where he played a key role in BMC's acquisitions of Magic Solutions, Marimba and Viadyne – and in Remedy's acquisition by BMC.

While at Remedy, Goldberg was instrumental in developing and executing the division's Merger & Acquisition strategy and all strategic relationships with partners, investors, customers and suppliers. Previously, he spent time at Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Peregrine Systems, Ring Medical, Inc. (now Notify M.S.) and Sudbury Systems.

Goldberg received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, Marketing and Political Sciences from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and a Master of Arts in International Political Economics from New York University in New York City.

Siddhartha Agarwal
Vice President, Americas Field Operations

Siddhartha Agarwal is responsible for Zend's direct and indirect revenue channels in the United States, Canada, and South America. Siddhartha brings 15 years of experience engineering, building, and selling enterprise software products and services.

Prior to joining Zend, Siddhartha was Vice President of Sales at Solidcore Systems, where he instrumented the company’s transition from an endpoint security solution to a budget relevant compliance solution, enabling a dramatic acceleration in revenues. Before Solidcore, Siddhartha defined and managed the portfolio of remote infrastructure services for Totality Corporation (acquired by Verizon/MCI), later managing their east coast business as Regional Vice President of Sales & Services. Prior to Totality, Siddhartha founded companies such as Teamscape (acquired by Peoplesoft) and Contractor Online as VP of Engineering/CTO. Prior to these entrepreneurial initiatives, Siddhartha was Director of Development at Oracle, for Oracle's CRM eCommerce product, Internet Bill Presentment and Payment.

Siddhartha holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, a BE in Computer Science and Economics from California Institute of Technology, and a BA from Grinnell College.

Andi Gutmans
Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, R&D and Alliances

Gutmans has been a lead contributor to PHP since 1997, when he and Zeev Suraski developed the foundation for PHP 3 and later co-founded Zend Technologies together. PHP 3 was a turning point for the language, which today powers over 20 million websites including Facebook and Yahoo! and enjoys a following of over 5 million developers.

Gutmans currently leads R&D and strategic alliances at Zend including development of all Zend products and Zend's contributions to the open-source Zend Framework & PHP Development Tools (PDT) projects. In addition, he has helped Zend evolve into a successful global Web solutions company and fostered its growth by securing four rounds of financing, aiding with key customer wins, and owns Zend's alliances with industry giants like Adobe, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.

Gutmans was named one of Computerworld’s “40 innovative IT people to watch, under the age of 40”. Also he is recognized from the widely circulated technical publications he has authored and is a frequent speaker on business and technology issues at global conferences.

Gutmans is a member of the PHP Group, the Apache Software Foundation and serves on the board of the Eclipse Foundation. Gutmans holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Eldad Maniv
Vice President, Marketing & Product Management

Eldad Maniv is responsible for marketing and product management at Zend. He brings almost two decades of product management, marketing, engineering, sales, business development, and professional services experience to Zend. His areas of expertise span the application development, process automation, problem resolution, networking equipment, aerospace, telecommunications and medical markets.

Maniv joins the Zend leadership team from BMC Software (through acquisition of Identify Software) where he was VP Product Management responsible for products, marketing, customer support, and professional services and where he consistently grew sales 50% to 80%+ year-over-year over a 5 year period. He was founder and CEO at NextNine, a maker of support automation solutions for telecom where he personally sought and received corporate financing of over $25M. Additionally, Maniv was an executive and founder at BiTec, Ltd., chief of systems engineering at Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), and was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces for six years where his responsibilities included a multi-million dollar project in systems engineering.

A graduate of Hebrew University, cum laude in Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science in the prestigious Talpiot program, Maniv has also completed the Graduate Management Program for executives of emerging companies at The Technion Institute of Management in Tel Aviv.

Daniel Moskowitz
Vice President, Finance & Operations

Daniel leads the financial and operational aspects of Zend worldwide including finance, accounting, order-to-cash process, information technology & legal.

Daniel brings 15 years of experience including a strong international background. He came to Zend from Intuit, a maker of financial software for consumers & small businesses, where he was responsible for long range planning and resource allocation. Prior to that, he was director of finance at BMC Software, supporting a $500M division which included several acquisitions (Remedy, Marimba & Magic). Additionally, Daniel held various positions at Intel during a five year tenure, the last being as senior manager, corporate planning & reporting.

Daniel holds a BA in business & economics from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Michael Pinette
Vice President, Business Development

Applying his substantial industry experience as a business development and sales executive, Mike leads Zend's business development efforts with a focus on building sustainable and equitable relationships.

Mike brings to Zend his entrepreneurial spirit and extensive knowledge in many markets, including: CRM, EAI, Business Intelligence, Web Services and Software Development Tools. Prior to joining Zend, Mike served as Executive Director Alliances and Business Development at Actional Corporation where he closed partnerships and OEM deals. Earlier, he served as VP Business Development and Marketing at Infogain, Inc., and Senior Director of Business Development, Strategic Alliances, at TIBCO Finance Technology, Inc. (acquired by Reuters Inc) where he forged strategic relationships with Siebel, Amdocs, Peoplesoft, Veritas, BEA, Tibco, Sun, Microsoft and a host of financial services application solution providers including systems integrators. Mike also held a variety of positions with Informix Software, Inc., and Digital Equipment Corporation including business development, global account manager, OEM channel manager and product manager.

Mike holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Salem University, an Advanced Certificate in Decision Support Systems from New Hampshire College and has successfully completed the Commercial Marketing Executive Program at Harvard University.

Susie M. Sedlacek
Vice President, Global Services

Susie Sedlacek brings 25+ years of experience and success in software and hardware services to Zend. She is responsible for the company’s customer services worldwide including professional services, training, and support.

Prior to joining Zend, Susie was VP of Professional Services at Active Decisions (acquired by Knova), a Guided Selling web-application software company. Prior to Active Decisions, Susie was responsible for field support and consulting services for the Americas at Network Appliance (Nasdaq:NTAP). During her tenure, Susie oversaw the doubling of services year-over-year, and the development and execution of high value-added solutions to the enterprise data-center. Susie has held both global and international executive management positions at Niku, Serviceware, Sun Microsystems, and Hewlett-Packard. Susie drove service solutions at each of these companies during their high-growth business phases and entry into the enterprise markets where total solutions around technology were strategic to corporate goals. Susie started her career in management consulting at SRI International.

Susie holds an MBA and a BS in Economics from the University of San Francisco.

Zeev Suraski
Chief Technology Officer

Zeev was a lead contributor to PHP since 1997, when he and Andi Gutmans developed the foundation for PHP 3. That new version was a turning point for the language, which today powers over 20 million websites including Facebook and Yahoo! and enjoys a following of over 5 million developers. Zeev spearheaded the PHP 4 project, the version that tipped PHP to become the most popular Web development platform in the world, and later contributed to the PHP 5 project.

Zeev Suraski co-founded Zend Technologies in 1999 together with Andi Gutmans. He led the company's research & development teams to create the foundations for the company's current key technologies. In addition he has served as Zend's CTO and helped forge Zend as one of the key Web solutions providers, secure four rounds of financing, and establish Zend's presence in the European market.

Suraski serves on the board of Zend Technologies and is a member of the PHP Group and the Apache Software Foundation. Suraski holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Noga Kap, Board Member

A General Partner at Walden Israel, Noga Kap brings Zend more than twenty years of management experience in the high technology industry. Most recently, she founded the first European subsidiary for MINT Technologies, a leading provider of intelligent middleware solutions for application integration in the financial services industry. Noga led the company from a niche player to a leader in the EAI market to its acquisition by SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: SDS). Prior to MINT, she held several positions in Israel and abroad as Operations Manager in Telecom service companies, including Consortium International and Koor. Noga additionally serves on the board of SintecMedia and Dinox Inc.

Noga holds a B.A. in economics and psychology from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. from Washington University in Seattle, Washington.

Cameron Lester, Board Member

Cameron Lester is a founding General Partner with Azure Capital Partners where he specializes in software and related infrastructure technologies. His current board memberships include Limbo, PSS Systems, ROME, SourceCode Technology and Zend Technologies. Other successful investments include TopTier Software (acquired by SAP), VMware (acquired by EMC), Interwoven (IPO in 1999) and Salesforce.com (IPO in 2004).

Immediately prior to Azure, Cameron was a Managing Director and the Group Head of the Software Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). Prior to CSFB, Cameron was a Director and the Group Head of the Software Investment Banking Group at Deutsche Bank Securities. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Cameron was a Vice President at PaineWebber, focused on software. Over the course of his career, Cameron has provided strategic and investment advice to numerous leading private and public software companies. Notable firms include Advent Software, Baan, BEA Systems, Brio Technology, BSQUARE, Citrix Systems, Cygnus, DigitalThink, E.piphany, HNC Software, i2 Technologies, Infinity Financial, Informatica, Interwoven, JD Edwards, Liberate Technologies, NetDynamics, NetIQ, Onyx Software, PLATINUM technology, Pure Atria, Retek, Salesforce.com, Think Systems, Vantive, VERITAS Software and Vitria Technology.

Cameron received his B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Moshe Mor, Board Member

A Partner with the Venture Firm Greylock Partners, Moshe Mor focuses on enterprise software, systems and services. Working in Greylock’s Israel office Mor brings operational and venture experience to Zend’s Board. He was a member of SPL's founding team; from 1995 he led it as its CEO through rapid expansion to reach 1,000 employees and $150 million in revenues worldwide. Prior to SPL WorldGroup, Moshe held management positions in software companies in diverse stages, from start-ups to large established players. Moshe leads Greylock's international investment activities in Israel, Europe and emerging regions in concert with other Greylock partners in both the Bay Area and the Boston offices.

Moshe holds a BS degree in Economics from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.

Danny Rimer, Board Member

Danny Rimer joined Index Ventures in 2002 as the Partner responsible for establishing the firm's London office and expanding the firm's presence in Northern Europe. His investment interests include enterprise infrastructure, applications and services. He currently serves on the boards of KVS, MediaSurface, MySQL, Skype, Video Island and Zend, and is an observer on Betfair. Prior to joining Index, Danny was a general partner of The Barksdale Group, where he invested in a dozen companies including CrossGain (now BEA), myCFO (now Bank of Montreal), Neoteris (now NetScreen/Juniper), Ofoto (now Kodak) and TellMe. Prior to joining The Barksdale Group, Danny was Managing Director in Hambrecht & Quist's (now JP Morgan) Equity Research Group. At H&Q, Danny was the underwriting analyst for companies including Amazon, CheckPoint, CNET, Netscape, and Verisign. He also sponsored direct investments in over 20 companies. He holds an A.B from Harvard College.

Steven R. Springsteel, Board Member

Steve Springsteel is currently chairman, president, and CEO of Chordiant Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRD). He brings over 20 years of high tech management experience to the Zend board of directors, including management of two successful IPOs and several mergers and acquisitions. Before Chordiant, Steve was president and CFO at Verity (NASDAQ: VRTY) where he led the company to profitability and shepherded the sale of the company to Autonomy. Steve will help guide Zend’s exceptional growth with a focus on streamlining operations and maximizing profitability. He is a frequent speaker on financial issues and has appeared on CNBC and other business media outlets, as well as at financial industry conferences. Steve holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Cleveland State University.

Zeev Suraski, Board Member, Chief Technology Officer

(See biography above under Management)

Dr. Yehoshau (Shuki) Gleitman, PNV , Board Observer

Andi Gutmans, Board Observer, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, R&D and Alliances

Nino Marakovic, SAP Ventures, Board Observer

Pradeep Tagare, Intel Capital, Board Observer