MyQuire Advisors
Gary Griffiths
As president of products and operations at WebEx, Gary was responsible for all WebEx products, including strategy, research and development, product management, network and MediaTone operations, and customer technical support. Following Cisco’s $3.2B acquisition of WebEx, Gary remained for one year as a Cisco vice president, and continuing in his operations role at WebEx. Prior to that, Gary was the co-founder and CEO of on-demand application company Everdream for six years, recently acquired by Dell, and held senior management positions with IBM for more than 16 years. He was also the CEO and co-founder of SegaSoft Networks, one of the pioneers in interactive entertainment. Currently, Gary is a member of the board of directors of Rackable Systems (NASD: RACK), and an advisor to Epic Ventures and Telesoft Partners.
A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Gary served as an officer aboard nuclear fast attack submarines for five years, and was an associate professor of systems engineering at the US Naval Academy.
He has a BS is Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MS in business administration from the George Washington University.
Terra Terwilliger
As a Director at Microsoft, Terra managed product marketing and field operations for Microsoft Office Live, where she was responsible for adding over 300,000 customers in her first nine months, and opening operations in the UK, France, Germany and Japan. As General Manager at LinkedIn, she managed the Jobs product and, as a Director at AT&T Wireless Services, she managed marketing and sales operations for >$1 billion in device sales, as well as a >$150 million accessories business. Terra was a consultant with McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office, specializing in the Software and Services practice. She began her business career at Infinity Financial Technology in the early 1990s.
Currently, Terra invests in and advises technology companies, focusing on strategy development, marketing operations and business development. She also sits on the Board of Directors of Fotochatter, a 500,000+ person mobile social networking company.
Terra has an MBA from Berkeley and a BA from Stanford. In her spare time, she is trying to develop a passion for running.
Arra Yerganian
As an executive in residence for the Menlo Park, CA based digital entertainment incubator called YouWeb, Inc., he invests in a new generation of technology entrepreneurs. Prior to joining YouWeb, over the course of 20+ years, he served in a variety of senior management roles with some of America’s leading public and private consumer marketing companies; Lennar and Pulte Homes, Switchouse, Inc. (Amazon.com), Procter & Gamble, the Dial Corporation, Hasbro, and video game maker, Atari, Inc.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in international marketing and operations management from Boston University and completed executive education studies at the Harvard Business School in strategic marketing management.
Residing in San Jose, he and his wife have two children and are very active in the St. Andrew Armenian Church in Cupertino, where he serves on the Parish Council and was most recently the chairman of the Silicon Valley 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Commission.
John Robison
John has spent over 20 years in software development. Most recently he led the technology and product development teams at SideStep, acquired by Kayak.com, creating the biggest travel search website in the world. Prior to joining SideStep, John spent 10 years at Yahoo! creating, leading, and managing the development of some of the world’s largest personalized web platforms, including My Yahoo!. John also served as vice president and general manager of Yahoo!’s Premium Services Infrastructure, playing an integral role in the technology support for this significant revenue stream.
Additionally, he led engineering efforts supporting Yahoo!’s Platform Engineering and Access Partnerships (SBC/AT&T, BT), with a strategic focus on membership, personalization, premium services and application security. Prior to Yahoo!, John held technical leadership positions with TravelNet, Inc., Electronic Data Systems and Oceania Health Care Systems.
John enjoys spending time at the beach with his family, and driving fast cars around local racetracks when he gets the chance.