The Company Executive Management

Matt Medeiros, President and CEO

Matt Medeiros serves as the President and CEO of SonicWALL. Since joining SonicWALL, Mr. Medeiros has steered the company in growth through an aggressive acquisition strategy, positioning SonicWALL as a leader in the Unified Threat Management industry for both SMB and Enterprise organizations. He has driven international growth and elevated SonicWALL as the new alternative vendor to high priced complex network solutions. Prior to joining SonicWALL, Mr. Medeiros served as President and CEO of Philips Components. As the chief architect of the liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture between Philips Electronics and LG Electronics, Mr. Medeiros established Philips as a leader in flat displays. Before Philips, Mr. Medeiros was Vice President and General Manager for the Optical Polymers Group, and Vice President of business development for the Electronic Materials division of AlliedSignal. Mr. Medeiros also has extensive background in PC manufacturing, operations and materials management following executive positions at Radius, NeXT Computer and Apple Computer. Mr. Medeiros graduated from the University of San Francisco with a bachelor's degree in business administration in management science.

Robert D. Selvi, Chief Financial Officer

Robert D. Selvi has 25 years of experience in senior financial management roles at leading technology companies. Mr. Selvi's chief financial officer experience started at Claris Corporation, followed by Cooper & Chyan Technology and Artisan Components. Most recently, Mr. Selvi served as CFO of Kontiki, an enterprise software company where he managed the company through two rounds of venture financing.

Prior to joining Kontiki, Mr. Selvi served as the Vice President and CFO of Artisan Components, a pioneer in semiconductor intellectual property. During his tenure, he developed the operating plan, systems and administrative functions to prepare the company for IPO, which was completed in early 1998. The company's annual revenue increased 86% and net income increased over 200% during this period. Prior to Artisan, Mr. Selvi was Vice President and CFO of Cooper and Chyan Technology ("CCT"), an electronic design automation ("EDA") software company. While at CCT, he also led strategic acquisitions. During his tenure, the company launched an integrated circuit product business, more than doubled revenue and realized a tenfold value increase. Prior to CCT, Mr. Selvi was the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations and CFO of Claris Corporation from 1992 - 1995, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Computer.

Mr. Selvi currently serves on the Board of eSilicon Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, and serves on the advisory board of Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a Masters in Business Administration, each from Santa Clara University.

Marvin Blough, Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Marvin Blough is the Vice President, Worldwide Sales for SonicWALL. Mr. Blough has held previous executive sales positions at SonicWALL including most recently Vice President, Americas Sales; and Vice President, EMEA Region. Prior to joining SonicWALL, Mr. Blough was Vice President of OEM and Strategic Sales at Phobos Corporation before the company was acquired by SonicWALL in October 2000. Mr. Blough grew his career over a ten-year period at Novell and before moving to Phobos, holding the position of sales director for the Northern California region. Prior to joining Novell, Mr. Blough worked in sales at Moore Business Systems, United Technologies and Xerox Corporation. Mr. Blough has 20 years of technology sales and marketing experience and holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business from Virginia Tech.

John Gmuender, Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer

John Gmuender has over 25 years of software and hardware engineering experience including 20 years of startup and corporate management.  Mr. Gmuender is the visionary and technical leader behind SonicWALL's Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection (RF-DPI) technology and SonicWALL's Massively Scalable Multi-Core Security Architecture and Platform.  At SonicWALL, he has led the network security line through four successful product generations, enabling new business models for the company and the industry, including the cloud-delivered subscription services model. Mr. Gmuender came to SonicWALL with the acquisition of SecureCom Networks, the startup he founded and led as CEO and VP of Engineering. Prior to SecureCom Networks, Mr. Gmuender led his engineering and networking consulting company, GUM, providing detailed engineering expertise in networking, security, software, and hardware, to many companies including JMA/Network Translation, the developer of the PIX firewall prior to its acquisition by Cisco in 1996.  During his career, Mr. Gmuender has held management and engineering roles in the development of x86 and Sparc microprocessors at Cyrix and Fujitsu/HaL Computer Systems respectively, and began his career at IBM in the Communications Division.  Mr. Gmuender has numerous patents and publications in both hardware and software, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Patrick Sweeney, Vice President of Product Management and Corporate Marketing

Patrick Sweeney has over 20 years experience in high tech product management, product marketing, corporate marketing and sales development.  Mr. Sweeney is SonicWALL’s Vice President, Product Management, where he oversees its Network Security, Content Security, Business Continuity and Policy & Management product lines.  Previous positions include Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Minerva Networks, Senior Manager of Product Marketing & Solutions Marketing for Silicon Graphics Inc, Director of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for Articulate Systems, and Senior Product Line Manager for Apple Computer. Mr. Sweeney holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, CA.

Atul Dhablania, Vice President of Hardware Engineering and Worldwide Operations

Atul Dhablania is the Vice President of Hardware Engineering and Worldwide Operations for SonicWALL.  Mr. Dhablania has over 20 years of experience in hardware engineering and operations management. At SonicWALL, Mr. Dhablania is responsible for the design and development of all hardware platforms as well as managing the worldwide operations. Prior to joining SonicWALL, Mr. Dhablania held management and engineering positions at AMD, Fujitsu/HaL Computer Systems, Cyrix, National Semiconductor, and LSI Logic.  Mr. Dhablania has 11 patents and several publications in the field of Computer Architecture, Arithmetic, and Systems design. Mr. Dhablania holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Communications Engineering from Delhi University (Gold Medalist), a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University, and a MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from California State University, East Bay.