Mike Volpi

Academic Degrees

• MBA, Stanford GSB, 1994
• MS, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Stanford University, 1989
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1988

Academic Appointments

• Lecturer, Stanford GSB

Professional Experience

• General Partner, Index Ventures, 2009-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Pure Storage, 2012-present
• Board of Directors, Hortonworks, 2011-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Wealthfront Inc., 2013-present
• Member, Board of Directors, SoundCloud, 2010-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Sonos, Inc., 2010-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Elasticsearch, 2013-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Cockroach Labs, 2016-present
• Member, Board of Directors Interana, 2014-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Big Switch Networks, 2010-present
• Member, Board of DIrectors, Lookout, 2010-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Zuora, 2011-present
• Member, Board of Directors, EXOR SPA, 2012-present
• Member, Board of Director, Path, 2010-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Ericsson, 2010-13
• Member, Board of Directors, StorSimple [MSFT], 2009-12
• Member, Board of Directors, Cloud.com [Citrix], 2010-11
• CEO, Joost, 2007-09
• Member, Board of Directors, Opsware, 2002-07
• Senior Vice President & GM, Routing and Service Provider Group ,Cisco Systems, 2001-07
• Board Director, Equinix, 1998-2001
• Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems, 1994-2000
• Product Development Engineer, Hewlett-Packard, 1989-92

Teaching

Degree Courses

2017-18

STRAMGT 504: Innovation and Non-founder CEOs

This course examines how companies innovate after the success of their first product, and why non-founder led companies are often less successful at this than founder led companies. We focus on how non-founder CEOs can drive more innovation while...