John Hamm has a diverse background as a technology CEO, a venture investor and operating partner, and a leadership coach/advisor. Hamm has been an investor and Board Director of more than 30 public and private companies, including Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD, acquired by Broadcom), Ironport (acquired by Cisco), Documentum (acquired by EMC/Dell), Solarflare (acquired by Xilinx/Intel) and Blue Microphones (acquired by Logitech).Hamm currently leads a private practice CEO Executive Coaching program for VC backed technology CEOs, worldwide. He has advised more than 115 CEOs and many of their teams over the last 15 years in the areas of CEO role clarity, leadership practices, Enneagram Profiles, building C-level teams, strategy, Board Management, and executive team development. John recently completed a two-year term as an operating partner at Khosla Ventures providing leadership coaching to portfolio CEOs. Prior, John was CEO of PonoMusic, a project founded by Neil Young, dedicated to the quality of studio master music recordings for consumers who value audio/musical fidelity. Pono Music was the broad industry driver in CD-Quality streaming for consumers. Prior, John served as CEO of Accept Software (enterprise Product Management SaaS) which was acquired by Versata. John was also a Partner at TCG Advisors, and a Venture Partner at Redpoint Ventures. John has excelled in senior leadership/operating roles at several high-growth companies,including as CEO of Whistle Communications, funded by IVP and Mayfield Fund. Whistle was acquired by IBM in 1999. Prior, Hamm served for six years as EVP and GM at Adaptec. Earlier, he held executive positions at Western Digital in the U.S. and as MD, Europe. John started his career in technical sales and sales management at Hewlett-Packard. John's popular leadership book, "Unusually Excellent" (Wiley - 2011) is available @ Amazon. His timeless article, "The Five Messages Leaders Must Manage", was the lead feature in the May, 2006 issue of The Harvard Business Review. Prior, Hamm wrote "Why Entrepreneurs Don't Scale", in HBR in December 2002, which is used in more than a dozen MBA programs worldwide. Hamm has been published in Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, and The WSJ. John taught The Sociology of Leadership in both undergrad and graduate levels at The Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. John holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering from Purdue University - Engineering Physics and Engineering Management.