Our Board is comprised of a strong, balanced blend of skills and experience, allowing it to offer guidance in the core areas important to Compellent. The Board of Directors provides our management team additional resources, experience and insight as to the best way to launch, build and grow a successful business.
Philip E. Soran, Chairman, President and CEO, Compellent Technologies
John Guider, Chief Operating Officer, Compellent Technologies
Charles Beeler has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2002. Since 1999, Mr. Beeler has been a General Partner of El Dorado Ventures, a venture capital firm. Prior to 1999, Mr. Beeler was an Investment Manager with Piper Jaffray Ventures Technology Funds, a venture investing arm of Piper Jaffray & Co., a financial services company. Mr. Beeler received a B.A. in Economics from Colby College and an M.B.A. in entrepreneurial studies from the Wharton School.
Neel Sarkar has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2005. Since 2002, Mr. Sarkar has been with Centennial Ventures, a venture capital firm, and has been a Managing Director since December 2005. Mr. Sarkar previously served as a Principal of Centennial Ventures from December 2003 to December 2005 and as an Associate from January 2002 to December 2003. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Sarkar was with Dell, Inc., a computer company, where he most recently served as Director of Strategy and Business Development for the server and storage division. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Sarkar was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, a management consulting company. From 1993 to 1998, he served in various operations, management, supply chain and information technology strategy positions with divisions of General Electric Co., a diversified industrial corporation, and Exelon Corporation, a power general services company. Mr. Sarkar received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
David Spreng has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2006. Since 1998, Mr. Spreng has been a Managing General Partner of Crescendo Ventures, a venture capital firm he founded. Mr. Spreng is active with the World Economic Forum and is a member of the board of directors of the National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Spreng received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Minnesota.
Sven A. Wehrwein has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2007. Mr. Wehrwein has over 30 years of experience in accounting, finance and investment banking. Since 1999, Mr. Wehrwein has provided financial consulting services to emerging growth companies. Mr. Wehrwein previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Digi International Inc., a networking solutions company, and Instent, Inc., a medical device company. Mr. Wehrwein also serves on the board of directors of Image Sensing Systems, Inc., a video imaging development company, Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., a medical device company, Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company, and Vital Images, Inc., a visualization software company. Mr. Wehrwein received an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a certified public accountant.