Robert has more than thirty years of experience working with Silicon Valley technology startups, covering a wide range of responsibilities including: financial planning, accounting, legal, investor relations, audits and attestations, banking relations, HR, facilities, IP strategy and defense and oversight of overseas subsidiaries. Robert was the CFO of Wavefront, which was acquired by VMware, where Robert stayed on to assist with transition matters related to VMware’s acquisition of Wavefront. More recently, Robert was brought in as one of the first advisors to assist the founders of Lacework shortly after incorporation. After leaving VMware, Robert joined Lacework as its COO during a period of formative and rapid growth. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and a Master of Arts in economics from Colorado State University. Robert is a certified management accountant and a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program.