Niti brings over 17 years of marketing and management experience to her clients. Prior to founding Stage 4 Solutions in 2001, she was the Director of Product Marketing for Agile Software, a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management solutions. Previously, at HP, Niti led the team responsible for a $400M PC server product line. In this role, she was responsible for managing channel inventory, forecasting, pricing, service and support operations, end of life transitions and new product introductions. She was a certified CPA, early in her career.

Niti has been a frequent speaker at industry associations, Astia, Silicon Valley Product Management Association, Software Development Forum and the Business Marketing Association, and at leading business schools - Stanford University, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and Santa Clara University.

Niti has an MBA from Stanford University and a BS in Accounting and Finance with highest honors from The Wharton School of Business. She currently serves on the board of the Northern California Business Marketing Association.

Karen is a skilled recruiting professional with over 10 years of experience in the high-technology industry. Previously, she was Senior Technical Recruiter/Staffing Manager at Citrix Systems, where she directed an 8-person team to successfully initiate, negotiate and manage working relationships with both hiring managers and HR business partners. Karen has a strong background in account management, recruiting, sales and marketing, from working with Citrix Systems, Google, and Computer Horizons.

Karen holds a BA in Psychology from Boston College, and an MA in Human Resource Management from New York University.

Michael has a background in integrated marketing communications, sales, social media and web design. He was recently at Mobibucks where he generated and managed multiple awareness programs for a new digital payment service. Michael has gained valuable marketing experience at companies such as The Exodus Group, and World Financial Group.

Michael holds a BA in Commerce and Marketing from Santa Clara University.

Ann is a highly effective international marketing manager with over 20 years of experience in marketing for RFID, software, internet, computer hardware and software distribution firms. Previously, Ann was an SEO and Web Analytics consultant for Atamo, Inc. She has a strong background in international, channel, and partner marketing, as well as sales planning, training and execution, from working with Omni-ID, Hyporium.com, and GE Access.

Ann studied Business, Finance, Computing and Marketing at The University of Reading.

Stephen brings over 20 years of accounting, finance, and marketing experience to clients. As Financial Business Analyst with Cisco Systems Capital, he managed a portfolio of hybrid equipment leases, and trained 150 local and remote colleagues on the new hybrid lease process. Stephen's previous experiences include positions as Sponsorship Marketing Program Manager, Senior Financial Analyst and Accounts Receivable Supervisor at HP, Apple and Clorox.

Steve holds a BS from UC Berkeley and an MA in Sports and Fitness Management from the University of San Francisco.

Kerry has over 20 years of integrated marketing communications, PR, advertising, internal communications, and sales promotion experience, working with Cadence Design Systems, IR Corportation, and Bourns. As Group Director of Corporate Marketing at Cadence, Kerry created a team of senior integrated marketing professionals that developed strategic go-to-market and integrated marketing plans.

Kerry holds a BA in Professional Studies and Fine Arts from San Diego State University.

Kathryn has over 19 years of experience in a variety of product strategy, management and marketing positions with industry leaders Microsoft, Quantum, HP and IBM. At Microsoft, she directed product planning and strategy for MSN TV, marketed Internet Explorer, and launched Windows 98.

Kathryn holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of Chicago.

Lillian has over 15 years of experience in product lifecycle management and in leading cross-functional, cross-organizational, global teams through her work at HP and NetScout Systems. As Senior Product Manager at HP, Lillian delivered enterprise IT management solutions for heterogeneous, virtualized data centers that monitor servers, storage, networks and applications.

Lillian holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Ron has over 20 years of IT operations, product management and product marketing experience through his work at Tandem Computers, Golden Gate Software, HP, Sandisk, Citrix Systems and Spyrus. As Director of Product Management and Marketing at Spyrus, Ron managed and marketed brand and product awareness for encryption, authentication and storage products. Ron is a Master Business Continuity Professional and member of the Business Continuity Institute, inventor of two storage patents, and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Ron holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of San Francisco.

Karen has over 12 years of product marketing experience in the healthcare, financial services, and high-technology verticals. As Director of Global Strategy – Product Marketing and Marketing Operations for Philips Healthcare Informatics, Karen reversed nine quarters of market share decline and drove a 2-point market share gain. While working as a Product Marketing Consultant with McAfee, McKesson and Intel, Karen managed go-to-market planning, thought leadership, positioning, sales tools and competitive analysis.

Karen holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business.

Ram has over 20 years of experience in a variety of product marketing and product management positions at IBM, Nortel, Sun Microsystems, Veritas, and Symantec. Ram was the Senior Manager of Product Marketing for Symantec's rapidly growing Storage and Availability Consulting Services business. Prior to Symantec's acquisition of Veritas, Ram was Senior Product Marketing Manager for Veritas Storage Foundation, the industry's leading storage management software solution.

Ram has a BA with majors in Economics and History from University of California, Santa Cruz and an MBA from San Jose State University.

Stuart brings over 20 years of experience driving marketing strategies, programs, operations and communications working with Cisco Systems, Genesys Telecom and Aspect Telecommunications. As SMB Market Manager at Cisco Systems, Stuart directed all aspects of marketing to the segment in 135 countries. While Senior Field Marketing Manager at Genesys, he developed, managed, and marketed tools and content used by global sales and channels.

Stuart holds a BA in English from the University of Colorado, and an MS in International Business from St. Mary's College.

Steve has over 20 years of experience working in a variety of product and solutions marketing roles at Hitachi Data Systems, Symantec, NetApp, Panasas, and ONStor. As Senior Manager of Virtualization and Cloud Solutions Marketing at BlueArc, Steve effectively launched their presence in the enterprise virtualization space – including server virtualization, VDI, and cloud computing.

Steve holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Lancaster, UK.

Maryling has over 12 years of experience in strategy development and marketing working with Bain, Syndeo Corporation and CommPartners. At Syndeo, Maryling was Senior Director of Product Marketing, assisting the CEO in the closing of $75 million funding from strategic investors including AOL Time Warner, Comcast and Intel.

Maryling holds three degrees from Stanford University - Bachelors in International Relations, Masters in International Development Policy and an MBA.