Kim Niederman

KIM NIEDERMAN is President and CEO of Longboard, Inc. He has more than
20 years of successful leadership experience in the high-tech industry,
having held various senior management positions. Most recently, he was
Vice President of Worldwide Sales for start-up RadioLAN, a developer of
high-speed wireless LANs. Prior to RadioLAN, Mr. Niederman was Vice
President of Sales at FORE Systems, where he was responsible for
doubling the North American operation to a $225 million run rate within
12 months and merging FORE’s $800 million acquisition of Alantec. He
spent five years at Cisco Systems where he held numerous sales executive
positions (one of the original sales executives), including Director of
Central Operations and Director of Worldwide Sales. As Managing
Director, he started Cisco’s Switching Division that comprised
acquisitions ‘ Crescendo, Kalpana and Grand Junction ‘ and was
instrumental in propelling sales from a $14 million to a $400 million
run rate in just 14 months. Earlier in his career, he held sales
management positions at Wang Laboratories (reporting to John Chambers)
and served as CEO of Hallmark Industries. Mr. Niederman is a Board
Member and Technical Advisor to several Silicon Valley startups. He
holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Denver.