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Greg Zippi has spent more than three decades leading sales and marketing teams in nine different startup and growth-stage software companies. The largest, and first, software company he ever joined was Oracle Corporation which had annual revenues of $53 Million when he became a member of the team in 1986. Following his time at Oracle, he’s worked with nine companies, three of which went public, and five were sold to larger enterprises.
Mr. Zippi teaches courses in Professional Sales, Sales Management, and High Tech B2B Sales with an emphasis on early to mid-stage growth organizations. He earned his MBA from Brigham Young University.
Benjamin H. Ball is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners which is a private equity investment firm focused on structuring investments in the information technology markets. Prior to founding Francisco Partners in 1999, Mr. Ball worked for TA Associates, Genstar Capital LLC, AEA Investors,and also for Bain & Company. Mr. Ball received his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and his A.B. from Harvard University. He formerly served on the board of directors of AKQA, CrossMatch Technologies, EF Johnson Technologies, MetaSwitch Networks, Mitel Networks, NP Test, Source Photonics , WatchGuard Technologies, WebTrends and XcelleNet.