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Management Team
Michael Crandell, CEO and Founder
Michael has worked as CEO or EVP for 10 years in Internet-based, software-as-a-service companies, including eFax (Internet fax) and Celebros (e-commerce search). Earlier, he founded and ran two software companies in document creation and communications. Michael is equally comfortable with the business and technology sides of a company, and has experience taking a company from early stage to IPO. Michael received his B.A. from Stanford University with graduate studies at Harvard University.
Thorsten von Eicken, CTO and Founder
Before joining RightScale Inc., Thorsten was Chief Architect at Expertcity.com and Citrix Online, makers of GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, and GoToAssist. He was responsible for the overall architecture of these online services and also managed the 24/7 datacenter operations which allowed him to acquire deep knowledge in deploying and running secure scalable online services. Thorsten received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and was a professor of computer science at Cornell University.
Rafael H. Saavedra, VP of Engineering and Founder
Before joining RightScale Inc., Rafael was Director of Software Development at Expertcity/Citrix Online where he was in charge of the Applications group. He was also the release lead of the GoToMeeting product. Before Citrix Online, he worked at Tensor Biosciences as VP of Technology. Rafael was a faculty member in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Southern California and got his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley.
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