Profile
Prior to assuming an advisory role with Alloy Ventures, Mr. Sanders was a Partner in the firm.
After a successful entrepreneurial career, he became a venture capitalist in 1987.
He was the founding president of Komag and of TransImage, and was the first vice president of sales and marketing of Shugart Associates, growing sales from $0 to $170M.
He was also an early individual investor and director of Archive, a very successful public magnetic storage company where he worked with Craig Taylor.
Mr. Sanders also had responsibilities in engineering and marketing at Ampex and Iomec, Inc., prior to beginning his entrepreneurial career.
Mr. Sanders received a BS in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University (1959) and his MBA at the University of Santa Clara (1969).
He is a director of Alacritech, a provider of data acceleration solutions.
Former positions of W. Ferrell Sanders
| Companies | Position | End |
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Alloy Ventures, Inc.
 Alloy Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Alloy Ventures, Inc. is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1984 by Craig C. Taylor, John F. Shoch and Tony Di Bona. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 30/01/2010 |
Alacritech, Inc.
 Alacritech, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Alacritech, Inc. provides storage network acceleration solutions. It offers ANX 1500 network file system (NFS) acceleration appliance, a network storage throughput appliance that provides a performance layer to the existing network-attached storage, as well as improves the performance of a NAS infrastructure. Alacritech was founded by Laurence Bernard Boucher in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Archive.com
 Archive.com Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Part of Axway Software SA, Archive.com is a company that operates an Internet portal providing mail archiving services. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. Archive.com was acquired by Cyclone Commerce, Inc. on December 15, 2002. | Director/Board Member | - |
Komag, Inc.
 Komag, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Komag, Inc. is a independent supplier of thin-film disks, the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data in computers and consumer appliances. It was founded in 1983 and led the industry in production volume and technology for thin-film disks. It has capitalized on it's technological strength in thin-film processes and manufacturing capabilities to achieve and maintain position as a supplier to the thin-film media market | President | - |
Pharsight Corp.
 Pharsight Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pharsight's products and services help drugmakers build and shape their pipelines and decrease time and money spent on development. Using computer simulation, statistics, and data analysis along with pharmacology, disease and drug modeling, genetics, and databases of biologic information, Pharsight helps clients determine drug-development targets. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of W. Ferrell Sanders
| North Carolina State University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Santa Clara University | Masters Business Admin |
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Komag, Inc.
Komag, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Komag, Inc. is a independent supplier of thin-film disks, the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data in computers and consumer appliances. It was founded in 1983 and led the industry in production volume and technology for thin-film disks. It has capitalized on it's technological strength in thin-film processes and manufacturing capabilities to achieve and maintain position as a supplier to the thin-film media market | Electronic Technology |
Alloy Ventures, Inc.
Alloy Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Alloy Ventures, Inc. is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1984 by Craig C. Taylor, John F. Shoch and Tony Di Bona. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Pharsight Corp.
Pharsight Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Pharsight's products and services help drugmakers build and shape their pipelines and decrease time and money spent on development. Using computer simulation, statistics, and data analysis along with pharmacology, disease and drug modeling, genetics, and databases of biologic information, Pharsight helps clients determine drug-development targets. | Technology Services |
Alacritech, Inc.
Alacritech, Inc. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Alacritech, Inc. provides storage network acceleration solutions. It offers ANX 1500 network file system (NFS) acceleration appliance, a network storage throughput appliance that provides a performance layer to the existing network-attached storage, as well as improves the performance of a NAS infrastructure. Alacritech was founded by Laurence Bernard Boucher in 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Electronic Technology |
Archive.com
Archive.com Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Part of Axway Software SA, Archive.com is a company that operates an Internet portal providing mail archiving services. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. Archive.com was acquired by Cyclone Commerce, Inc. on December 15, 2002. | Technology Services |
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