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Michael Malcolm previously founded two California-based public companies: Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), and CacheFlow Inc. Network Appliance pioneered the concept of network-attached storage appliances, and is now recognized as the leading developer and manufacturer of these high-performance network filers. Malcolm served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Network Appliance until 1994. CacheFlow, Inc. also created a new category: Internet caching appliances. Malcolm acted as chairman and CEO of CacheFlow until 1999. Prior to founding Network Appliance, Malcolm spent five years as a technical and business advisor to senior executives at Auspex Systems, Sun Microsystems, Quantum Corporation, Tandem Computers, and various venture capital firms. Before that, he served five years as chairman and CEO of Canada's Waterloo Microsystems, Inc.
Malcolm holds Ph.D. and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University, and bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Denver. As a tenured associate professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo, he directed one of the most prominent research projects in Canada. Malcolm holds numerous U.S. and foreign patents in computing and computer networking. | 