Steve McCanne

Want to build something small and cute? Well, Steve isn't your man. He thinks big and dreams even bigger. He's a successful serial entrepreneur who has focused on building technologies that optimize applications and the underlying infrastructure that supports them. In the late 90's, he co-founded FastForward Networks, focused on optimizing video over the internet. Inktomi acquired FastForward for over a billion dollars. In 2002, Steve co-founded Riverbed Technology (NASD: RVBD), which now has a $1 billion annual revenue run-rate. So, in essence, you can thank Steve for some of the stuff that makes online video work and for files actually downloading when you click on them. Not too shabby, huh?