Jerry Fiddler :: Director

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wind River

Fiddler pioneered off-the-shelf embedded software with the establishment of Wind River (Nasdaq:WIND) in 1981. Under Fiddler's tenure, Wind River has grown to become the leading provider of device software worldwide, has achieved over $400M in annual sales and a market capitalization over $1 B. While building an international organization, Fiddler gained a reputation as an expert in the design and implementation of real-time systems, from the commonplace like digital cameras and routers, to the exotic like the Mars Rovers.

Besides db4objects, Mr. Fiddler sits on several other corporate boards including Wind River, Tensilica, Crossbow, Nanochip, and Solazyme, a biotech startup based in Menlo Park where he also assumed the role of the chairman. In addition he serves on a number of advisory and nonprofit boards.

He has worked actively both with students and in an advisory capacity at a number of universities, including University of California, Berkeley, Wharton, and University of Illinois. Currently, he is an executive-in-residence, and an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley in the engineering school.

He received a BA in music and photography, and an MS in computer science, both from University of Illinois.