Successful enterprises are a unique combination of talent, vision, passion and commitment. The partners at Storm Ventures have decades of history of working together to provide this formula to industry leading organizations such as Cisco Systems, E-Tek Dynamics, JDS Uniphase, ROLM, Stratacom, Venture Law Group and Wilson Sonsini. Each partner brings a unique set of skills, experience, and network to form a powerful and seasoned team. Complemented by the added knowledge and industry reach of our broad set of limited partners, many of whom are industry executives, Storm delivers a unique and successful combination of market insight, operational experience, and a results oriented culture.

Alex Mendez
Managing Director
alex@stormventures.com

Director: 3Leaf Systems, Adomo, Bivio Networks, Cellfire, Qumu, Qwaq

Alex is a founding general partner of Storm Ventures. He was an investor and CEO/Chairman of Sanera Systems (acquired by McData) and served on the McData Board of Directors until 2007. He was also an investor/Board Member of Airespace (acquired by Cisco). His investment focus is on wireless, data centers (computing & storage) and software (Web 2.0 & Enterprise).

Prior to founding Storm Ventures in October 2000, Alex spent twenty-one years in high tech at ROLM, IBM, Stratacom, and Cisco, holding several executive positions, most recently as an SVP/GM at Cisco. He was part of the founding team of Stratacom which Cisco acquired in 1996. Alex holds a BSEE from Stanford University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University (he serves on the Advisory Board of the GSB). He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He likes to golf, travel, ski, and speaks both Spanish and German fluently.

Executive Assistant:
Michelle Baessler
michelle@stormventures.com