Bill Wathen has over twenty-five years of experience with the financial management of fast growth technology companies. He has worked as consulting chief financial officer for start-ups including Azul Systems, Membase (now Couchbase), RemarQ Communities, Allegis, and Instill (now iTradeNetwork). Previously, Bill was the CFO of Shasta Networks until it was sold to Nortel Networks for $340M.

Earlier in his career, Bill was the director of finance for the Applications Product Group of Lotus Development, which he joined upon Lotus’ acquisition of Approach Software in 1993, where he was vice president of finance and operations. Prior to Approach, he held various financial management positions at Claris Corporation, NeXT, and Apple.

Bill holds a BS degree from the University of Connecticut and earned a MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.