About Gary

Gary Andersen was raised on farms his parents rented near small towns in Minnesota. He graduated from high school, one of eight boys in a class of fifteen, then received a BSEE (days) and a BSBA (nights) from the University of Minnesota. Over five decades, he went from designing computer logic and memory systems, to sales and marketing positions with several companies, including Intel Corporation. He and his family moved to the Bay Area in 1975 and to Texas for an expected two years in 1975 and to Texas for an expected two years in 1979, but have remained in Teas. In 1986, he became the sixth CEO of a small, never profitable, 7-year-old high-tech venture-capitalist-backed company. He dramatically grew the company and make it profitable. He managed the company’s successful IPO in 1994 and then left on his 10th anniversary as CEO. He and his wife are actively involved with their family and a wide range of friends.