Paul Ferri

ArrowPoint Communications, Inc. provides web switches to optimize e-commerce transactions and delivery of web content. The company designs products such as CS-100 & CS-800 to enhance the performance, scalability, reliability and security of customer's websites and to route requests for web content to the network server. The company's major customers are EMC, Exodus Communications, Global Crossing, NaviSite and Road Runner.

Sonus, Inc. provides networked solutions for communications service providers and enterprises to help them advance, protect, and unify their communications and improve collaboration. Its products include session border controllers, policy/routing servers, media and signalling gateways and network analytics tools. The company's solutions address the need for communications service providers and enterprises to seamlessly link and leverage multivendor, multiprotocol communications systems and applications across their networks, around the world and in a rapidly changing ecosystem of IP-enabled devices such as smartphones and tablets. Sonus was founded in August 1997 and is headquartered in Westford, MA.

Netezza Corp. provides enterprise data warehouse appliances. The company was founded by Jitender S. Saxena and Foster D. Hinshaw in 2000 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Veveo, Inc. designs and provides search and discovery solutions for mobile device manufacturers and TV providers. It specializes in personalized search solutions that can be applied in searching phone numbers, restaurants, movies, bands, and TV channels. The company was founded by Murali Aravamudan and Ajit Rajasekharan in 2004 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Aylus Networks, Inc. provides real-time multimedia sharing solutions. It products include mobile video calling, conferencing, broadcast and feature server, video interconnect server, and Aylus videocast. The company was founded by Shamim Naqvi in 2005 and is headquartered in Westford, MA.

Verivue, Inc. provided digital content delivery and distribution solutions. The firm specialized in bandwidth optimization, high quality video streaming, mobile data acceleration, content delivery network (CDN) management, and cloud edge optimization. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Westford, MA.

Matrix Capital Management Co. LP (Matrix) is an independent registered investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by David E. Goel and Paul J. Ferri in 1999. Matrix serves as the manager or management firm, as the case may be, with discretionary investment authority to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis.

Matrix Management Corp. (Matrix Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 by Paul Ferri. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts with additional offices in China and India.

Argon Networks, Inc. was a developer and manufacturer of WAN service platforms that enables the simultaneous deployment of internet, video and voice. It used to manufacture service-provider equipment with wire-speed IP routing and ATM switching. The company was headquartered in Littleton, MA

Part of Oracle Corp., Bytex Corp is a company that specializes in switches and electronic applications. The company is based in Westborough, MA. Bytex was acquired by Network Systems Corp. on November 17, 1993 for $44.81 million.

Empirix, Inc. provides testing and management solutions. It offers testing and quality assurance of IP communications networks for equipment manufacturers, network service providers, and call center enterprises. The firm’s products include Testing as a Service, OneSight, PACE, VoiceWatch, Hammer, E-XMS, IntelliSight, and RAN Vision. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Redstone Communications, based in Westford, MA, was founded in September 1997 to design, develop and market service provider solutions that address the scalability, performance, reliability and quality of service issues associated with the transformation of the public Internet

Part of RTX Corp., Xyplex, Inc. is a company that specializes in computer terminals and equipment. The company is based in Boxboro, MA. Xyplex was acquired by Raytheon Co., part of RTX Corp. from April 03, 2020 on October 11, 1994 for $171 million.

Winphoria Networks, Inc. manufactures wireless communications equipment used in the cellular telecommunications industry. The company was founded by Murali Aravamudan and Shamim Naqvi on March 15, 2000 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Ericsson Evdo, Inc. provided small cell solutions for mobile network operators. Its small cell solutions help operators cope with the exploding usage of mobile data by offloading traffic from the macro radio access network (RAN), leveraging existing fixed broadband internet connections for backhaul. It's product portfolio includes HubBub Femtocells, a code division multiple access, which provides simultaneous support for EV-DO Rev and Femtocell Service Manager, a TR-069 standard-based, scalable management, and auto-configuration platform for HubBub and third-party femtocell deployments. The company was founded by Sanjeev Verma and Vedat Eyuboglu in 2000 and was headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Codex Corp. provides software and hardware services. The private company is based in Maple Grove, MN.

VITAL Network Services, Inc. is an independent network support organization delivering data, unified communications, and wireless network lifecycle solutions for resellers, integrators, and carriers. It also offers maintenance, network management, integration, and other professional services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.