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Mr. Ortalda joined HighWired in March 2004. For over 15 years, Ortalda has been a senior financial executive serving various Silicon Valley technology companies. He is experienced in raising venture capital and angel financing, building and running finance, accounting and administration functions planning and strategic consulting to CEOs and other senior management. Ortalda gained his accounting experience through international CPA firm Hurdman & Cranstoun (now KPMG) in San Francisco. He has also served as Treasurer and Finance VP for Synchron Networks, a venture-backed Internet infrastructure software startup. Ortalda has also worked with HP, Citibank, MSI and Servio and has been on the advisory boards of a number of companies.
Ortalda holds a Bachelor of Commercial Science Accounting from Santa Clara University. He is the author of How to Live Within Your Means and Still Finance Your Dreams (Simon & Schuster, 1990). | 