ABOUT

We bring commitment and operational expertise to our portfolio companies. Xova offers focused investing strategies that leverage lessons learned across markets, industries, and business models so that we can better evaluate opportunities and quickly add value and grow our companies.

Brett founded Xova to pursue his passion for creating great businesses. He has over 30 years of executive and entrepreneurial experience in the technology industry. Brett has brought together technology, product, and business expertise to innovate and deliver a stream of successful product businesses. He has done so in positions of steadily increasing responsibility, across very small and very large organizations. Brett’s previous roles include: SVP of the Network Services Group and Enterprise Strategy at Cisco Systems, CEO of Airespace (acquired by Cisco in 2005), co-founder, COO, and later CEO of Packeteer (IPO in 1999), and Director of Engineering for Metricom.  Brett holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University.