Posted by Tony Perkins on December 16, 2011

AlwaysOn is proud to announce the first annual Power Players West list, honoring the champions of entrepreneurship who are helping the Global Silicon Valley dominate today's technology marketplace

The AlwaysOn Power Players West list honors the most influential people in the banking, venture capital, legal, and accounting world who support the entrepreneurs that are bringing massive technology breakthroughs to a connected, savvy, mobile world. These individuals and their firms are the infrastructure workhorses behind the ideas that make the Global Silicon Valley an incubator for success, creating strong companies, building indispensable products, and bringing prosperity to the world economy.

Smart and aggressive, they span a wide range of talents, from seed investors to accountants to venture capitalists to legal counsel. Angels and seed fund managers may be just the break a small, but powerful idea needs to change the course of technology. Super attorneys, well-versed in the nurturing of small, nimble startups, might help ink a Series A financing round. Savvy venture capitalists might come together to deliver some additional capital when an idea takes hold in the market, and its time to expand.

This year's Power Players West list tops more than 250 players in 11 categories and highlights a impressive range of talents available for startup entrepreneurs with the right ideas and mindsets to break away from the pack. The AlwaysOn editorial team scoured the Global Silicon Valley to identify this year's list of people who are behind the startup founders that are creating high-growth businesses and ensuring they will offer huge upside potential for their investors.

Congratulations to this year's Power Players West winners. As the top venture capital-backed technology companies continue to bring new, innovative products and services to the world, they're backed by the people from this list. There's nothing they can't achieve, no success that's out of reach, and no exit that's too large.

Tony Perkins is the founder and editor of AlwaysOn.

 

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The winners of this competition will be officially honored at:

Venture Summit Silicon Valley 2011
Where Big Ideas Meet Big Money
December 13th-14th, 2011
The Ritz Carlton
Half Moon Bay, CA

The fifth Venture Summit Silicon Valley is a two-day executive gathering that highlights the members of the Power Players West list and the top venture capital-backed technology companies. Ventture Summit Silicon Valley is also attended by the most powerful members of the Global Silicon Valley media.

Click here to see current program, reserve your ticket, or learn more about Venture Summit Silicon Valley 2011.

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Now is the time to get on board. Whether you are looking for new investments, strategic partners or clients in the Global Silicon Valley, Venture Summit Silicon Valley is the insider event you won't want to miss. We hope to see you there!

The conference is only a couple of weeks away. Register today to secure your 25% savings.

Introducing the Power Players West List:

The Accountants

Packy Kelly
Partner and Co-Head, US Venture Capital Practice
KPMG

Conor Moore
Partner
KPMG

Andrew Cotton
Partner
Ernst & Young

Tim de Kay
Partner
Deloitte & Touche

Mark Jensen
Managing Partner, Technology Venture Capital Services
Deloitte & Touche

Lisa Portnoy
Managing Director and West Coast Technology Leader
Ernst & Young

Greg Vlahos
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Danny Wallace
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

The AlwaysOn Hall of Fame

Bill Draper
General Partner
Draper Richards

Dick Kramlich
Chairman and Co-Founder
New Enterprise Associates

Regis McKenna
Founder
Regis McKenna Inc.

Tom Perkins
Partner Emeritus
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Larry Sonsini
Chairman, Co-Founder, and Partner
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati

Don Valentine
Co-Founder and Partner
Sequoia Capital

The Investment Bankers

Paul Deninger
Senior Managing Director
Evercore Partners

Michael Grimes
Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking
Morgan Stanley

Imran Khan
Head, Internet Banking
Credit Suisse

Paul Kwan
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley

George Lee
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

Michael Millman
Managing Direcotry
J.P. Morgan

Michael Montgomery
President
Montgomery & Co.

Kelly Porter
Managing Director
Woodside Capital Partners

Frank Quattrone
Co-Founder
Qatalyst Group

Kurt Simon
Co-Head, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Unit
J.P. Morgan

Ivan Brockman
Managing Director
Blackstone Group

Kevin Covert
Founder and President
Covert & Co.

David Siemer
Founder
Siemer & Associates

The Big Company Players

Rob Adams
Senior Director of Corporate Development
Cisco Systems

Amy Banse
Managing Director and Head of Funds
Comcast

Peter Barry
Head of Venture Capital and Startups
Vodafone Ventures

James Beer
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Symantec

Ken Berryman
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
BMC Software

Jeff Blackburn
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Amazon

Marc Brown
Managing Director, Corporate Development
Microsoft

Shawn Colo
Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Demand Media

Sachin Deshpande
Director of Product Management
Qualcomm Services Lab

Pascal Di Fronzo
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Autodesk

David Drummond
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer
Google

Mike Foley
Vice President, Corporate Development
Electronic Arts

Gary Fuges
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development
Valueclick

Clarence Hinton
Vice President, Corporate Development
BMC Software

Steve Hoover
CEO
PARC

Jason Hurst
Senior Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
VMware

David Johnson
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Dell

Brian Kang
Managing Director
Samsung Ventures

Nagraj Kashyap
Vice President, Ventures
Qualcomm Ventures

Douglas Kehring
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning
Oracle

David Krantz
President and CEO
AT&T Interactive

Joe Kraus
Partner
Google Ventures

Vinay Kundaje
Executive Director of Corporate Business Development
AT&T

Lisa Lambert
Managing Director, Software and Services Group
Intel Capital

Matt Langdon
Vice President, Corporate Development
TIBCO

David Lawee
Vice President, Corporate Development
Google

John Leckrone
Director of Venture Development
Adobe Systems

Dan'l Lewin
Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business Development
Microsoft

Claudia Fan Munce
Managing Director, Venture Capital Group
IBM

Nino Marakovic
CEO and Managing Director
SAP Ventures

Bill Maris
Partner
Google Ventures

Lorraine McDonough
Vice President, Corporate Development
eBay

Kristina Omari
Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions
Adobe Systems

Michal Paull
Executive Vice President, Global Digital Business
Sony Music

Adrian Perica
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Apple

Sanjay Poonen
President and Corporate Officer, Global Solutions
SAP

Dan Rose
Vice President of Partnerships and Platform Marketing
Facebook

Anne-Marie Roussel
Head of Acquisitions and Partnerships
Sharp Labs of America

Harshul Sanghi
Managing Partner
AMEX Ventures, Enterprise Growth

Michael Smith
Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Development
AOL

Vaughan Smith
Mobile, Corporate and Business Development
Facebook

John Somorjai
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy
Salesforce.com

Rakesh Sood
Venture Advisor
DoCoMo Capital

Kevin Thau
Vice President of Business and Corporate Development
Twitter

Rob Trice
Senior Managing Director
SK Telecom Ventures

Angela Tucci
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Symantec

David Wallerstein
Senior Executive Vice President, International
Tencent

Paul Weiskopf
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Adobe Systems

Amin Zoufonoun
Director, Corporate Development
Facebook

Shawn Douglass
Managing Director
EMC Ventures

The Commercial Bankers

Sam Bhaumik
Executive Vice President
Square 1 Bank

Bob Blee
Northern California Head of Growth Stage Finance
Silicon Valley Bank

Gerald Brady
Managing Director, Venture Capital Group
Silicon Valley Bank

John China
Head of Relationship Management, Venture Capital and Private Equity Division
SVB Financial Group

Mike Field
Executive Vice President
Bridge Bank

Philip Korn
Managing Director
First Republic Bank

Ed Lambert
Senior Vice President
Bridge Bank

Sunita Patel
Managing Director, Venture Capital Group
Comerica

Michael Selfridge
Head of Growth Stage Finance
Silicon Valley Bank

Steve Smith
Executive Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank

The Hollywood Insiders

Steve Beeks
President and Co-Chief Operating Officer
Lions Gate Entertainment

Jeff Berg
Chairman and CEO
ICM

Paul Bricoult
Venture Partner
Greycroft Partners

David Canter
President and CEO
DEC Management

Michael Eisner
Founder
The Tornante Company

Michael Jones
CEO
MySpace

Joel Katz
Founding Shareholder, Co-Managing Shareholder Emeritus
Greenberg Taurig

Eric Kuhn
Social Media Agent
United Talent Agency

Michael Lambert
CEO
Lambert Media

Jarl Mohn
Private Investor

Aviv "Vivi" Nevo
Private Investor
NV Investments

Michael Ovitz
Super Agent

Thomas Tull
Founder
Legendary Entertainment

Jim Wiatt
Strategic Advisor to AOL
AOL

Michael Yanover
Head of Business Development
Creative Artists Agency

The Secondary Market Players

Michael Moe
CEO
GSV Asset Management, GSV Advisors, and GSV Capital

Hans Swildens
Founder and Managing Director
Industry Ventures

David Weir
CEO
SharesPost

The Lawyers

Jonathan Bloch
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

T. Hale Boggs
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Craig Dauchy
Partner and Head of the Venture Capital Practice
Cooley

Gordon Davidson
Chairman
Fenwick & West

Scott Dettmer
Partner
Gunderson, Dettmer

Bob Gunderson
Founding Partner
Gunderson, Dettmer

Mike Jacobs
Partner
Morrison & Foerster

Eric Jensen
Partner and Chair, Business Development
Cooley

Jeff Saper
Vice Chairmman and Partner
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati

Mark Stevens
Partner
Fenwick & West

Jordan Yospe
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Private Equity Players

Roger McNamee
Managing Partner
Elevation Partners

Adam Grosser
Board Member and Venture Investor
Silver Lake

The Super Angels

Michael Arrington
General Partner
CrunchFund

Andy Bechtolsheim
Founder, Chairman, Chief Development Officer
Astra Networks

Marc Benioff
Founder and CEO
Salesforce.com

Jeff Bezos
Founder and CEO
Amazon

Bill Campbell
Chairman
Intuit

Jeff Clavier
Managing Partner
SoftTech VC

Ron Conway
Founder and Partner
Silicon Valley Angel

Mark Cuban
Owner
Dallas Mavericks/Terawatt Ventures

Paul Graham
Partner
Y Combinator

Bill Joy
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Max Levchin
Founder and CEO
Slide

Mike Maples
Founding Partner
Floodgate

Dave McClure
Founding Partner
500 Startups

Sean Parker
Co-Founder and President
Airtime

Kevin Rose
Co-Founder and CEO
Milk

Chris Sacca
Founder and Partner
Lowercase Capital

Mark Suster
General Partner
GRP Partners

Peter Thiel
Managing Partner and President
Founders Fund, Clarium Capital Management

The Venture Capitalists

Marc Andreessen
General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz

Navin Chaddha
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund

Brian Ascher
Partner
Venrock

Peter Barris
Board Member, Institutional Investor, Managing General Partner
New Enterprise Associates

William Baumel
Managing Director
RWI Ventures

Aneel Bhusri
Partner
Greylock Partners

George Bischof
General Partner
Meritech Capital Partners

James Boettcher
General Partner
Focus Ventures

Roelof Botha
Partner
Sequoia Capital

Jim Breyer
Managing Partner
Accel Partners

Jeff Brody
Founding Partner
Redpoint Ventures

Jon Callaghan
Founder and Managing Partner
True Ventures

Shawn Carolan
Managing Partner
Menlo Ventures

Todd Chaffee
General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners

Rob Chandra
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Tim Chang
Managing Director
Mayfield Fund

Rob Chaplinsky
Managing Director
Bridgescale Partners

David Choa
Co-Founder and General Partner
DCM

Patrick Chung
Partner
New Enterprise Associates

Ronald Chwang
General and Managing Partner
iD Ventures America

David Cowan
General and Managing Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Sean Dalton
Managing General Partner
Highland Capital Partners

Robert Davoli
Managing Director
Sigma Partners

Ken DeAngelis
General Partner
Austin Ventures

Byron Deeter
Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Richard DeSilva
General Partner
Highland Capital Partners

John Doerr
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Tim Draper
Founder and Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Kevin Efrusy
General Partner
Accel Partners

Barry Eggers
General Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Brad Feld
Managing Director
Foundry Group

Peter Fenton
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

Sameer Gandhi
General Partner
Accel Partners

Venky Ganesan
Managing Director
Globespan Capital Partners

Michael Goguen
General Partner
Sequoia Capital

Bing Gordon
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Mike Gordon
Managing Director
Meritech Capital Partners

Mark Gorenberg
Managing Director
Hummer Winblad

Gregory Gretsch
Managing Director
Sigma Partners

Bill Gurley
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

John Hamm
General Partner
VSP Capital

Promod Haque
Managing Partner
NorWest Venture Partners

Fredric Harman
General Partner
Oak Investment Partners

Stephen Harrick
Managing Director and General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners

Howard Hartenbaum
General Partner
August Capital

Kevin Harvey
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

Jay Hoag
General Partner
Technology Crossover Ventures

Reid Hoffman
Partner and Executive Chairman
Greylock Partners, LinkedIn

Ben Horowitz
Co-Founder and General Partner
Andreessen Horowitz

Bob Hower
General Partner
Advanced Technology Ventures

Gary Hromadko
Venture Partner
Crosslink Capital

Ron Hunt
Managing Director
Sprout Group

Ross Jaffe
Managing Director
Versant Ventures

Deepak Kamra
Partner
Canaan Partners

Vinod Khosla
Founder
Khosla Ventures

Kittu Kolluri
Partner
New Enterprise Associates

Steve Krausz
General Partner
US Venture Partners

Michael Kwatinetz
General Partner
Azure Capital Partners

Ray Lane
Managing Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Roger Lee
Partner
Battery Ventures

Cameron Lester
Partner
Azure Capital Partners

Shmil Levy
Director of Media
Sequoia Capital

Jeremy Liew
Managing Director
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Larry Marcus
Managing Partner
Walden Venture Capital

Paul Matteucci
General Partner
US Venture Partners

Tom Mawhinney
General Partner
Jafco Ventures America

Greg McAdoo
Partner
Sequoia Capital

Matt McIlwain
Managing Director
Madrona Venture Group

Kevin McQuillan
General Partner
Focus Ventures

Mary Meeker
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Ravi Mhatre
Board Member, Venture Investor
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Sandy Miller
General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners

Michael Moritz
Board Observer
Sequoia Capital

Matt Murphy
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Hany Nada
Partner
GGV Capital

Rory O'Driscoll
Managing Director
Scale Venture Partners

Arnold Oronsky
General Partner
InterWest Partners

Larry Orr
Partner
Trinity Ventures

Shervin Pishevar
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures

Jason Pressman
Managing Director
Shasta Ventures

William Quigley
Managing Director
Clearstone Venture Partners

Theresia Ranzetta
Partner
Accel Partners

Nate Redmond
Managing Partner
Rustic Canyon

Joanna Rees
Founder and Partner
VSP Capital

Danny Rimer
Partner
Index Ventures

Gordon Ritter
General Partner
Emergence Capital Partners

Scott Rocklage
Managing Partner
5AM Ventures

Scott Sandell
General Partner
New Enterprise Associates

Shirish Sathaye
General Partner
Matrix Partners

Ted Schlein
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Dana Settle
Partner
Greycroft Partners

Carl Showalter
Partner
Opus Capital

John Simon
Managing Director
General Catalyst Partners

Glenn Solomon
Partner
GGV Capital

George Still
Managing Partner
NorWest Venture Partners

David Sze
Board Member and Venture Investor
Greylock Ventures

Daniel Turner
Managing Director and General Partner
Montreux Equity Partners

Scott Ungerer
Managing Partner
EnerTech Capital

Mike Volpi
Partner
Index Ventures

John Walecka
Founding Partner
Redpoint Ventures

Rob Ward
Managing Director
Meritech Capital Partners

David Weiden
General Partner
Khosla Ventures

Jim White
Managing Director
Sutter Hill Ventures

Ann Winblad
General Partner
Hummer Winblad

Rich Wong
General Partner
Accel Partners

Bill Woodward
Managing Director
Anthem Venture Partners

Geoff Yang
Partner
Redpoint Ventures

Ben Yu
Managing Director
Sierra Ventures

George Zachary
Partner
Charles River Ventures

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