An experienced finance executive, Gerald Hatley has spent his entire career in the high-tech hardware, software, and energy industries, where he helped lead an IPO and multiple acquisition and financing transactions. Prior to his role as chief financial officer at Wowza Media Systems, Gerald served as the vice president and controller for two publicly traded companies, Sirenza Microdevices and Dot Hill Systems, and in other financial capacities at Level 3 Communications and a start-up energy company. He also spent more than five years in the San Jose office of Ernst & Young LLP, most recently as an audit manager, where he was a certified public accountant. He has an MBA from the University of Colorado and a BS in business administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.