Jerry L. Fiddler

Founder/Chairman - Wind River Systems

Jerry Fiddler is the principal/CEO of Zygote Ventures. He has helped create and grow a number of companies, as CEO, director, chairman, investor and advisor. Mr. Fiddler is the founder of Wind River, which became a leading provider of device software worldwide, and was for 23 years its CEO and Chairman. He is currently the Chairman of Solazyme, a biotech company using algae to make oil for food, energy, industrial, and health applications. Mr. Fiddler also sits on several other corporate boards, including Bolt Threads, Nanomix, and NexSteppe. Jerry Fiddler serves on the UC President’s advisory board on science and innovation. He is a member of the foundation board of Chabot Space & Science Center, and a trustee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and the California Jazz Conservatory. He has been Foundation Capital executive-in-residence, and adjunct professor at UC Berkeley, teaching entrepreneurship and organizational behavior. He has worked actively both with students and in an advisory capacity at a number of universities, including University of California/Berkeley, Stanford, Wharton, and University of Illinois.

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Celia Gilbert	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, Bill Foster, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Betty Sutton, John F Tierney, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, America Coming Together, Christine Jennings, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, David Cicilline, John Waltz, David Michael Gill, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund
Thomas Safran	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, America Coming Together, PAC for a Change, Moise C Waltner, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, David Cicilline, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund, Michael Eggman
Stephen M Silberstein	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Moise C Waltner, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, Jose M Hernandez, Pete Gallego, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Michael Eggman
John Koza	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, Bill Foster, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Citizen Soldier Fund, America Coming Together, Technology Network (Technet) Federal PAC, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, Joe Miklosi, Michael Eggman
Wayne Jordan	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, John Waltz, Jose M Hernandez, Pete Gallego, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund, Michael Eggman
Anne Bartley	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, Bill Foster, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Betty Sutton, John F Tierney, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, America Coming Together, Christine Jennings, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, David Michael Gill
Anne Hess	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, Bill Foster, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, America Coming Together, Christine Jennings, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Barbra Streisand	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Bernie Sanders, Betty Sutton, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, Pete Aguilar, Jose M Hernandez, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund, Michael Eggman
Donald Sussman	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Betty Sutton, John F Tierney, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, David Cicilline, Joe Miklosi, Pete Gallego, Michael Eggman
Quinn Delaney	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Betty Sutton, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, Jose M Hernandez, Pete Gallego, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund, Michael Eggman, Raja Krishnamoorthi
Cindy Harrell-Horn	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Betty Sutton, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kerry Victory 2004, PAC for a Change, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, Pete Gallego, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund, Michael Eggman
Andrew Tobias	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, John F Tierney, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, David Cicilline, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Michael Eggman
Steven L Swig	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Betty Sutton, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, John Garamendi, ActBlue, Joe Miklosi, Jose M Hernandez, David Michael Gill
David L desJardins	Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, Bill Foster, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Moise C Waltner, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, John Waltz, Jose M Hernandez, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Obama Victory Fund, Michael Eggman
Tom Steyer	Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Joe Lieberman, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, Michael Eggman
Kathryn A Taylor	Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Joe Lieberman, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Pete Aguilar, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Michael Eggman
Michael Kieschnick	Ronald Kirk, Thomas H Allen, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, Mark Udall, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, America Coming Together, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, ActBlue, Joe Miklosi, Jose M Hernandez, Pete Gallego
Laura Lauder	Thomas H Allen, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, Bill Foster, Joe Lieberman, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, America Coming Together, Technology Network (Technet) Federal PAC, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, ActBlue, Obama Victory Fund 2012
George M Marcus	Ronald Kirk, Michael Arcuri, Barbara Boxer, Bruce Braley, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Joe Lieberman, Jerry McNerney, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Pryor, Harry Reid, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, John Garamendi, Michael Eggman
Judith Avery	Thomas H Allen, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barbara Lee, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders, Betty Sutton, Mark Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, America Coming Together, Christine Jennings, PAC for a Change, Charles Brown, Tammy Duckworth, Brent Martin Christensen, Obama Victory Fund 2012, Michael Eggman

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Aliases	Jerry Fiddler

Jerry L. Fiddler

Founder/Chairman - Wind River Systems

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