Executive Team

Vertical has assembled a team of experienced senior executives to drive and manage tremendous growth in its business.

William Tauscher,
Chief Executive Officer
William Tauscher is the founder of The Tauscher Group, which invests and assists in the management of enterprises in various industries. Before founding The Tauscher Group, Mr. Tauscher served as chairman and CEO of Vanstar Corporation (formerly ComputerLand Corporation), having led the group that acquired ComputerLand in 1987. Under Mr. Tauscher's guidance, Vanstar grew to be the largest PC sales and service company in the world, and was sold to Inacom in 1999. Prior to Vanstar, he was the chairman and CEO of FoxMeyer Corporation, a wholesale pharmaceutical and beauty-aid distributor, from 1977 until its sale to National Intergroup in 1986. Mr. Tauscher also helped engineer the leveraged buyout of Household Merchandising, the retail subsidiary of Household Finance. He subsequently acquired Coast to Coast from Household, engineering its IPO and subsequent sale. He currently serves on various boards of directors, including Safeway Corporation, a $30 billion NYSE grocery company, and holds controlling investments in a number of successful companies.

Dick Anderson
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Dick Anderson is responsible for Vertical's sales, marketing and services functions, and for aligning the Vertical organization to facilitate business growth and best serve the needs of its key constituencies, including customers, strategic partners, resellers, investors and employees. Mr. Anderson brings a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from more than 25 years of creating, directing and executing sales, marketing and services strategies in the technology sector. Mr. Anderson has had a distinguished career, having served in senior executive positions for organizations in multiple industries. Most recently, he was the executive vice president and general manager of CFM Corporation, a leading integrated manufacturer of home products. Previously, Mr. Anderson was CEO of Temtex Industries, prior to its purchase by CFM Corporation. Mr. Anderson also served as the chief operating officer of KnowledgePlanet and held senior vice president positions in sales and marketing for Inacom and Vanstar Corporations. Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bentley College.

Carmel Andrews,
Chief Financial Officer
At Vertical, Mrs. Andrews is responsible for the Company’s finance and administration, human resource, information technology and operations functions. Most recently, Mrs. Andrews was Chief Financial Officer of Symyx Software at Symyx Technologies. Prior to Symyx, Mrs. Andrews was SVP Operations and Chief Financial Officer at Elsevier MDL.

Peter H. Bailey,
Senior Vice President Business Development and Product Management
Peter Bailey oversees the Company's strategic business relationships and development and execution of product strategy and roadmap across the company. Mr. Bailey has over 10 years of experience in management, strategy, business development and marketing roles. Prior to Vertical, Mr. Bailey led the next-generation networking banking practice for ThinkEquity Partners LLC -a San Francisco based Investment Banking Firm- and advised Artisoft, Inc. (predecessor to Vertical Communications) on its acquisition of Vertical Networks and simultaneous private placement equity financing. Prior to ThinkEquity, he was responsible for Corporate Development at Carrier1 International S.A., a pan European alternative telecom services provider where he was responsible for M&A, corporate investment and financial restructuring initiatives. Prior to Carrier, Mr. Bailey held various roles including CFO and Co-CEO at Convergence Media, a NY-based publishing/digital media start-up which he co-founded and developed into a leading niche media and publishing services company. Prior to Convergence, Mr. Bailey was with Salomon Brothers Inc in New York in the investment banking division, where he began his career. Mr. Bailey holds a B.A. from Princeton University.

Scott Pickett,
Chief Technology Officer
Scott Pickett has more than 17 years in engineering and management, spanning technologies from embedded software and reconfigurable logic to networking and communications systems. He has led development of several industry-first systems and networking products, including multimedia product solutions (802.9), multiprotocol VoIP gateway, integrated communications platform, and PCMCIA Ethernet card. Mr. Pickett is a founding member of the Softswitch Consortium, has served as co-chairman of the Softswitch Consortium Technical Advisory Council, and contributed to the IETF RFC on MGCP. Prior to co-founding Vertical Networks, Mr. Pickett served as director of development for National Semiconductor's LAN division and held positions with Fairchild Semiconductor and General Electric. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington.