Dan Cauchy is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at MontaVista Software and is responsible for the development and execution of MontaVista’s global marketing strategy and positioning. Dan oversees the product and go-to-market strategy, including the delivery of customer- and community-driven products and solutions focused on embedded Linux commercialization.

Prior to assuming the role of Vice President, Dan had responsibility for vertical market strategy, marketing and related business and ecosystem development, which included Mobile (Moblin, Android, LiMo), In-Vehicle-Infotainment (GENIVI) and Carrier/Service Provider. Prior to this, Dan led the product management team in the delivery of MontaVista's Mobilinux and Carrier Grade Edition products, which are deployed in over 50 million devices worldwide.

Dan has over 20 years of experience in the telecom, data networking and mobile business with responsibilities ranging from product management and marketing to engineering management and product architectures. Prior to joining MontaVista, Dan was the Director of Product Management at Atrica (acquired by Nokia-Siemens Networks), a carrier Ethernet equipment provider startup. Prior to Atrica, Dan was the Director of Architecture and Strategy at BlueLeaf Networks, a tunable laser optical networking startup. He previously held senior management positions and engineering leadership positions at Cisco Systems, Newbridge Networks (acquired by Alcatel) and Nortel.

Dan currently holds the position of Chairman of the Carrier Grade Linux work group at Linux Foundation and is an active member of the board of directors of the GENIVI Alliance where he also leads the GENIVI Compliance program. Dan previously represented MontaVista at the
LiMo Foundation, the SCOPE Alliance and was on the board of directors at the Computing Platform Trade Association.

Dan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (with a Computer Engineering major) from the University of Ottawa. He holds three patents in the areas of routing and networking with several others pending.