# Martin Casado: executive, Andreessen Horowitz

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General partner at Andreessen Horowitz leading the firm's infrastructure and AI practice. Co-founder and former CTO of Nicira Networks, the software-defined networking pioneer acquired by VMware for $1.26B in 2012. Previously a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working on large-scale DoD simulations and network security. Stanford CS PhD; recipient of the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/andreessen-horowitz.md) General Partner (SEC-verified)

## Sources (2)

1. https://a16z.com/author/martin-casado/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Casado


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