Tom Gillis

CEO

Los Altos, California, United States36 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led a $2B networking and security business at VMware.
Founder and CEO of Bracket Computing.
Extensive experience in security and infrastructure leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Security industry leader with extensive experience in enterprise solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

NetworkingSecurity

Other Skills

Business AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentChannelChannel PartnersCisco Systems ProductsCisco TechnologiesCloud ComputingData CenterEncryptionEnterprise SoftwareFirewallsGo-to-market StrategyInformation SecurityIntegrationManaged Services

Experience

Cisco

2 roles

SVP/GM Infrastructure & Security Group

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · San Jose, California, United States

SVP/GM Security Business Group

Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs · San Jose, California, United States

Elevate security

Member Board Of Directors

Apr 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

Vmware

SVP/GM Networking and Advanced Security Business Group

May 2018 – Dec 2022 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Palo Alto

Responsible for the ~$2B networking and security business at VMware. This consists of multiple BUs including NSX, the pioneer in software defined networking, Avi networks the industry's only scale-out software load balancer, and Carbon Black, the creator of End Point Detection and Response (EDR).
Across these platforms, leading the development of advanced security services for data centers, branch offices and remote users. Also leading development of container networking and advanced network analytics & operations.

Menlo security inc.

Member Board Of Directors

Jan 2014 – Apr 2021 · 7 yrs 3 mos

Bracket computing

CEO

Dec 2011 – May 2018 · 6 yrs 5 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

Founder and CEO of Bracket Computing, a private company founded in 2011 with the goal of delivering enterprise computing driven by business needs, not hardware limitations. Visit www.brkt.com for more information.