Mar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Serial entrepreneur, co-founder & CEO of Veza, next-generation identity platform focused on going beyond IAM to access controls and authorization.
• Leading a world class team on a mission to change the entire identity industry. Veza is the identity platform built on the power of authorization. Our platform is purpose-built for multi-cloud environments to help you use and share your data more safely. Veza makes it easy to dynamically visualize, understand and control who can and should take what action on what data. We organize authorization metadata across identity providers, data systems, cloud service providers, and applications — all to address the toughest security challenges of the multi-cloud era.
• We are on a missionary path to advance the state of identity industry for decades to come - read our manifesto here: https://www.veza.com/company/manifesto
• We believe that "talent has no boundaries" - we are hiring in all areas, if you are a builder and like a fast-paced environment, please apply at https://www.veza.com/company/careers.

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Remote

• Proud to be an early investor where I have huge respect for the founders, early teams, transformative products, and exceptional companies across email security, AI-SOC, AI Agent security, customer data management, etc.

Feb 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Datos IO was acquired by Rubrik in Feb 2018.
• GM, Databases and Big Data — responsible for data management products across all databases (Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Mosaic/Datos IO for NoSQL, Big Data, and more).
• https://www.rubrik.com/blog/rubrik-datos-io-mosaic/
• https://www.rubrik.com/blog/rubrik-mosaic-nosql-data-protection/
• GM, Rubrik Datos IO — acquisition integration across business functions, scaling teams across PM/Engg/Sales/Marketing/Customer Support, helping WW field teams understand market opportunity and target customers/buyers/persona, integrating into overall Rubrik messaging and positioning, and winning Fortune 500's logos.

Jun 2014 – Feb 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Datos IO was Cloud Database Data Management company that was acquired by Rubrik. More: https://www.rubrik.com/blog/company/18/2/rubrik-acquire-datos-io-cloud-leadership
• o Raised capital from Silicon Valley premier VC teams. Strategic investments from NetApp and Cisco.
• o Hired and recruited team across engineering, product, sales, support, marketing/PR, etc.
• o Launched 3 major releases of the Datos IO RecoverX, a NoSQL-based data protection product (on-prem, cloud, structured/unstructured).
• o Sold to and supported customers including Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and Fortune 100 enterprises.
• o Partnered with leading enterprise companies such as NetApp, Cisco, VMWare, DataStax, MongoDB, et al. and cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• o Worked with press, analysts, vendors, and other stakeholders.

Sep 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

Nov 2010 – May 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• First Data Domain PM to define and lead beyond backup products.
• Defined and launched 3 industry-first products on Data Domain to grow TAM w/ beyond backup use cases and MSP / SP markets.
• Executed and launched ~5 DD OS product releases leading to millions in incremental revenue.
• Lead PM on due diligence of various Advanced Development projects led by the Office of the CTO.
• Primary BU representative to define EMC wide positioning on product portfolio.

Nov 2010 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

Apr 2010 – Nov 2010 · 7 mos

May 2009 – Jul 2009 · 2 mos · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

• Summer Consultant during Duke MBA program. Valuation (VC/PE), Growth Strategy, Business Development

Mar 2005 – Jul 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Jose, CA

• Storage and Distributed Systems Research on products including IBM DS8000 Storage System, IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), IBM XIV Storage System. 6 patents granted from USPTO.

Apr 2004 – Mar 2005 · 11 mos · San Jose, CA

Mar 2001 – Apr 2004 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Architectural contributions to Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) storage system product.