Allan Leinwand — CTO
Chief Technology Officer at Webflow – Bringing development superpowers to everyone. ...my views are my own. Previously: • Chief Technology Officer at Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) – Making commerce better for everyone. • Senior Vice President of Engineering at Slack (NYSE: CRM) – Where work happens. • Chief Technology Officer at ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) – The world works with ServiceNow. • Chief Technology Officer of Infrastructure at Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) – Leader in social gaming. Earlier in my career, I lived inside a VC firm as a Venture Partner at Panorama Capital (formerly JPMorgan Partners), focusing on network and systems technology investments. I was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vyatta, the pioneer in open-source networking, acquired by Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD). Prior to that, I served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Internetwork Engineering at Digital Island (NASDAQ: ISLD) and spent 7 years at Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) during its formative years. Co-author of two books: • Cisco Router Configuration (Cisco Press) • Network Management: A Practical Perspective (Addison-Wesley) Holder of a granted patent in data routing, with additional patents pending in network route optimization. Current board and trustee roles: • Board Member at Compass (NYSE: COMP) • Trustee at Harvey Mudd College Previous board director roles: • Marin Software (NASDAQ: MRIN) • Anaplan (NYSE: PLAN) Specialties: Software development leadership, engineering management, cloud computing, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), AI product development, data engineering, internet architectures and infrastructure, distributed systems, and enterprise-scale technology strategy.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Infrastructure expert with extensive leadership experience.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 38 yrs
Skills
- Software Development
- Engineering Management
- Networking
- Infrastructure
Career Highlights
- Led technology at multiple high-profile companies.
- Pioneered open-source networking solutions.
- Authored influential books on networking.
Work Experience
Pixels to Packages podcast
Host (5 mos)
Humera Technologies
Advisor (5 mos)
Norwest
Norwest Operator Collective (NOC) Member (1 yr 2 mos)
Webflow
CTO (3 yrs 2 mos)
Compass
Board Member (4 yrs)
Shopify
CTO (1 yr 5 mos)
Fireside
Advisor (4 yrs 2 mos)
Harvey Mudd College
Board of Trustees (5 yrs 8 mos)
Nylas
Advisor (5 yrs 8 mos)
Anaplan
Board Member (2 yrs 4 mos)
Samsung Electronics
Open Innovation Center Advisory Board Member (10 mos)
Slack
SVP Engineering (2 yrs 10 mos)
MapAnything, Inc.
Advisor (2 yrs 2 mos)
Bulletproof 360
Investor and Advisor (9 yrs 3 mos)
Nutanix
Advisor (3 yrs 2 mos)
atSpoke
Advisor (4 yrs 9 mos)
Forbes Technology Council
Official Member (3 yrs 11 mos)
ServiceNow – The Enterprise Cloud Company
Chief Technology Officer (3 yrs 5 mos)
VP and CTO, Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (2 yrs 11 mos)
Marin Software
Board Member (4 yrs 8 mos)
Zynga
Chief Technology Officer - Infrastructure (2 yrs 5 mos)
Sylantro, Inc
Board Observer (2 yrs 2 mos)
Panorama Capital
Venture Partner (4 yrs 1 mo)
Operating Partner (1 yr 10 mos)
Vyatta, Inc
Founder (7 yrs 7 mos)
Greenfield Networks
Board Observer (2 yrs 3 mos)
Affinity Internet
Board Member (2 yrs 11 mos)
Proficient Networks
Co-Founder, President and CEO (3 yrs)
Telegis Networks
VP Engineering and CTO (7 mos)
Digital Island
VP Engineering and CTO (3 yrs 4 mos)
University of California Berkeley
Adjunct Professor (9 yrs)
Cisco Systems
Manager, Consulting Engineering (7 yrs)
Hewlett-Packard
Internet Engineer (2 yrs)
Education
BS at University of Colorado Boulder
