Jeff Brainard

Jeff Brainard is a seasoned start-up veteran and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in high-tech. He has a passion for disruptive technologies that solve real-world business problems and excels at translating complex solutions into compelling narratives for customers, sales, and press audiences. Jeff has held various product marketing, product management, corporate marketing, business development, and sales management roles across enterprise and telecommunications segments, consistently overachieving and demonstrating his unique ability to problem solve and provide leadership as an individual contributor or by building highly collaborative teams.

Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Villanova University and studied management at Santa Clara University. He has worked for several tech companies, including Netskope, Fortinet, Symantec, Blue Coat Systems (acquired by Symantec), Versa Networks, Socialtext, Reconnex, Mirapoint, AirFlash, and Sun Microsystems. His experience spans across the product marketing, product management, corporate marketing, business development, and sales management roles. Jeff embraces change, approaches work with a passion for winning and loves to take on new challenges.