Kevin Epstein
Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Strategy -
Brown University
BS, Physics, magna cum laude -Work Experience
Proofpoint
Current
Proofpoint
Drobo, Inc.
2010-12-01 - 2012-01-01
Drobo, Inc.
CloudShare
2009-07-01 - 2010-10-01
CloudShare
Mohr Davidow Ventures
2009-03-01 - 2009-07-01
Mohr Davidow Ventures
Scalent Systems
2006-06-01 - 2009-02-01
Scalent Systems
VMware
2002-05-01 - 2006-06-01
VMware
Inktomi Corporation
1999-03-01 - 2002-05-01
Inktomi Corporation
RealNetworks
1996-12-01 - 1999-03-01
RealNetworks
Various
1994-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Various
Skills
Summary
Companies that are innovative, dynamic, have A+ people and original technology are innately appealing to me. I derive immense personal satisfaction from creating business growth -- from building stellar teams, to managing P&L and driving market adoption. I'm also an unrepentant technology evangelist -- whether it's a part of product strategy, team leadership, or pure sales & marketing, I enjoy framing technologies in a way that's relevant to others' perspective, to support the aforementioned business and market adoption. Opportunities to not only think about strategic direction, but also (arguably equally or more importantly) convert strategy to tactical action and results motivate me. Measurable ROI matters. I have a history of successfully taking on growth challenges, both initiating and scaling new and existing lines of business. Away from work, I can be found lecturing at Stanford and elsewhere and shamelessly promoting the ideas (if not the grammar) in my writing. (See below, or Amazon, "Marketing Made Easy", by Entrepreneur Magazine Press / McGraw Hill and "42 Rules of Product Management", by Super Star Press). I'm always happy to chat about great ideas with great people, and have served in an advisory capacity to ventures as appropriate. Specialties: Internet, SaaS, Cloud, and Enterprise Infrastructure Software General Management, Services Management, Product Marketing, Evangelism / Public Speaking, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development / Venture / M&A diligence.
