Roberto Medrano
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS, Computer science -
UCLA
MBA, Management -
Stanford University
Executive Program, Market Strategy for High-Technology Companies -
University of Southern California
BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
East Los Angeles College
Associate's degree, Engineering -Work Experience
Cyvatar.ai
Current
Cyvatar.ai
Lief Labs
Current
Lief Labs
Beach View
Current
Beach View
BLAZE®
Current
BLAZE®
Cybersecurity, DevOps, AI, SaaS, Blockchain, Streaming, private equity, crowdfunding, Accelerators
Current
Cybersecurity, DevOps, AI, SaaS, Blockchain, Streaming, private equity, crowdfunding, Accelerators
Act One Ventures
Current
Act One Ventures
Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI)
2021-04-01 - 2024-01-01
Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI)
QOS Networks by Zayo
2019-06-01 - 2020-01-01
QOS Networks by Zayo
Akana / SOA Software Acquired by Perforce Software
2004-06-01 - 2016-12-01
Akana / SOA Software Acquired by Perforce Software
Guidance Software (NASDAQ-GUID)
2015-01-01 - 2016-01-01
Guidance Software (NASDAQ-GUID)
Skills
Summary
Roberto is a board member in cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, IoT, middleware, API security, microservices, DevOps, software, SaaS, cloud and healthcare companies. Roberto has been an executive at five public companies and in a board position of 14 that have been acquired. He has experience with Fortune 100 companies on digital transformation initiatives using mobile, SaaS, and cloud hybrid products. He has deep expertise in marketing, product management, product marketing, alliances, channels, and sales. in late 2023, Inc 5000 published their fast-growing list with 4 of Roberto's companies listed. Roberto is a cybersecurity pioneer and lead initiatives in the early phases of the firewall, content security, and security policy. He was selected as a participant in President Clinton's White House Security Summit on cyber security. Founder/Board member for Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) and participated in the National Cyber Security Summits and The White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. He was one of the top 100 Sr. Executives at HP as General Manager of HP Software. As GM for HP divisions, served a vital role as head of HP's key strategic emerging businesses that included cybersecurity, middleware, management, web services, CRM, and E-commerce. Other Accolades: • Ranked (2014) as #12 of top 250 CMOs in the world, "The 100 most influential Hispanics in the US", "The 100 Most Influential Latinos of Silicon Valley", "HITEC Hall of Fame", "HITEC 100" for 10 years • Served in more than 30 company/advisory boards: Arcot (Acquired CA), Aventail (Acquired SonicWall/Dell), Encentuate (Acquired IBM), Netscaler (Acquired Citrix), Bigfix (Acquired IBM), AirZip (Acquired Willow Tech), Confluent (acquired Oblix/Oracle), PivX (IPO 2004), Sand Hill IT Security (reverse IPO EdgeWave), JackBe (acquired SoftwareAG) • Former GM HP Software, CEO PoliVec, President Finjan (FNJN), EVP Akana, VP Milkyway (IPO 1996) firewall pioneer, VP Avnet (AVT) and executive Sun Microsystems. • UCLA MBA, MIT MSEE and USC BSEE
