Eric Tilenius
Education
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA, 1994-01-01 - 1996-01-01
International Space University
Certificate, Business & Management 1990-01-01 - 1990-01-01
Princeton University
AB, Economics 1986-01-01 - 1990-01-01Work Experience
External Secrets Inc
Current
External Secrets Inc
Daisi Technology, Inc.
2021-04-01 - 2024-12-01
Daisi Technology, Inc.
Microsoft
2019-08-01 - 2019-10-01
Microsoft
BlueTalon, Inc. (A Microsoft Company)
2014-01-01 - 2019-07-01
BlueTalon, Inc. (A Microsoft Company)
Scale Venture Partners
2012-01-01 - 2013-01-01
Scale Venture Partners
Zynga
2009-01-01 - 2011-01-01
Zynga
Tilenius Investments
2005-01-01 - 2011-01-01
Tilenius Investments
Maveron
2008-01-01 - 2009-01-01
Maveron
Tilenius Consulting
2002-01-01 - 2004-01-01
Tilenius Consulting
Answers
2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01
Answers
Skills
Summary
I'm pleased to join the amazing External Secrets Inc. (ESI) as CEO. ESI is the leader in enterprise secrets management. Our open-source software, External Secrets Operator (ESO), is used by over half of the Fortune 500 and is the go-to solution for managing API keys and secrets in Kubernetes. We have every maintainer of ESO as an active member of our company. With our commercial open-core enterprise edition, we provide unparalleled visibility and control over secret keys -- not just in Kubernetes, but also on every major public cloud and with integrations to over 30 partners. Let us provide a free audit of your key use and provide a plan to let you manage your secret keys with unrivaled ease and security. Prior to ESI, I've held positions at: - Daisi Technology (AI & ML ops, tech sold to pre-public tech company) - Microsoft Corporation (Azure Data team) - BlueTalon (the leader in providing Unified Data Access Control to Fortune 500 companies, sold to Microsoft) - Scale Venture Partners - Zynga (GM of a $100M+ line of business) - Maveron - Answers.com (IPO) - Mayfield Fund - Netcentives (IPO) - Intuit - Bain & Company - Oracle Specialties: Consumer Growth Startups, Data Security, Enterprise Software, Startups, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Open Core Software, scaling fast-growing businesses, building awesome products, recruiting and growing amazing teams.
