Background
Summary
Jeff Williams: Sales Operations Executive focused on building and scaling early stage companies through every phase of growth from $0 to 1B run rate. The biggest differentiator in every company that I have built was the people and the culture!
Professional Summary:
Current: Bain Capital Ventures
Previous:
- FireEye - IPO ~5B
- IronPort Systems - Acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO) 830M
- IntruVert Networks - Acquired by McAfee (INTC) 125M
- GlobalCenter - Acquired by Exodus Communications (EXDS) 6.5B
Board of Directors:
- Meraki Wireless - Acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO) 1.2B
- Adallom - Acquired by Microsoft (MSFT) 300M
- OpenDNS - Acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO) 635M
Active Board of Directors:
- Attivo Networks
Professional Summary:
Current: Bain Capital Ventures
Previous:
- FireEye - IPO ~5B
- IronPort Systems - Acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO) 830M
- IntruVert Networks - Acquired by McAfee (INTC) 125M
- GlobalCenter - Acquired by Exodus Communications (EXDS) 6.5B
Board of Directors:
- Meraki Wireless - Acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO) 1.2B
- Adallom - Acquired by Microsoft (MSFT) 300M
- OpenDNS - Acquired by Cisco Systems (CSCO) 635M
Active Board of Directors:
- Attivo Networks
Experience
Operating Partner
Bain Capital Ventures
Partner with BCV software and services companies to scale sales and operations. Assume roles on Board of Directors and assist with go-to-market strategies to help ignite growth. Source new investment opportunities within security.
SVP Sales
FireEye, Inc.
Scaled FireEye Globally. Took bookings from $0 to over a 1B run rate. Hired over 800 people in 60 countries. Built an amazing sales team with incredible culture that led to a successful IPO.
SVP Sales
Cisco Systems / IronPort Systems
IronPort Systems leader in email and web security transformed the security gateway market.
Built out and led Sales and Operations from $0 Bookings to over128M in 2005 which lead to an acquisition by Cisco Systems (CSCO) of 830M. Stayed at Cisco for 2.5 years as Vice President of Innovative Technologies where we grew IronPort bookings to over 400M.
Built out and led Sales and Operations from $0 Bookings to over128M in 2005 which lead to an acquisition by Cisco Systems (CSCO) of 830M. Stayed at Cisco for 2.5 years as Vice President of Innovative Technologies where we grew IronPort bookings to over 400M.
SVP Sales
Intel Security / McAfee / IntruVert Networks
IntruVert Networks was the industries first Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).
Scaled early stage company through a successful acquisition by McAfee.
Scaled early stage company through a successful acquisition by McAfee.
VP Sales
Allnet Communications / Frontier Communications / Global Center
GlobalCenter was the leader in Complex Web Hosting and Security.
Grew revenues from $0 to 500M ARR and successfully sold the company to Exodus Communications for 6.5B.
Grew revenues from $0 to 500M ARR and successfully sold the company to Exodus Communications for 6.5B.