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#12: Talking Security and Confluera with John Thompson and Mukesh Singh

#12: Talking Security and Confluera with John Thompson and Mukesh Singh

Chris Brandt
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Emerging Tech, Leadership, Podcast, SaaS, Security, Venture Capital

Welcome back to another FUTRtech video podcast. Today we have with us some very special guests.

John Thompson started off his career at IBM back in the 70s as a salesman. He rose through the ranks to become General Manager of IBM Americas, but after 28 years at IBM in 1999 he was lured away to become CEO of Symantec building it into a true enterprise focused company. In 2014, John Stepped into the role of Chairman of the Board of Microsoft Corporation following Bill Gates’ departure. John has been an active investor and in 2018 he became a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and has put together a portfolio of truly impressive companies. One of those companies is the cyber security company Confluera, which we are really excited to talk to him about today.

Valley Visionaries trip Part 1

Valley Visionaries trip Part 1

Chris Brandt
AWS, Cloud, Venture Capital, Cool Tech

Several times a year, we take CIOs, CTOs, and other key decision makers of large enterprise companies to Silicon Valley to meet with Venture capital firms and Leadership of emerging tech companies, to get a good look at what is happening in the emerging technology space. These trip provide tremendous insight into what is happening in the market and provides a good overview of the trends that are driving investments.