Brian NeSmith
Founder at Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.
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Brian M.
NeSmith is the founder of Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. (founded in 2012) and currently serves as the Executive Chairman.
He is also currently working as a Director at Vormetric, Inc. (since 2011) and Revelstoke Security, Inc. (since 2022).
In his former positions, Mr. NeSmith served as the Chief Executive Officer at Ipsilon Networks, Inc. (1995-1997), Director at Packeteer, Inc. (2008), Director & Chief Product Officer at Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (2010-2011), Director at Gear6, Inc. (2000-2012), Director at Boundary, Inc., Vice President at Nokia IP, Inc. (1997-1999), and Vice President & General Manager-VIVID Group at Newbridge Networks, Inc. (1995).
Mr. NeSmith obtained his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984.
Brian NeSmith active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Vormetric, Inc.
 Vormetric, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vormetric, Inc. provides solutions for protecting enterprise information. Its products include data security manager, transparent encryption, live data transformation, docker security, tokenization, application encryption, cloud encryption gateway, key management as a service, thales orchestrator, protection for teradata database and security intelligence. The company was founded by Phil Grasso, Tien Nguyen and Duc Pham in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2011-12-05 |
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.
 Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. engages in the development of a security operations platform. Its Arctic Wolf platform provide security operations as a concierge service. It offers managed detection and response (MDR); managed risk; and managed cloud monitoring solutions. The company was founded by Brian M. NeSmith and Kim Tremblay in April 2012 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Founder | 2012-03-31 |
Revelstoke, Inc.
 Revelstoke, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Revelstoke, Inc. is a company that provides a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) solution to empower CISOs and security analysts. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company's platform allows for the automation of analysis, optimization of workflows, and scaling of processes without the need for software development. Additionally, their solution prevents vendor lock and offers no-code automation and low-code customization. Revelstoke was founded by Josh McCarthy and Bob Kruse, with Bob Kruse serving as CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | 2022-04-12 |
Former positions of Brian NeSmith
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|---|---|---|
Gear6, Inc.
 Gear6, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gear6, Inc. develops and markets computer software products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
 Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 2010-08-31 |
Packeteer, Inc.
 Packeteer, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Packeteer, Inc develops software for Internet infrastructure systems. Its products include PacketShaper, iShaper, iShared, SkyX, and Mobiliti client that can be deployed within large data centers and software clients on personal computers.The company provides wide area network Application delivery systems designed to deliver a set of visibility, quality of service control, compression, application acceleration and branch office service capabilities to enterprise customers and service providers. It is located in Cupertino, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2008-06-08 |
| Nokia IP, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1999-02-28 |
Ipsilon Networks, Inc.
 Ipsilon Networks, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Ipsilon Networks, Inc. manufactures internet protocol switches. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 1994 by William Allen Beasley. | President | 1997-11-30 |
Training of Brian NeSmith
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 10 |
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Packeteer, Inc.
Packeteer, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Packeteer, Inc develops software for Internet infrastructure systems. Its products include PacketShaper, iShaper, iShared, SkyX, and Mobiliti client that can be deployed within large data centers and software clients on personal computers.The company provides wide area network Application delivery systems designed to deliver a set of visibility, quality of service control, compression, application acceleration and branch office service capabilities to enterprise customers and service providers. It is located in Cupertino, CA. | Technology Services |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Gear6, Inc.
Gear6, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gear6, Inc. develops and markets computer software products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Technology Services |
Vormetric, Inc.
Vormetric, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vormetric, Inc. provides solutions for protecting enterprise information. Its products include data security manager, transparent encryption, live data transformation, docker security, tokenization, application encryption, cloud encryption gateway, key management as a service, thales orchestrator, protection for teradata database and security intelligence. The company was founded by Phil Grasso, Tien Nguyen and Duc Pham in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
| Nokia IP, Inc. | |
| Newbridge Networks, Inc. | |
Ipsilon Networks, Inc.
Ipsilon Networks, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Ipsilon Networks, Inc. manufactures internet protocol switches. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 1994 by William Allen Beasley. | Producer Manufacturing |
Boundary, Inc.
 Boundary, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Boundary, Inc. provided unified monitoring solution for web-scale information technology that allows customers to monitor their entire application infrastructure from a single solution and improve application availability and performance. It is designed to deal with the challenges stemming from modern highly distributed, cloud based applications by combining high frequency performance metrics collection and analysis with its unique understanding of the real-time application topology. The company was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Commercial Services |
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. engages in the development of a security operations platform. Its Arctic Wolf platform provide security operations as a concierge service. It offers managed detection and response (MDR); managed risk; and managed cloud monitoring solutions. The company was founded by Brian M. NeSmith and Kim Tremblay in April 2012 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Revelstoke, Inc.
Revelstoke, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Revelstoke, Inc. is a company that provides a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) solution to empower CISOs and security analysts. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company's platform allows for the automation of analysis, optimization of workflows, and scaling of processes without the need for software development. Additionally, their solution prevents vendor lock and offers no-code automation and low-code customization. Revelstoke was founded by Josh McCarthy and Bob Kruse, with Bob Kruse serving as CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
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