Roberto Medrano has been an independent board director for more than 30 private companies and non-profit organizations. Previously global General Manager of HP Software, CEO of Polivec, President of Finjan, VP of Avnet, and Executive of Sun Microsystems. Silicon Valley global executive with more than 20 years of experience with small and large companies. Operating experience with P&L and board experience helping businesses grow to more than $1 Billion in revenue. He has been an executive with five public companies and in board positions of more 15 companies that have been acquired. He also has worked for 3 Silicon Valley companies from private to public IPO. Recently in 2023, 4 fast growing companies he has guided made the Inc 5000 list.
 
Roberto is a cybersecurity pioneer and led companies in the early phases of the firewall, API security, content security, and security policy markets. He has been advising AI companies and has deep operational, PR, marketing and sales experience. Ranked the #12 Top CMO Worldwide in 2014, Hall of Fame in the IT world, Top Influential and Notable Hispanic Professionals in the Information Technology Industry, and top 100 most influential Hispanics in the USA.

Technologies and industries that he specializes in include cybersecurity, AI, healthcare, Fintech, retail, SaaS, cloud, mobile applications, global e-commerce, risk management, and business continuity. My functional expertise includes operational management, PR, marketing, sales, Portfolio Management, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Channel Management, Alliance Management, Employee Communications, and M&A.

I have served in more than 15 company boards that have been acquired, including Lief Organics
(acquired Private Equity), QOS Networks (acquired Private Equity), Arcot (acquired by CA), Aventail (acquired by SonicWall/Dell), Encentuate (acquired by IBM), Netscaler (acquired by Citrix), Bigfix (Acquired IBM), AirZip (acquired Willow Tech), Confluent (acquired by Oblix/Oracle), PivX (IPO 2004), Sand Hill IT Security (went public in a reverse IPO with EdgeWave), JackBe (acquired SoftwareAG). Roberto has an MBA UCLA, MSEE MIT and BSEE USC.