Darren Oberst

Darren Oberst has extensive experience in various leadership positions in the technology industry. Darren most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer at AI Bloks starting in October 2022. Prior to that, they held the same position at Exadel from November 2021 to October 2022.

From 2016 to 2021, Oberst was the Senior Corporate Vice President and Global Head of HCL Software, where they successfully grew the company from zero to $1.2 billion in annual revenues. Darren led a global team of over 5000 people and was responsible for driving transformation and innovation across a portfolio of 50+ enterprise products. Additionally, they designed and built the product strategy, management, sales, marketing, and customer success functions to support over 10,000 customers globally. Before this role, Oberst served as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at HCL Technologies from 2014 to 2016.

Prior to their time at HCL Technologies, Oberst had a successful tenure at IBM from 2003 to 2013. During this period, they held various positions, including Vice President, where they launched and managed industry solution software sales units in the Americas, started and led the India domestic market BPO business, and played a crucial role in winning transformational outsourcing deals in emerging markets. Their expertise lies in building and running large-scale strategic sales organizations, driving innovative offerings, and expanding into international markets.

Before their time at IBM, Oberst served as the Senior Vice President & General Manager at webMethods, Inc. from 2001 to 2003. Darren also held the position of Managing Director at Robertson Stephens from 1998 to 2001, where they oversaw the software investment banking group and completed numerous equity financing and M&A transactions in the enterprise software industry.

Throughout their career, Oberst consistently took on challenging and entrepreneurial roles, consistently achieving remarkable results.

Darren Oberst attended Harvard Law School from 1995 to 1998 and obtained a J.D. degree in Law. Prior to that, they pursued their undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Although the specific dates are not provided, Oberst completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at UC Berkeley with a major in Physics and Philosophy. It is worth noting that there is no information regarding whether they completed a degree at UC Berkeley in addition to their major in Physics.