Richard Darnielle

Richard Darnielle has a long and varied work experience. Richard began their career in 1986 as a Research and Development Engineer at Boeing Electronics. Richard then worked at Space Systems Loral from 1990 to 1998 as a Senior Manager of Program Management, where they managed a 30-person product team and 12 major subcontractors. In 1998, they moved to Hughes Space and Communications as a Senior Manager of Program Management. In 1999, they were appointed Vice President of Marketing at BuzzRocket Inc. In 2000, they joined Cisco Systems as Director of Product Management and Marketing, with P&L responsibility for the $500M Cisco fibre-channel business. Richard then moved to F5 Networks in 2014 as Vice President of Product Marketing. In 2019, they were appointed Head of Digital Marketing at Alkira Inc. Most recently, in 2022, they were appointed Vice President of Marketing at Airgap Networks Inc., a disruptive cybersecurity company.

Richard Darnielle obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara between 1980 and 1985. Richard then completed a Master of Science in Global Technology Management from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School between 1998 and 2000.