Phillip Fernandez

Fernandez is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, with more than 35 years of experience building and leading breakout technology companies. He retired in 2016 from Marketo, where he served as Chairman and CEO since cofounding the company in 2006. Prior to Marketo, he held various roles at Epiphany, Inc., Metaphor Computer Systems, Red Brick Systems, and Stanford University. Fernandez is currently a special advisor at Shasta Ventures, working closely with entrepreneurs in enterprise SaaS, IoT platforms, and industrial VR and AR applications as they scale and address critical growth decisions. He also serves on the boards of Collibra and PTC.