Brandon Prior

Brandon Prior is a Senior Corporate Legal Counsel at Cloudera, joining the company in October 2021. Prior has extensive experience as Corporate Legal Counsel at Cognizant, where responsibilities included global technology transactions and data privacy. In previous roles, including positions at the Advanced Technology Group and Reed Smith LLP, Brandon focused on intellectual property, entertainment law, and contract negotiation. Brandon's legal career began as a sole practitioner, while earlier engineering roles provided a strong technical foundation, supported by a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University.