Jack O'Brien

Jack O'Brien has a diverse work experience in the field of marketing. In 2004, they worked as the Director of Product Marketing at Azul Systems, Inc. From 2006 to 2008, they served as the Director of Marketing at Gear6, a start-up systems company. Jack then worked at Silicon Graphics in 2008 as the Sr. Director of Product Marketing and Marcom, overseeing product marketing and marketing communications.

In 2009, Jack joined Gluster as the Vice President of Marketing, where they played a key role in building the marketing infrastructure and contributed to the company's growth in the storage, cloud, and virtualization markets. Gluster was later acquired by Red Hat.

From 2011 to 2013, they worked as the Sr. Director of Marketing at Violin Memory, a start-up providing flash memory-based enterprise storage systems. During their tenure, they revamped the web infrastructure, refined messaging, and implemented marketing automation and lead generation strategies.

In 2018, Jack held two positions in different companies. Firstly, they served as the VP of Marketing (Interim) at Alluxio, Inc., an early-stage storage software startup. Jack then joined Nyansa, Inc., which was later acquired by VMware, as the Head of Marketing. At Nyansa, Jack utilized analytics and AI/ML to drive insights and actionable recommendations for network infrastructure optimization.

From 2020 to 2022, Jack served as the Director of Product Marketing at Mattermost, a startup offering an open source alternative to Slack. Jack led product marketing and sales enablement efforts, including positioning, messaging, content development, GTM initiatives, and product launches.

Currently, Jack is working as a Marketing Consultant at LinearB, starting in 2023.

Jack O'Brien attended the United States Naval Academy, where they pursued a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Jack'sstart and end years at this institution are not specified. Additionally, they went on to study at The Wharton School, where they obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Again, no specific start and end years for their time at this school are provided.