Brian Peterson

Brian Peterson has extensive experience in executive management and sales in the technology industry. Brian is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Panasas since November 2020. Prior to this, they worked as an Executive Management Consultant at Synoptek from February 2019 to November 2020. In 2017, Brian co-founded VerAffirm, where they served as a non-operational co-founder until March 2019. Before that, they held the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Netlist, Inc from December 2015 to September 2017. Brian also had a long tenure at Emulex, where they served in various roles including Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Vice President of International Operations, Sr. Director of Business Development, and Director of Sales and Business Development. Brian started their career at 3Com as a Regional Channel Sales Manager and later became the Director of OEM Sales. Prior to that, they worked as a Global Account Manager at US Robotics. Overall, Brian has a diverse background in technology leadership and business development.

Brian Peterson has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Utah, completed Executive Education in Business Administration and Management from The Wharton School, and holds an MBA from Westminster University.