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Brent Hayward is CEO of MuleSoft, provider of the leading platform for building application networks. Brent brings to MuleSoft more than 20 years of experience in software sales and service delivery. Prior to joining MuleSoft in 2013, Brent was at Oracle where he was vice president of North America application sales for the Oracle Knowledge Product Portfolio, driving rapid growth through both direct and channel sales operations. Brent began his career at Accenture, where he led teams serving Forbes Global 2000 clients in the communications, media and entertainment, and high tech industries. Brent holds a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

As CEO, Sumedh leads the company’s vision, strategic direction and implementation. He joined Qualys in 2003 in engineering and grew within the company, taking various leadership roles focused on helping Qualys deliver on its platform vision. Since 2014, he has served as Chief Product Officer at Qualys, where he oversaw all things product, including engineering, development, product management, cloud operations, DevOps, and customer support. A product fanatic and engineer at heart, he is a driving force behind expanding the platform from Vulnerability Management into broader areas of security and compliance, helping customers consolidate their security stack. This includes the rollout of the game-changing VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response) that continually detects and prevents risk to their systems, Multi-Vector EDR, which focuses on protecting endpoints as well as Container Security, Compliance and Web Application Security solutions. Sumedh was also instrumental in the build-up of multiple Qualys sites resulting in a global 24x7 follow-the-sun product team. Sumedh is a long-time proponent of SaaS and cloud computing. He previously worked at Intacct, a cloud-based financial and accounting software provider. He also worked at Northwest Airlines developing complex algorithms for its yield and revenue management reservation system. Sumedh has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering with distinction from the University of Pune.

Senior executive with consistent record driving revenue growth and operational performance improvement. Unique blend of general management, cutting edge technology development, business development and leading global organizations.Specialties: Cloud/SaaS, Product Management, Managing technical teams, Business Development, New Venture Formulation, and leading large teams.

Progressive CEO and Board member with a 23+ year track record of delivering strong business results in startup, mid-size and large companies. Created and scaled businesses in enterprise software, Cloud/SaaS, Mobile Platforms and Applications, Software Defined Networking, Security, Unified Communications and Collaboration and Service Provider segments. I am passionate about building innovative, customer focused, collaborative high performance leadership and cross-functional teams. My extensive global experience spans General Management (P&L management), Strategy, Product Development, Services, Operations, Market Development, Strategic alliances, Private Equity, Board memberships, and Mergers and Acquisitions.