Mike Speiser is a managing director at Sutter Hill Ventures, where since 2008 he has driven the firm's incubation-style investing - personally serving as founding chief executive of both Pure Storage and Snowflake before handing each to permanent leadership. He previously held product, marketing and executive roles at Hewlett-Packard, F5 Networks and Symantec.
Previous Experience
Vice President and technical advisor to the CEO, Symantec
Vice President of Marketing, F5 Networks
Product management and marketing, Hewlett-Packard
Career Timeline
2008
Joined Sutter Hill Ventures as a managing director.
2009
Helped originate Pure Storage and served as its founding chief executive.
2012
Served as Snowflake's founding chief executive and led its $5M Series A.