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Ken Gonzalez

NightDragon - Investments & Advisory

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $100,000.00

Skills

Enterprise Software
Business Alliances
Start-ups
Strategy
Business Development
Acquisition Integration
Corporate Development
SaaS
Program Management
Strategic Partnerships
Go-to-market Strategy
Marketing
Management
Leadership
Contract Negotiation
Cloud Computing
Mergers & Acquisitions
Security

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2018

  • Advisor

    2018

2017 - 2018

  • Managing Director

    2017 - 2018

2013 - 2017

  • Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Global Alliances

    2013 - 2017

    FireEye, a leader in providing cyber security solutions, protects the most valuable assets in the world from those who have them in their sights. Our combination of technology, intelligence, and expertise — reinforced with the most aggressive incident response team — helps eliminate the impact of security breaches. We find and stop attackers at every stage of an incursion. With FireEye, you’ll detect cyber attacks as they happen, understand the risk they pose to your most valued assets, and have the resources to quickly respond and resolve security incidents. The FireEye Global Defense Community includes more than 2,500 customers across 65 countries, including over 150 of the Fortune 500

2011 - 2012

  • Chief Strategy Officer

    2011 - 2012

    Responsible for strategy, corporate and business development, including partnerships, inbound licensing and new channel development. Establishing Americas operations and growing the business.

2006 - 2011

  • Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

    2006 - 2011

    Responsible for acquisition target selection, deal negotiation, and post merger integration. Inbound OEM/Reselling. Minority investing.

1998 - 2006

  • Vice President, Corporate Development

    1998 - 2006

    Responsible for acquisition target selection, deal negotiation, and post merger integration.

  • Vice President, Corporate Marketing

    2002 - 2002

    Responsible for all corporate marketing activities. Budgeting, Brand, Creative Services, Programs: Advertising, Tradeshows, Events, Web Marketing.

1991 - 1996

  • Captain, Infantry

    1991 - 1996

    82nd Airborne (1-325 AIR), 1st Bn 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Task Force Bravo (Honduras)