About
SVP of Revenue with over 20 years scaling startups through IPO, and an early Affectiva executive.
Experience
- SiftChief Revenue Officer (CRO)current2026 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Blue Tulip VenturesAdvisorcurrent2025 β present
- J-Ventures FundLimited Partnercurrent2023 β present
- Stage 2 CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2023 β present
- Independent Executive Advisory GroupInterim CRO & Operating Partner2024 β 2026Los Altos, CA
- BILLSenior Vice President of Sales2022 β 2024San Jose, California, United States
- BILLVice President, Sales (IPO)2018 β 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Exceed.ai by GenesysSales Advisor2017 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Apptimize (Acquired by Airship)Sales Advisor2017 β 2018
- MixpanelVice President, Sales2016 β 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- RepliconExecutive Vice President, Sales2014 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Affectiva (Acquired by Smart Eye)Vice President, Sales and Business Development2010 β 2014Greater Boston Area
- Webex (IPO & Acquired by Cisco)Vice President of Sales, US Commercial Accounts and Public Sector2007 β 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- Webex (IPO & Acquired by Cisco)Director of Sales (IPO)2000 β 2007San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- UC Santa BarbaraBachelor of Arts - BA, Biology
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Executive Program (SEP)2024
Skills & more
Consultative Selling2Sales Process74Direct Sales32Solution Selling74Sales Management39Account Management52Cloud Computing70Forecasting5Start-ups49Situational Leadership2Strategic Leadership4Leadership Development5
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Change ManagementSales PresentationsExecutive ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSales OperationsCross-functional Team LeadershipSellingCRMTeam LeadershipLeadershipStrategic PlanningManagement- The Emerging COO: Driving Innovation and Operational Excellence β Stanford University Graduate School of Business
From Brent's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended UC Santa Barbara170
Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniTiffany ChandraVice President, Head of Talent Network at Sapphire VenturesStephanie DuranInvestor at True VenturesLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sift4
Also worked at BILL15
Rory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersStacey BishopPartner at Scale Venture PartnersPeter KightSenior Advisor at Commerce VenturesAndy CohenSVP of Sales at Bill.com at PICUS CAPITALEddy EkstromVice President, Data Science at Mainsail PartnersBrian JacobsVenture Capitalist Emergence, Moai Capital at AIF
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Also worked at Exceed.ai by Genesys2
Also worked at Apptimize (Acquired by Airship)2
Colleagues at Blue Tulip Ventures
Amy Villeneuve
Board Director, Advisor & Past COO and President of Amazon Robotics at Underscore VC
Carla Brodley
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective
Dune Thorne
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Eric Cohen
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Eric Horvitz
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Esther Dyson
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Gabi Zijderveld
Co-Founder and Operating Partner at Blue Tulip Ventures



























