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George Manuelian

InvestorFounder

Advisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture Partners · CRO, Co-founder at RapidFort

Atherton, California, United States

FoundedRapidFort

About

George Manuelian is Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer and co-founder at RapidFort. Previously, he served as Vice President of Worldwide SASE Go-to-Market at Palo Alto Networks, where he led global strategy and execution for the SASE portfolio, and held a strategic alliances role at Amazon Web Services focused on partner revenue growth and market expansion. He holds an MBA and bachelor's degree in solid state physics and electrical engineering from Santa Clara University, and serves as a board member at Rembrandt Venture Partners.

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CRO, Co-founder at RapidFort

Intro paths

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In turn, George can intro founders to RapidFort's investors below.

RapidFort's investors · 15

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026Bloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checks · since 2022Blue Cloud VenturesNew York · $5M – $30M checks · since 2022Boulder VenturesBoulder · $1M – $4M checks · since 2022Brave CapitalSan Rafael · since 2026Cheyenne VenturesWoodside · since 2022Delta-v CapitalDenver · $2M – $10M checks · since 2022Evolution VenturesSan Francisco · since 2022Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022Florida FundersTampa · $50K checks · since 2022ForgePoint CapitalSan Mateo · $5M – $50M checks · since 2022GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2026Mana VenturesEstero · since 2026Rembrandt Venture PartnersLaramie · since 2022U.S. Air Forcesince 2021

Co-founders at RapidFort

MFMehran Farimani
Mehran FarimaniCEO & Founder
RARuss Andersson
Russ AnderssonCOO, Co-founder
RTRajeev Thakur
Rajeev ThakurCTO & Founder
RT
Rajeev TFounder

Experience

  1. RAPIDFORTChief Strategy and Revenue Officer (co-founder)current2024 — present
  2. Rembrandt Venture PartnersBoard Membercurrent2016 — present
  3. Palo Alto NetworksVice President, WW SASE GTM2023 — 2024United States
  4. Amazon Web ServicesGlobal Alliances2019 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. ColorTokens, Inc.VP Worlwide Sales Engineering and Operations2018 — 2019Santa Clara, ca
  6. Versa NetworksVP, Global Sales Engineering2016 — 2018Santa Clara
  7. Cisco SystemsSR. Director SP Mobile Solution2006 — 2016San Jose
  8. Cisco SystemsProduct Line Manager Midrange Routing1996 — 2006
  9. StratacomEngineering Management1993 — 1996San Jose

Skills & more

Cisco Technologies31Software as a Service (SaaS)2Enterprise SoftwareCisco Systems Products9Cyber Defense3Venture Capital2Business Strategy3Sales Engineering1Strategic VisionService Providers15Go-to-market Strategy58Sales Enablement14
+12 moreUnified CommunicationsProduct StrategyProduct ManagementCloud ComputingWiFiVirtualizationBroadbandRoutingPartner ManagementProduct MarketingMobile DevicesBusiness Development

Languages Arabic · Armenian · English · French

From George's professional profile.

Colleagues at Rembrandt Venture Partners

Gordon Rausser
Advisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture Partners
Pauline Duffy
Chief Financial Officer at Rembrandt Venture Partners
Scott Irwin
General Partner at Rembrandt Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is George Manuelian?
George Manuelian is Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer and co-founder at RapidFort. Previously, he served as Vice President of Worldwide SASE Go-to-Market at Palo Alto Networks, where he led global strategy and execution for the SASE portfolio, and held a strategic alliances role at Amazon Web Services focused on partner revenue growth and market expansion. He holds an MBA and bachelor's degree in solid state physics and electrical engineering from Santa Clara University, and serves as a board member at Rembrandt Venture Partners.
Where does George Manuelian work?
George Manuelian is CRO, Co-founder of RapidFort and Advisory Board Member at Rembrandt Venture Partners.
What companies did George Manuelian found?
George Manuelian founded RapidFort.
Where did George Manuelian go to school?
George Manuelian studied at Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business (MBA); Santa Clara University (Bachelor's degree, Solid State Physics and Electrical Engineering).

Founder mafias

Santa Clara University mafia35

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Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business mafia4

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Rembrandt Venture Partners mafia3

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Shared employers

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Jimmy ParkInvestor at ForgePoint CapitalSteve BarshInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalShawn KungInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalPeter RoshkoGeneral Partner at Boulder VenturesDan WilliamsPartner at Delta-v CapitalErnie BioManaging Director at ForgePoint Capital

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Also worked at Palo Alto Networks44

Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionJim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalAsheem ChandnaPartner at Greylock focused on enterprise, cybersecurity, and infrastructure softwareEliza ChamberlainSenior Associate at Jump CapitalVicky BooksMarketing Director at Grove VenturesJoe HorowitzManaging General Partner at Icon Ventures

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Also worked at Amazon Web Services273

Nancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupEric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKeerthi NalabotuInvestor at True VenturesAdam NaorInvestor at CapitalGKen HowardVice President of Technology Services at Flare Capital Partners

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Also worked at Versa Networks4

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