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Helder Antunes

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Senior Advisor at Armilar Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Helder Antunes is a Portuguese-American executive and consultant with over 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley's technology industry. He is currently CEO of GDS360, a cybersecurity company, and previously spent about 20 years at Cisco Systems, most recently as a Senior Director in Cisco's Corporate Strategic Innovations Group, where he worked on aligning technology development with corporate strategy, strategic partnerships, and M&A. He has collaborated with the Portuguese government and universities and hosted Portuguese engineering interns in Silicon Valley.

Invests in

Cybersecurity

Experience

  1. Veea Inc.Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)current2025 — presentWashington DC- Lisbon - LATAM
  2. CrowdkeepChief Executive Officer2022 — 2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  3. Career BreakHealth and well-being2022Lisbon, Lisbon, Managua, Nicaragua, Washington DC
  4. CyVolveChief Executive Officer2019 — 2022Washington D.C. Metro Area
  5. OpenFog ConsortiumChairman & Co-Founder2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. CiscoSr. Director of Corporate Strategic Innovation2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. CiscoManaging Director - IoT Group2012 — 2013San Jose, CA
  8. CiscoDirector of Engineering - Solutions/Architecture SRTG1998 — 2012San Jose, CA
  9. PVenturesGeneral Partner2008 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  10. NetManageDir. Engineering1993 — 1998Cupertino, CA
  11. CA TechnologiesSr. Software Development Manager1989 — 1993San Jose, CA

Skills & more

Embedded Software9Business Development41Cloud Computing75Networking34Strategy60Management19VPN4Project Management5Security25Routing9Leadership17Strategic Partnerships11
+12 moreCisco TechnologiesStart-upsEntrepreneurshipNetwork SecurityTCP/IPNetwork ArchitectureWirelessEthernetIPTelecommunicationsMPLSGo-to-market Strategy

Languages English · French · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish

From Helder's professional profile.

Colleagues at Armilar Venture Partners

Camille Venot
Head of Communications at Armilar Venture Partners
Carmo Sousa Coutinho
Compliance Officer at Armilar Venture Partners
Darío Villena
Principal at Armilar Venture Partners
Duarte Mineiro
Managing Partner at Armilar Venture Partners
Francisco Costa Macedo
Talent Manager at Armilar Venture Partners
Ines de Macedo Santos
Senior Associate at Armilar Venture Partners
Inês Macedo Santos
Principal at Armilar Venture Partners
João Dias
Investment Partner at Armilar Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Helder Antunes?
Helder Antunes is a Portuguese-American executive and consultant with over 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley's technology industry. He is currently CEO of GDS360, a cybersecurity company, and previously spent about 20 years at Cisco Systems, most recently as a Senior Director in Cisco's Corporate Strategic Innovations Group, where he worked on aligning technology development with corporate strategy, strategic partnerships, and M&A. He has collaborated with the Portuguese government and universities and hosted Portuguese engineering interns in Silicon Valley.
Where does Helder Antunes work?
Helder Antunes is Senior Advisor at Armilar Venture Partners.
What does Helder Antunes invest in?
Helder Antunes invests in Cybersecurity.
Where did Helder Antunes go to school?
Helder Antunes studied at San José State University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science); IMD (High Performance Leadership Program, Business Administration and Management).

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