Where does Howie Xu work?

Howie Xu is Director, Advisory Board at Reaction.

Where did Howie Xu go to school?

Howie Xu studied at Stanford University (Graduate School of Business | Computer Science).

Howie Xu

Investor

Director, Advisory Board at Reaction · Guest Lecturer at Stanford University

Silicon Valley, USA

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1,437 people in our graph share verified history with Howie — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Javier SolterounlockedHowie: together at VMware (2009–2011)

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×3Howie: together at Cisco

About

Chief AI officer, entrepreneur, and VC serving on Reaction's advisory board.

Experience

GenChief AI & Innovation Officercurrent2024 — presentMountain View, California, United States
RadixArkInvestorcurrent2026 — present
Stanford UniversityGuest Lecturercurrent2018 — present
ReactionBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
You.comBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
Browser UseInvestorcurrent2025 — present
DeepwatchInvestorcurrent2025 — present
KiteInvestorcurrent2023 — present
MetabobBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
Reality DefenderInvestorcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
Dropzone AIInvestorcurrent2023 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
Byte Into FutureCo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
Nexial CapitalPartnercurrent2021 — present
Lepton AIInvestor2023 — 2025
Palo Alto NetworksSenior Vice President, Engineering and AI/ML2023 — 2024United States
variousAdvisor2016 — 2024Palo Alto
ZscalerVice President of AI and Machine Learning2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
TrustPathCEO / Co-Founder2017 — 2023United States
AiFi Inc.Board Observer2018 — 2021
Greylock PartnersEIR2015 — 2016Sand Hill Road
CiscoCloud & Networking Services BU2013 — 2015
Big Switch NetworksVP of Engineering2011 — 2013Palo Alto
VMwareFounder / Head of Networking (now NSBU)2002 — 2011Palo Alto
(various).1997 — 2002

Skills & more

Investing7Early Stage Investment7Board Level8Artificial Intelligence (AI)4Start-up Leadership8Executive Leadership6Management Consulting6Broadcasting4Journalism6Machine Learning10Cloud Computing80Cybersecurity8

+12 more

SaaS DevelopmentData SciencePeople and CultureComputer ArchitectureSecurityFreeBSDSDNKernelLeadershipMotivational SpeakingStrategyOperating Systems

Leading Through Financial Excellence — MIT Sloan School of Management
Leading Through Personal Excellence — Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Leading Effective Decision-Making — Yale University

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Colleagues at Reaction

Carlos Moreira

Chair, Advisory Board at Reaction

Charles Froland

General Partner, Catalyst Fund at Reaction

Claudio Sassaki

Director, Advisory Board at Reaction

Dan Matthies

Managing Partner, Catalyst Fund at Reaction

David Suarez

Director, Advisory Board at Reaction

Enrico Carbone

General Partner, W250 Fund at Reaction

Mike Dorsey

General Partner, Catalyst Fund at Reaction

Rui Barros

Director, Advisory Board at Reaction

Frequently asked questions

Who is Howie Xu?: Chief AI officer, entrepreneur, and VC serving on Reaction's advisory board.
Where does Howie Xu work?: Howie Xu is Director, Advisory Board at Reaction.
Where did Howie Xu go to school?: Howie Xu studied at Stanford University (Graduate School of Business | Computer Science).