Michael Fey
Unicorn founderFounder at Island
Texas
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedIsland$4.8B
About
Michael Fey is Co-Founder and CEO of Island. He previously served as President and COO of Symantec and COO of Blue Coat Systems, and earlier held the roles of General Manager and CTO at McAfee.
Founder at Island
Intro paths
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In turn, Michael can intro founders to Island's investors below.
Island's investors · 11
Canapi VenturesNew YorkCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCyberstartsMikhmoretEvolution Equity PartnersNew York · $20M – $150M checksG SquaredChicagoGeodesic CapitalFoster CityInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksNewView CapitalBurlingamePrysm CapitalSan FranciscoSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksStripesNew York
Experience
- IslandCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentDallas, TX
- Picture CapitalPartnercurrent2024 — presentDallas, TX
- Legion SecurityBoard Member / Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- OceanBoard Member / Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- Oasis SecurityBoard Member / Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- CycodeBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
- Open SystemsBoard Member2018 — 2025
- BionicBoard Member2019 — 2023
- Axis SecurityBoard Member2019 — 2023
- ShieldX NetworksBoard Member2018 — 2020
- D2iQCEO2018 — 2020
- SymantecPresident and COO2016 — 2018
- Blue Coat SystemsPresident and COO2014 — 2016Sunnyvale
- McAfeeEVP & CTO2012 — 2014
- McAfeeEVP, GM of Corporate Products and WW CTO2012 — 2014San Jose and Dallas
- McAfeeWW SVP of Advanced Technologies and Field Engineering2011 — 2012
- McAfeeWW SVP of Presales2009 — 2011
- McAfeeSVP of Sales Engineering & Consulting Services2007 — 2009
- OpswareWW VP of Presales2007
- MercuryArea Presales Director2005 — 2007
- MercurySE Manager2002 — 2004
- MercurySystems Engineer2000 — 2002
- Lockheed MartinDeveloper1997 — 2000
Skills & more
Go-to-market Strategy99Pre-sales99Enterprise Software99Cloud Computing99Product Management99Management99SaaS90Security95Sales Engineering62Network Security73Direct Sales54Sales Management52
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Business DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness AlliancesProfessional ServicesNetworkingExecutive ManagementChannel PartnersLeadershipSalesforce.comSoftware as a Service (SaaS)EncryptionSales EnablementFrom Michael's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Fey?
- Michael Fey is Co-Founder and CEO of Island. He previously served as President and COO of Symantec and COO of Blue Coat Systems, and earlier held the roles of General Manager and CTO at McAfee.
- Where does Michael Fey work?
- Michael Fey is Founder of Island.
- What check size does Michael Fey write?
- Michael Fey typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Michael Fey found?
- Michael Fey founded Island.
- Where did Michael Fey go to school?
- Michael Fey studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Engineering Physics, Physics And Mathematics).
Same school
Also attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University24
Steve SargeantSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsDr. Michael NayakAdvisor at Industrious VenturesJames B. HeckerGeneral USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITALLance LandrumLieutenant General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITALJamie WongDirector, Finance at ClavystBioShelley JohnsonInvestor at IBX
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Shared employers
Also worked at Legion Security1
Also worked at Open Systems1
Also worked at Symantec104
AyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesGeyer JonesFormer Chief Strategy Officer at RSA Security at Scale Venture PartnersDoug NealManaging Director at eLab VenturesTed SchleinGeneral Partner at Ballistic VenturesAnant GoelInvestor at Riverwood CapitalNikhil KrishnanPrincipal at K5 Global
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Also worked at Blue Coat Systems10
Abhi DinkarAdvisor - Enterprise Technology at Augment VenturesMichael FeiertagPartner at AllegisCyber CapitalMingjie GuanManaging Director at WestSummit CapitalDarren AbrahamsonPartner at Bain Capital VentureChris BirrellManaging Partner at Func Ventures, LlcLukas PölzInvestor at VERBUND X Ventures
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