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Mike Burkland

Executive at Open Chat

Alamo, California, United States

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Mike: together at ReliaQuest
Mike: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

About

Mike Burkland is Chairman Emeritus at Five9, which he joined as CEO in January 2008 and led through its 2014 IPO. He served as CEO until December 2017, when he transitioned to Chairman following a cancer diagnosis, returned as CEO in November 2022, and became Chairman again in February 2026. Before Five9, he was CEO of several enterprise software and cloud companies and held positions at Oracle and BMC; he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Northern California in 2017 and holds MBA and BA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checksWSFS BankWilmington

Experience

  1. Five9Chairman Emerituscurrent2026 — present
  2. Five9Chairman of the Board2026
  3. Five9CEO and Chairman2022 — 2026San Ramon, CA
  4. Five9Chairman Of The Board2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Five9CEO2008 — 2017
  6. ReliaQuestBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. OneStream SoftwareBoard Member2019 — 2026
  8. Vocera CommunicationsBoard Member2016 — 2022

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Burkland?
Mike Burkland is Chairman Emeritus at Five9, which he joined as CEO in January 2008 and led through its 2014 IPO. He served as CEO until December 2017, when he transitioned to Chairman following a cancer diagnosis, returned as CEO in November 2022, and became Chairman again in February 2026. Before Five9, he was CEO of several enterprise software and cloud companies and held positions at Oracle and BMC; he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Northern California in 2017 and holds MBA and BA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
Where did Mike Burkland go to school?
Mike Burkland studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Economics).

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

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Shared employers

Also worked at Five911

Dave DeWaltFounder, Managing Director, CEO at NightDragonAnand ChandrasekaranManaging Partner at Celesta CapitalCallan SchebellaProduct at Tidal VenturesRoger VenningEngineering at Tidal VenturesSudhakar RamakrishnaAdvisory Partner at Benhamou Global VenturesSue BarsamianInvestor at Ballistic Ventures

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Also worked at ReliaQuest7

Mark HatfieldInvestor at Ten ElevenLiron GitigVenture Partner at Overture ClimateJake FelmanDirector, Legal at Florida FundersJohn SpiliotisInvestor at Ballistic VenturesCameron BarraganPartner at Blue Star Innovation PartnersBryan Woolgar-O'NeilExecutive Officer, Director at Harmonic Security

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Also worked at OneStream Software12

Jonah SklarTechnical Advisor at Untapped VenturesDave YuanFounder and Partner at TidemarkDeepak RavichandranPartner at Alkeon CapitalBILL KOEFOEDExecutive Officer at OnestreamDANIEL READExecutive Officer, Director at fitDEGREETom SheaCo-Founder & CEO at Onestream

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Also worked at Vocera Communications6

Hany NadaCo-Founder and Partner at ACME CapitalSteve AnheierExecutive Officer at Galvanize TherapeuticsLinda EsperanceExecutive Officer at DatameerDoug CarlenExecutive Officer at LiquidrBharat SundaramChief Executive Officer at Hallmark Health Care SolutionsMatthew HapnerExecutive Officer at Allera