Where does Nathan Perdue work?

Nathan Perdue is Chief Revenue Officer at Tenzai.

Where did Nathan Perdue go to school?

Nathan Perdue studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Executive Educations, Fundamentals of Sales Leadership); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Speech Communication and Rhetoric).

Nathan Perdue

Chief Revenue Officer at Tenzai

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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About

Nathan Perdue is the Chief Revenue Officer at Tenzai. He has led sales organizations at both venture-backed startups and Fortune 10 software companies, working across early and late-stage growth phases. His experience spans end-user direct and channel sales models, from beta stage through high-volume transaction channels.

Chief Revenue Officer at Tenzai

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Tenzai's investors · 6

Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2025 Encoded VenturesLincoln · $500K checks Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2025 Jibe VenturesTel Aviv · $4.5M – $56M checks · since 2025 Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2025 Swish Venturessince 2025

Co-founders at Tenzai

Pavel GurvichCo-Founder & CEO

Ariel ZeitlinCo-Founder & CTO

Ofri ZivCo-Founder, Research (VP Research)

Itamar TalCo-Founder, Platform (VP R&D)

Aner MazurCo-Founder, Product (CPO)

Experience

TenzaiChief Revenue Officercurrent2026 — present
Akamai TechnologiesSenior Vice President, Global Security Sales2025 — 2026
Akamai TechnologiesVice President, Global Sales Enterprise Security2021 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
GuardicoreSVP of Sales, North America2020 — 2021
GuardicoreVice President of Sales, N. America2016 — 2020Greater Boston
Tegile SystemsDirector of Sales, Northeast2012 — 2016Greater Boston
VCE, the joint venture between VMware, Cisco, and EMCSenior Sales Executive2010 — 2012Greater Boston
Cisco SystemsEmerging Technologies Sales Executive2008 — 2010Boston
Cisco SystemsEnd Point Security Sales Executive2004 — 2008Greater Boston
Perfigo Inc. (Acquired by Cisco Systems)Director of Sales2004San Francisco and Boston
Cast Iron Systems (Cloud Integration Company Acquired by IBM)Senior Account Executive2003 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
BEA Systems (Acquired by Oracle in 2007)Enterprise Account Executive2001 — 2003San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Strategy13VMware14Cisco Technologies3Storage Area Networks18Strategic Partnerships28SAN25NAS9Start-ups17Security8Marketing Strategy3Deduplication2Sales19

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Who is Nathan Perdue?: Nathan Perdue is the Chief Revenue Officer at Tenzai. He has led sales organizations at both venture-backed startups and Fortune 10 software companies, working across early and late-stage growth phases. His experience spans end-user direct and channel sales models, from beta stage through high-volume transaction channels.
Where does Nathan Perdue work?: Nathan Perdue is Chief Revenue Officer at Tenzai.
Where did Nathan Perdue go to school?: Nathan Perdue studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Executive Educations, Fundamentals of Sales Leadership); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Speech Communication and Rhetoric).

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