About
Rich Faris is Senior Director of Product Management at BriteCore, with a background spanning system architecture, go-to-market strategy, and product development. His prior work includes re-architecting the Riverbed WhiteWater SMB product to increase capacity 100-fold, supporting its expansion into the enterprise market and a $100M acquisition. His areas of focus include product management, product marketing, storage and cloud storage, computer architecture, SD-WAN and WAN optimization, and team leadership.
Founder at Britecore
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Phillip D. ReynoldsExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- BriteCoreSenior Director of Product Managementcurrent2024 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- Join DigitalDirector of Product Management2023 — 2024Campbell, California, United States
- UberLead Product Manager - Data and Realtime insights2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Riverbed TechnologyDirector of Product Management - Wanop and SDWAN2018 — 2021Sunnyvale, CA
- NetAppDirector, Hybrid Cloud Product Management2014 — 2018
- Riverbed TechnologyDirector of Product Management - Whitewater Cloud Backup2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- i365 Evault, A Seagate CompanyDirector of Product Marketing and Management2008 — 2011
- Real Intent, Inc.Vice President Of Marketing And Business Development2004 — 2008
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Communication1Applied Sciences1Technical PresentationsComputer ScienceProduct VisionMarket AnalysisPresentationsProduct RequirementsProduct DesignPython (Programming Language)Project Management
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MarketingComputer ArchitectureInformation TechnologyProduct ManagementEnterprise SoftwareComputer HardwareProduct MarketingSaaSCloud ComputingStart-upsSales EnablementProfessional ServicesLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rich Faris?
- Rich Faris is Senior Director of Product Management at BriteCore, with a background spanning system architecture, go-to-market strategy, and product development. His prior work includes re-architecting the Riverbed WhiteWater SMB product to increase capacity 100-fold, supporting its expansion into the enterprise market and a $100M acquisition. His areas of focus include product management, product marketing, storage and cloud storage, computer architecture, SD-WAN and WAN optimization, and team leadership.
- Where does Rich Faris work?
- Rich Faris is Founder of Britecore.
- What companies did Rich Faris found?
- Rich Faris founded Britecore.
- Where did Rich Faris go to school?
- Rich Faris studied at University of Southern California (Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Architecture); Northwestern University (Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering).
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