/People

Sue Barsamian

Investor

Investor at Ballistic Ventures · Board director at Box

Park City, Utah, United States

Find your path to Sue

350 people in our graph can introduce you to Sue.

Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.

Ask Howie Xu to introduce you to Sue

You →Howie · together at Gen™ (2024–2026) →Sue

Ask Jamie Chen to introduce you to Sue

You →Jamie · 2 people · together at Five9 →Sue

Ask Sam Okafor to introduce you to Sue

You →Sam · 2 people · together at Critical Path →Sue

Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Sue

  • Your email: the people you already email who know Sue
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with Sue
  • Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you

We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.

About

Sue Barsamian serves as Lead Independent Director at Gen Digital and holds board positions at Box, Five9, Gainsight, and Xactly, with prior board service at companies including Segment, Auth0, and Onfido. She spent a decade at Hewlett Packard in senior executive roles, including General Manager of Cybersecurity Products and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for HPE Software, along with earlier positions at Mercury Interactive, Critical Path, and Verity. Barsamian holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University and has completed postgraduate work at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Board director at Box

Intro paths

→

In turn, Sue can intro founders to Box's investors below.

Box's investors · 44

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2010BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2011Bessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2021Bowery CapitalNew York · $1M – $2M checks · since 2011Canvas VenturesPortola Valley · $5M – $20M checks · since 2011Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021Crosslink CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $9M checks · since 2011CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2010DFJSan Mateo · since 2011Dharmesh Shahsince 2010DN CapitalLondon · $100K – $22M checks · since 2011DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2013Emergence Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $10M checks · since 2021Founder CollectiveCambridge · since 2011General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2010Hercules Capital, Inc.San Mateo · $5M – $500M checks · since 2021Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2021Lead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2012Lerer HippeauNew York · $500K – $2M checks · since 2011Lobby CapitalPalo Alto · since 2021Mark Cubansince 2005MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2010Meritech Capital PartnersPalo Alto · $5M – $40M checks · since 2009New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2012Oak HC/FTStamford · since 2012OpenView Venture PartnersBoston · $5M – $20M checks · since 2010RRE VenturesNew York · $5M – $15M checks · since 2011Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Sapphire VenturesAustin · $5M – $20M checks · since 2021Scale Venture PartnersFoster City · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2010Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park · since 2021SoftBank Capital$1B checks · since 2011Sumitomo Mitsui Trust nvestment Co. Ltd.TokyoSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks · since 2011Threshold VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $20M checksTitanium VenturesSydney Nsw · $5M – $10M checks · since 2021TPGSan Francisco · since 2014U.S. Venture PartnersMinneapolis · since 2009US Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2021VenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2010VitalStage VenturesSan FranciscoWhite Star CapitalLondon · $500K – $7M checks · since 2011

Co-founders at Box

DSDylan Smith
Dylan SmithExecutive Officer
ALAaron Levie
Aaron LevieExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Gen™Lead Independent Directorcurrent2019 — present
  2. BoxBoard Membercurrent2018 — present
  3. Five9Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  4. GainsightBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  5. Xactly CorpBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
  6. MINDAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  7. Ballistic VenturesAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
  8. PangeaFormer Board Member2022 — 2025
  9. OnfidoFormer Board Member2021 — 2024
  10. Auth0Former Board Member2020 — 2021
  11. SegmentFormer Board Member2020San Francisco Bay Area
  12. SymantecFormer Board Member2019
  13. Hewlett Packard EnterpriseChief Sales and Marketing Officer, HPE Software2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Hewlett Packard EnterpriseSVP & General Manager, Enterprise Cybersecurity Products2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  15. HPSenior Vice President, Worldwide Indirect Sales, Enterprise Group2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  16. HPSenior Vice President, Global Sales & Operations, Enterprise Group2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  17. HPSVP & General Manager, Technology Services2010 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  18. HPVice President, Business Operations & Strategy2007 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP)Vice President, Global Go-to-Market2001 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area
  20. Critical PathSenior Vice President, Marketing1998 — 2001San Francisco Bay Area
  21. Starpoint Software Inc. (Acquired by AdForce)Vice President Of Marketing And Business Development1997 — 1998Mountain View, CA
  22. Verity, Inc. (acquired by Autonomy)Vice President Marketing and Business Development1988 — 1996London and SF Bay Area
  23. Sytek, Inc. (acquired by Hughes Network Systems)Director EMEA Sales1983 — 1988San Francisco Bay Area
  24. AT&TManagement Development Program1981 — 1982Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Colleagues at Ballistic Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sue Barsamian?
Sue Barsamian serves as Lead Independent Director at Gen Digital and holds board positions at Box, Five9, Gainsight, and Xactly, with prior board service at companies including Segment, Auth0, and Onfido. She spent a decade at Hewlett Packard in senior executive roles, including General Manager of Cybersecurity Products and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for HPE Software, along with earlier positions at Mercury Interactive, Critical Path, and Verity. Barsamian holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University and has completed postgraduate work at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Where does Sue Barsamian work?
Sue Barsamian is at Ballistic Ventures and Board director at Box.
Where did Sue Barsamian go to school?
Sue Barsamian studied at ETH Zürich (Post Graduate Studies, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Kansas State University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

Same school

Shared employers